Yet another Indiana city is having an identity crisis:
More than once in this space over the years we have described Evansville as a city with an identity crisis. Descriptions of the city have been many and varied — some complimentary, some not. There has been everything from collective complacency to fitness unfriendly, to a big small town and a good place to raise a family.
We recalled this ongoing search for an identity with the recent news that the University of Southern Indiana and the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville are working together on a survey that might help Evansville find that identity. They are surveying 200 local residents on how they would describe both Evansville and their ideal city. College students are to take a similar survey in the fall.
The purpose of this survey falderal -- bet you guessed is -- is, of course, to give Evansville a "brand" that can be used to create a "strategic focus" for "economic development." Hey, maybe they can take "Room for Dreams" off our hands. People who talk like that will fall for anything.
Comments
I agree, but I'm not sure those of us in the "Summit City" should be casting aspersions. I can't even find a molehill.
You may not be able to find a molehill, littlejohn, but that doesn't mean it's not there. Allen County is on a continental divide.
Part of the rain that falls at the airport drains into the Great Lakes and into the North Atlantic Ocean, while another part drains into the Wabash River and into the Carribean Sea.