Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, young people complained about nothing to do in Estill County. Fast forward the date to 2009 and young people are STILL complaining about nothing to do here. Some talk about doing something in the future but nothing happens.
Will our young people be complaining about nothing to do in 2050? Probably unless we as a community take steps to remedy the problem.
The new park at Dry Ridge will be nice but it isn't very centrally located. You could buy a houseboat and spend the nights under the Irvine bridge. Or you could cruise down River Drive or Richmond Road. Or sit in the McDonald's parking lot in the summers and watch shirtless men enter and exit the Stop and Shop grocery. Or you could swim in Miller's Creek or Station Camp Creek.
The sign about the proposed youth center near the Estill County high school rotted down. Talks of skating rinks, bowling alleys etc. are nothing more than talk.
Property owners lack the information about out of town facilities that might be interested in building a recreational center here and local people lack the interest or capital to do so. We need more community people with the vision thing to bring in the out of town facilities. A few local businessmen want to own and control this community and it is high time they lose their power and influence.
This is my town and your town. Messrs Gross, Meade, Henry,Isaacs, Riddell, Ballard, Noland, are residents like you and I!!
It is time that we really do something for our young people. REACH OUT TO OUT OF TOWN BUSINESSES with the capital to construct something nice for our young people.
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