Moving from CA to Cairo...Where and what kind of work is available? (Metropolis: employment, school district)

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Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

Ghost towns are fun. I've been in bunches in the west. Even the towns that still have humans are fine, unless too many move in. St. Elmo was one of the best in Colorado until realtors discovered it.

But I can imagine exploring empty attics and dim basements in Cairo. I am sure that they impart a definite strangeness

On a more modern note, why not a Victorian festival. People would wear period costumes, cook and serve 19th century food, and demonstrate the old crafts. If it went well, Cairo could eventually become Victorian Cairo, a place in the tradition of Colonial Williamsburg. One important thing would be to ban alcohol at any festival. We don't wish to have the problems that "Taste of X city" have experienced. I've often thought that a homemade candy and soft drink festival would be a winner anywhere. And it certainly fits in with Victorian times

I haven't been to Cairo since 1965, so I need to get cracking. I doubt that I can make it this Spring before the hot weather starts, so I'm going to shoot for Autumn or early Winter.

Maybe there could be a party for fanciers of Western Americana in Cairo. It was certainly an important place in the opening of the West.

ROTFLMMFAO......uh,yes...perhaps there is interest for that in Cairo....YOU are killing me...really.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks the future is bright for Cairo. Check this.

OERD Special Projects/ Fort Defiance Park: The Confluence of Freedom

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Look...you seem like a VERY nice,optimistic person...but I'm telling you....Cairo is a dump ran by some not so above board people and some worthless cops....it's nightlife is the drug life and it's glory days are long past...do yourself a BIG favor and stay away from it unless you want to buy the whole town and bulldoze it down to start over.I hate to say that because there are some beautiful old homes there,but what I'm telling you is the truth and no fantasy will change that.

[Happy in Wyoming]

It's not fantasy. According to SIU, the money is approved and they're going to do it. I'm hard right. I do not approve of doing it that way. But unless the country falls apart first, a good possibility, it seems that it is going to happen.

[skipcromer]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

It's not fantasy. According to SIU, the money is approved and they're going to do it. I'm hard right. I do not approve of doing it that way. But unless the country falls apart first, a good possibility, it seems that it is going to happen.

The only thing I see is a proposal in your link. Does it say in there where the money is coming from? I may have missed it.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Originally Posted by skipcromer

The only thing I see is a proposal in your link. Does it say in there where the money is coming from? I may have missed it.

My fault. On the first page it states that the funds were provided from a grant to the city of Cairo, but apparently the grant was to do the study, not the project. I feel really stupid.

[skipcromer]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

My fault. On the first page it states that the funds were provided from a grant to the city of Cairo, but apparently the grant was to do the study, not the project. I feel really stupid.

Haha no worries.

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Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

My fault. On the first page it states that the funds were provided from a grant to the city of Cairo, but apparently the grant was to do the study, not the project. I feel really stupid.

Welcome to MY world

[rsh001]

I believe the hope for the new Civil War Park is that state and federal government sources will grant the $8+ million to build the park.

We drove through Cairo for the first time this weekend on our way back from Little Rock to Chicago. You cannot imagine the desolation of the historic downtown area unless you drive through. Only abandon buildings and closed business exist. Several of the buildings have fallen but the bricks and debris have not been removed.

What did surprise me though, is that the historic area had modern gas lamps installed that appeared to be only 5-10 years old. Also, newer brick pavers had been installed in the intersections. The waterfront had just been renovated including levee renovations and a new parking lot.

I am surprised that this type of money was placed, most likely with federal dollars, without more of a plan and funding to rebuild the community. Does anyone have more information?

Cairo appeared to have once been a quaint antique river town.

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by rsh001

I am surprised that this type of money was placed, most likely with federal dollars, without more of a plan and funding to rebuild the community.

That would be SOP for federal largesse. Spend it when you have it, no matter how futile the expenditure. But things like this will pale into insignificance when the Great Stimulus Package cranks up!