Ocean Shores not just for retirement
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11/6/2012
We invested in Ocean Shores as a second home to spend our weekends after the work week stress. I'm also a property manager that works in Washington, Oregon and California so my investment observations have some merit. Just for prospective's sake, I'm also going to be retirement age in ten years.
It's time to encourage not just the retirement community but all working generations to invest in Washington's coast. As the downtown retail declines, the restaurants fight to survive and the City takes on projects they can't afford the appeal of the town continues to suffer.
Time to find a new way of looking at the City with some out of the box thinking. LID's seem to be the only way to generate income and pay for projects. Enourage a new route to the City outside of the Aberdeen and Hoquiam's first impression. The merchants Association of Aberdeen and Hoquiam controls Ocean Shores, how does that happen? Does McMinville control Lincoln City or Newport Oregon? Create some development with tax incentives for income producing businesses, stop helping other poor performing economies.
Wind generated energy is making a huge difference in other costal communities why aren't we tapping into these ideas?
Retired people today want entertainment, stable business to encourage retail and downtown growth, destination bound tourism and reputation that will encourage real estate value improvement. Learn from other national towns, you continue to do the same things and expect a different result guess what happens. If they can grow green grass Phoenix Arizona we can create the best coastal town destination in the north west.
Final note, there is only so much coastal real estate in the world why should ours be the most depressed? Northeastern weather isn't the greatest either during the winter I still paid a lot to get there this year. I'm a little bitter on the coast. Time for change. Vote in some forward thinking, please!!!
Lindy | Tacoma, WA