Almost three years to the date and so far over initial budget that it's not even funny, but St. George is open!
It looks great! It it truly will extend out our town square in a positive direction. It's sad that the corner store, the old Kotzebue Drug store, isn't there to anchor the street. I hope that someone will open up there soon, and help not only the downtown square but St. George grow.
Honestly I'm not sure how some of the businesses survived the 3 years of destruction. It's hard enough in these times when everything works well, but when people can't get to you it's next to impossible to survive.
I know our council were a bit sideswiped when they were told that they had only voted to approve 'phase 1' 3+ years ago, but this is where communication between a city manager and the city council is so important. Honestly I doubt anything would of been done on St. George had the council been given all the facts up front.
But all things said and done it looks nice, and we're finally there. Take a moment over the next week, maybe while you're at the Friday Night Concert Series hosted by Main Street and walk over to St George. It really is a nice addition to your downtown and I hope many folks will go visit the forgotten street.
God Bless,
Dennis
