BoomTown Believing Meets the Tipping Point

Every time I am in the historic village of Centralia (my new term – village instead of city or district – because I like what the word village represents) I am reminded of what potential resides here.  On Saturday night after the El Rancho had closed up shop and the street was quiet as the light rain fell from the sky, we took a stroll down Tower walking our dogs.  With exception of the modern day sign or car here and there, you would have thought the clock had turned back time. 

As we walked the conversation turned to all the things we have grown to deeply appreciate architecturally about the buildings in the village and what drew us to Centralia originally.  On each block we noticed something new – a change that caught our attention.  A new business sign, window display, store front, construction or the like.   The changes seemed to be impact-ful in that they were noticeable.  We remembered a few years back (just after McMenimins Oly Club launch)  when we first came to Centralia and we were in awe of the “bones” of the historic center – but it was exactly that, bones – a ‘graveyard’ of old buildings,