The Waterfront and Hoquiam’s Future
The Waterfront and Hoquiam’s Future
Logger’s Playday is synonymous with the City of Hoquiam, Washington with a deeply rooted heritage of its community’s sense of purpose and pride. It’s foray into re-invention and innovation is not so much so to escape from its well-mannered traditions of strength and hard work but rather as a celebration of what it was founded on, much like the loggers’ parade and the loggers’ competition held every fall.
In such a town where hardship and perseverance is the only way and not the exception, change is something not welcomed with open arms but must be tested and tried to prove that such a change is really for the better and not just a fleeting knee jerk reaction that will cause so much tradition and love to fade like it never happened.
In Hoquiam town, change is coming, development is being seeded to bring better opportunities and growth to the community as a whole, as it was several generations ago when the town and its people made themselves and their sons and daughters a place to be called home through logging, with the ancient forest yielding to change to bring forth a quality of life still after decades past is celebrated in all appreciation.
It is on this tradition that the towns people of Hoquiam have built their reputation and their knack for survival and fortune, but like any other place, change must inevitably make its mark, not so much so with the people and what they stand for, but with some facets of their towns physical attributes like infrastructure and economy.
The waterfront and the community as a whole can also offer an ambiance that is relative to the word unwind and not surprisingly this ability to relax people through nature’s beauty is one of the secrets of the towns ability to persevere and be hard working people without losing their sense of belonging of who and what they stand for.
With development comes more opportunities, more income from businesses, which translate to better services for the community as a whole, changes and opportunities already experienced by the bigger towns to the east such as Aberdeen, whom Hoquiam playfully views as a spoiled big brother of sorts.
The people of Hoquiam will benefit from development of its waterfront, it is undeniably a part of it and it will represent what the people aspire to be and what they want and need their community to be so as to nurture and protect all that is valuable to them. It’ll not only lead to further the strength and cohesiveness of the town and its people but it’ll also give Aberdeen town a run for it’s money, which is an enjoyable thing to accomplish if you’re a local.
Hoquiam can grow and flourish by taking its chances and reminding themselves that they are where they are because of innovation and facing head on the challenges of change.
The Waterfront and Hoquiam’s Future. There’s something to watch out for in the town of Hoquiam, Washington