What can people do to be involved in restoring Ohio's communities? (Sandusky: landscaping, income)

[the_pines]

I would love to se some of the smaller communities advance towards being more appealing places to live. I always end up wanting to move back to Ohio for some reason. I always wanted to help and do whatever I could to fix up places like Sandusky, Gallipolis exct. Making the schools better, landscaping the towns, modern housing, restoring the wildelife and rivers. A lot of southern Ohio is to backwards. What can people do to help diversify and restore Ohio to make it a more appealing place to live?

[htlong]

I used to own a farm ( i use the term farm very loosely here) in se Ohio and from what i gathered the people liked being "backwards" compared to the rest of Ohio, they didn't want a Micky-d's on every corner and the about the landscaping they were pretty much tired at the end of a day farming.
you could ask around and see who would do what but for the most part they feel newcomers as outsiders and don't like change ..even if its for their own good

[OhioNerd]

Originally Posted by the_pines

I would love to se some of the smaller communities advance towards being more appealing places to live. I always end up wanting to move back to Ohio for some reason. I always wanted to help and do whatever I could to fix up places like Sandusky, Gallipolis exct. Making the schools better, landscaping the towns, modern housing, restoring the wildelife and rivers. A lot of southern Ohio is to backwards. What can people do to help diversify and restore Ohio to make it a more appealing place to live?

Those are wonderful things to want, but you have to remember that we live in the real world.

All those things you want cost money, which comes from taxes; property, sales, etc...

But first you need to have people living there, and before people can live there they need a way to earn an income that allows them to live there in the first place.

You want revitalization?

Start with industry, which attracts workers, which creates revenue, which allows you to do the things you want.