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It’s Happening On Main Street
Maintaining our Main Street Traditions
Karyl
Lammers
The month of March ushers in daylight savings time and springtime. On March 13, we move our clocks forward. On this day both the sunlight and sunset will be one hour later.
March 17 is believed to be the day, in 1600, that St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, died. In 1904, the U.S. made this an official holiday to celebrate the heritage of the Irish and Irish-Americans. So, here’s wishing you a pot of
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
CHARLES DICKENS
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March 20 commemorates the Vernal Equinox — this is when the tilt of the earth’s axis is neither away from nor towards the sun. We have an equal 12 hours of sun and dark. It’s springtime bringing us renewed energy to refresh our spirits.
Traditions, the handing down of customs by example from one generation to another, is how Paso Robles Main Street Association keeps our spirit alive. The many events scheduled throughout the year are examples of this. We have volunteer committees and staff for each event. No matter the event, it’s the community getting together — that’s Paso!
Our Promotional Committee is in charge of event details for the year. We want to welcome Diane Cassidy as our new chair and Jennifer Harris as her assistant. We have a new energy and level of excitement for 2022. Thank you, Jonine Pittinger, for your many years of service to Main Street; you helped keep us going, and our events successful.
Downtown is ever-changing. For months we’ve had restaurant and tasting parklets in the streets; now our parking spaces are back and full, while dining has returned to indoors. Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. You can please some of the people all the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.
Change is never easy, and often traditions are lost in the process. The Main Street America Institute (MSAI) is our targeted professional development training program. The program groups downtown leaders with the tools they need to revitalize older historic districts, and it has been doing this for over 40 years.
MSAI is made up of small towns, mid-sized communities, and urban commercial districts. They represent the broad diversity that makes this country so unique.
Over 30 years ago, Norma Moye joined MSAI to keep the Paso traditions alive. A recent quote came in a newsletter from Main Street America: “However, if I have learned anything over my 40 years in the Community Planning arena it is this: ‘change is inevitable, but the destruction of character and identity is not.’”
In closing, I want to quote a local patriotic celebrity: “Keep your money local and continue to live as free Americans.”
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