The Excellent Lumber Town Of Hoquiam Considers The Future What Came First

Its an unwritten law, a town has to grow and prosper or else it’ll be slowly be forgotten and inevitably life will move in search of something fresh and challenging. This chance to grow is now knocking on the Town of Hoquiam, Washington, the waterfront area of the town is attracting positive interest and this can mean new things and new challenges to the people who call this town named after the river on whose banks it was built and still stands.

It is in the past that those who call it their home get their will and joy of living, it is evident in the way they relive their traditions and local culture, celebrating what has been their way of life, generations past. The yearly festivities called Loggers Playday and other events held in the fall like the annual parade and logger’s competition, refresh people’s minds of who they really are and what can become of them in the near future.

Interestingly, Hoquiam and its community are no strangers when it comes to visitors; they get tons of them during the yearly events that the locals organize to celebrate their proud heritage. Loggers who harvested lumber from the rich surrounding forest first established the town, this towns’ known around the world for this, and the townsfolk annually celebrate their logging history through the Loggers’ Playday event that attracts thousand of visitors from all over the globe. It is in this manner that the people of this town make others aware how much they value their history and identity.

The Loggers’ Playday and the lumberjack competition and parade held during the fall demonstrate to visitors and outsiders the innate appreciation of the people for life and all the things that make it such a value to those who are blessed with it. It is this attitude and respect for heritage and foresight that is clearly needed to push forward the new development and growth that this community inevitably requires to enable them to continue celebrating what is dear and close to their hearts.

A revitalized waterfront area can bring in new opportunities for the locals, since the late 1980′s the waterfront area has seen better days, but with the right vision combined with the right attitude, this project if properly supported can be maximized to its fullest potential. The possibility of opening new waterfront restaurants offering excellent cuisine, shops that offer and sell a wide range of products and produce to both locals and tourist and opportunities for service type businesses are all in the pipeline.

This little town wants and needs to grow. There is no doubt about that simple matter, it just needs a little time to consider everything else that matters to them as a town, as a community, as a people who are very much proud of what they have communally worked for and achieved in all the generations that built and maintained what was and is this town. The development of the waterfront will definitely bring prestige and honor to the town and its people, it will signify the willingness and trust of the community in showing their support for their local leaders and the direction for which they believe the town will find what is natural.

Economic growth and infrastructure development will work wonders for the town called Hoquiam. It is in the people’s interest to collectively decide on what path they choose to walk through. And most definitely the families and friends that make up the community of this town by the river will choose what is best to showcase to the world that they and their town will always be who and what they are in the greater scheme of things. Since growth and change simply means an improvement of what they have always known and loved.

The little logging town of Hoquiam takes stock in the future and its riverfront, learn more about the development by Geneva Entezar.