Welcome to the new Substack for TTNC.You may know our Facebook Page, which promotes news, events and organizations, talks to town leaders and shares views from around New Castle. We’re here because we have more original content coming, including an interview with Linda Ratchford, who recently stepped down after 8 years as president of city council. (And Fb sux 4 txt.)
What Town Topics would you like to discuss, New Castle?
It would be nice to see increased activity on Linda Suskie’s recent Facebook post about promoting New Castle. Our wonderful town has such potential for ringing more people to our town in the way that Chestertown MD does it. Linda Ratchford made the reasonable observation in her exit interview that a destination town needs 5-10 restaurants and 5-10 specialty shops. We are about there with the restaurants but not with shops. Tourists stopping by at my gallery express the wish for more. How many times do I hear other residents share the same thoughts and frustrations that there seems to be benign neglect or obstruction to action. We sorely need a paid promoter of business and activities promoter like Downtown Dover has in Diane Laird. But repeated the chorus to this is “there is no money for that”.
It would be nice to see increased activity on Linda Suskie’s recent Facebook post about promoting New Castle. Our wonderful town has such potential for ringing more people to our town in the way that Chestertown MD does it. Linda Ratchford made the reasonable observation in her exit interview that a destination town needs 5-10 restaurants and 5-10 specialty shops. We are about there with the restaurants but not with shops. Tourists stopping by at my gallery express the wish for more. How many times do I hear other residents share the same thoughts and frustrations that there seems to be benign neglect or obstruction to action. We sorely need a paid promoter of business and activities promoter like Downtown Dover has in Diane Laird. But repeated the chorus to this is “there is no money for that”.