Here are the pictures I promised of our "Windows Of Opportunity" project. I know this is completely off the subject of what I ususally write about, but in our little City of Oneida we started a program called "windows of Opportunity" which is basically a program that takes the empty store fronts in our downtown and fills their windows with different displays....in this way we try in our small way to help our downtown look more attractive and draw attention to the wonderful old buildings that we have for rent in our business district. We have begun today with a new display....which I am ashamed to say I haven't taken pictures of yet (but I will over the weekend and I will post them for you to see)..this display is focused on showcasing our local artisans and we are blessed to have so many talented people in our community!
Now you may think this story is just a nice little tale, but it gets ugly. Last week our codes dept. called the chair of our group and told him we were violating codes with our window displays. Well we meet with codes next week and I will let you all know if our displays stay or go! We aren't selling anything from the windows and we do not have any signage that is permanent or that is inapproriate or distasteful.
Let me know what you think about this....should government be able to dictate what business owners and building owners put in there space? Leave me your comments.
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