Bordeaux vs. Budweiser: Magazine looks at North Creek growth
Rob Gurwitt with Governing magazine took an in-depth look at rural gentrification in the latest issue -- and he used the Johnsburg/North Creek region as his case study. It makes for fascinating reading and a good starting point for conversation.
There are people in Johnsburg, New York, who still won’t set foot in the Tannery Pond Community Center, even though it was built in part for them. The local theater production of a play about Picasso and Einstein didn’t seduce them. The monthly gallery shows hold no interest. Nor do the movies, chorale concerts or dance performances — not for the working-class people in this small town in New York’s North Country, nestled in the Adirondacks, four hours north of Manhattan.What do you think? Folks in the Gore Mt. Region: Does Rob capture your hopes? Your concerns?
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posted by Brian Mann @ 5/02/2009 08:26:00 AM
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At $15 and up for admission, events at TPCC are often inaccessible to locals, especially those with school-age children. There have often been events we'd love to attend, but on one income (in this case, an area teacher's) it's a luxury one can't always afford. We'd love to bring children along as well, but that definitely puts it out of reach.
The entire building has been a tax burden to the hard working local tax payers. Sure it was free but the cost of operating and heating the building is at tax payer expense. The locals being taxed out of the area by second home buyers and retirees are not happy with having to fund a nonessential building especially when other town buildings are falling into disrepair.
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