Promote Tourism?

  Everytime I enter the Oracle Community Center (OCC) I recall the adventure residents shared in getting it built.  That old time feeling surged again at the gathering yesterday.  It occurs to me now that revisiting, even briefly, the whole construction experience may help inform current projects including efforts to promote tourism.

  Other stories are also important. One I try to narrate in a chapter in my book (Sometimes David Wins) references a community survey that was conducted door to door in the 1980's.  (Kaz mentioned it at yesterday's meeting.)  The survey was designed by a local team headed by Ann Woodin with the help of Jim Sell from the University of Arizona.  I suspect resident views haven't changed much since then.   Among the takeaways were attachment to "dark skies", minimal traffic, peace and quiet, "small town" scale and a slow to moderate rate of population growth.   What these desirables have to do with "tourism" is an open question well worth considering.