"PRECIOUS ILLUSIONS" alanis morisett
Recently I came across a contest sponsored by the Lake County Visitor Bureau.
Who has the most Historic Downtown Painesville or Willoughby?
At first I viewed this as a silly question. Painesville's downtown is for the most part dead in the evenings and Willougby has turned into a vibrant place to be on a weekend night.
Yes Painesvilles has a great weekend with "Party in the Park" and "Taste of Painesville" Friday night car shows, Thursday Farmers Market but on day to day commerce Willoughby outshines Painesville. Then again that wasn't the question was it ? Who has the most Historic downtown.
We have a distinct advantage here do to the fact we are the county seat and nothing anywhere in the county can top Lake County Courthouse. period. Since I was a little boy I stood in aw of the statue's of the " Cain and Able" (corrected) in front of the building even a child would recognize this as an important place.
Painesville City Hall the old county court house has remarkably been the focus as well as the trademark of Painesville. The old Painesville Bank Building at the corner of Main and Park. The south side of Main Street between St. Clair and State streets.
Not far from Downtown we just recently celebrated the 200 anniversary of Rider's Inn another historical landmark of Painesville. Coming soon Steele Mansion. The rebirth of Lake Erie College This along with a dedicated Historical District.
The true gem of Painesville? Veteran's Park. The civil war statue along with the Gazebo welcomes all to Painesville.
Yes Willoughby has fine dining, makes beer and is crowded on a Friday or Saturday night. Have numerous more businesses and can take pride in their downtown but Historical I don't think so.
As I have mentioned to my friends in Willoughby nobody has died in our hospital in the last seven years.
To visit or vote here is the link
https://www.facebook.com/lakecountyvisitorsbureau?v=app 153839431317646&rest=1
posted by terminator1 @ 7:49 AM
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17 Comments:
Alright who's running this site now?
This can't be Term?
It's still me.
Seems the outgoing Galion city manager is on his hands a knees begging for a job ... nobody want the bum ... the idiot is not even capable of being an asst manager at Taco Bell.
If the nearby village of Crestline hires him, all the city officials of Crestline will be recalled from office by their local citizens with Galion citizens helping them do it... brass knuckles and payback time for the AMP OHIO LOVER ...
http://www.crawfordcountynow.com/Crestline-mayor-and-council-challenged-about-hirin/15509237
Thinker and/or Poet ??? Don't you mean Cain and Able???
8:54 See you can learn something new everyday.
Willoughby had a Twilight Zone episode.
Painesville had a movie One Potato Two Potato.
Willoughby rides that Twilight Zone into the ground.
AMP MEETING - GALION
February 19 - 7:00 pm
Galion City Hall
301 Harding Way East
71 south to US 30 West to State Route 598 .. exit 598 Left .. go approximately 3.5 miles to Harding Way .. turn left at Speedway Station .. then go approximately 1 mile ... AMP is bringing in ALL their top executives to this meeting.
AMP SR VP and CFO - Bob Trippe
Asst VP of Finance - Jim Hoops
Senior Director of Quality Systems - Andrew Blair
Funny how our former city finance director that quit to go work for AMP is not scheduled to come.
6:58 We have a council meeting that night and may cause fewer people from Painesville.
Seems Painesville can't seem to get anyone from AMP-OHIO to a meeting here. What's your secret?
Galion has a pipeline directly to one of the best investigative reporters in the state of Ohio at the Columbus Dispatch ... he keeps rattling their cage.
WEWS TV 5 should be in Galion as well ... Cleveland TV stations are on the air in Galion.
Columbus school treasurer steals money, does not show up for work, goes missing and you can't fire this person ...
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/15/missing-cash-spurs-probe-of-employee-of-city-schools.html
Anybody see anything wrong with this picture ?
Will call Ron Regan at WEWS 5.
Yeah I got his number, quit blaming Andy.
Our local paper only concern seem to be the number of chickens a resident can have.
Update, Painesville Historic Downtown presently 100 votes BEHIND Willougby Downtown.
I suspect voter fraud! Someone is stuffing the ballot box. One afternoon--I think it was Thursday-- the Willoughby vote jumped by 150 in a matter of a few hours!!
How is Willoughby so far ahead in this vote??!? Downtown Painesville has 11,200+ "likes" on its Facebook page. Why don't these people vote?? (or are they voting for Willoughby?--traitors!)
I'm sorry, but Willoughby's historical value outshines Painesville because it was home to the Willoughby Medical College which eventually gave birth to Lake Erie College, Case Western, and Ohio State. Drop by the Willoughby Welcome Center on a Saturday afternoon and you will learn a lot about the large historical influence that Willoughby has brought to NE Ohio. They have a really nice museum there now.
I'm, sorry, we do have Lake Erie College. We have Rider's Inn, just celebrated 200 years, we have the Steele Mansion, County Courthose, Painesville City Hall the first county courthouse. Your building seem quite new? The Gage House. Joughins Hardware, can't find it? Somehow they have it. and well as the nicest park in the middle of town.
Willoughby offers a vibrant downtown and has many virtues but historical? You even moved your railroad station away from it's site? How is that historical. Now take some time to see what a real railroad station looked like in it's day. Soon to be refurbished.
What have you got 200 years old?
Honestly I believe both cities have there own charm.
Neith needs a contest to shine.
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