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Landing Errors
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1. Landing every time. Don't tell yourself to touch down every time you make a landing approach. Force yourself to go-around if the approach isn't a good one. Ninety nine per cent of the time, a bad approach results in a bad landing. You should actually be practicing approaches, not landings. When you make a bad approach, go around, set up and try it again. When you make a really good approach, then throttle back all the way to idle and land. Unless you are an expert, the approach determines the landing. When you have a good approach, the landing will just about do itself.
2. Touching down before you pass in front of yourself. Have you ever done this: You get a little nervous landing because of wind or maybe it's just not one of your "good" days. To hopefully make the landing easier, you make a big pattern, dragging it out. You end up touching down way before you get back in front of yourself. Is this how the landing went? BAM, the main gear spreads out. BAM, the nose gear bends. BAM, the prop breaks. Sound familiar? It's a very common landing error.
Let's analyze the touch down location. There are 3 places you can touch down, before yourself, right in front and past yourself. Right out in front is best. You have the best view of the fuselage angle and the descent rate. Past yourself is OK until you get way past. The plane is directional, right is right and left is left. The further away you get, the harder it is to tell the descent rate, but you can still set the plane up slightly nose high and let is touch. Now, let's look at landing before you get to yourself. The plane is coming toward you so steering is reversed. You are tense so this makes it worse. From a nose-on position, it's hard to tell the fuselage angle and the descent rate. This is the worst case for making a good landing. Even experts can't consistently make good landings far away from a nose-on position.
When you are having a bad day, give yourself an even chance. You should be turning early, not late. Land a little past yourself. You can see everything better and judge the touchdown better.
3. Seeing the bottom of the airplane. This is one you probably never thought of. If you can see the bottom of the airplane during a landing approach, the nose is too high. If you are set up on a final approach, the nose of the plane should be down in a glide position. When you can see the bottom of the airplane, you are approaching a stall. You need to either add power and go around or use the elevator stick to lower the nose. Stand with a couple of the good fliers and watch the plane on landing. You won't see the bottom of the plane.
4. Undershooting the runway. When you make a landing approach, you normally set up parallel to the runway on a downwind leg, throttle back and turn to final approach. You can either make one big, sweeping base-to-final turn or you can square the pattern off with a base leg, then a turn to final. Most beginners set up wide like they are going to make a squared off pattern, then turn too tightly and angle in to the runway.
There are three ways to line up for final approach. One, the right one, is exactly in line with the runway. The other is to overshoot a little past the runway and angle back. The third is to undershoot and angle toward the runway. This last one is the most common and the worst. When you undershoot, the plane ends up aimed right at you. Nose on is the worst position for control. It is hard to see small movements and to get the correct attitude for landing. Nose on is also the least safe direction. You are aimed at yourself and must make a turn or go around. Next, undershooting can put you high on final. Normally this wouldn't be too bad since most beginners land short, but it can put you in a position where you have to make a turn to keep from going over your head. This is a bad position for turning. You are low to the ground and staring at the nose of the plane. All of these make undershooting the runway the worst position to land from.
Overshooting, while not perfect, is not that bad. If you overshoot, you will be angling across the runway away from yourself, a safe direction to be going. You can usually see the side of the airplane so making a turn isn't that hard.
The solution, if you like to make one sweeping turn, is to set up closer to the runway and vary your bank to roll out in line with the runway. Or, you can make a definite base leg and not turn until you are in line with the runway.
5. Bouncing & Porpoising. If a bounce isn't caused by a very hard landing where the springiness of the gear flings you back up into the air, it is caused by touching down on the nose gear first. Nose gear first landings guarantee a bounce or a series of bounces called porpoising for the sea mammal who seems to continuously leap up into the air and splash back down. Lack of concentration and inattention can cause you to let the nose gear touch first. When you get to a couple of feet from the runway, you should concentrate on getting the nose slightly high. If the nose wheel is higher than the main wheels, you can freeze on the controls and just let the plane land itself. From a couple of feet altitude, you can't hurt it
6. Bashing & wandering. This is actually 2 errors caused by lack of experience and practice. They usually happen just after you first learn how to land. At first you are unable to divide your attention between correcting the elevator and correcting the ailerons so you concentrate on one or the other. You may concentrate on keeping the plane aligned with the runway and forget to flare. Naturally this results in banging down on the nose gear and a bounce or porpoise. On the other hand, you may concentrate on getting the nose just right and forget to steer. This results in you letting the plane wander all over the runway. Practice corrects both. Go back and do some low approaches, only landing when everything is just right.
7. The "Slow Curve" Error. I coined the name "Slow Curve Errors" in a book I wrote on RC back in 1980. You see this error all the time and normally don't recognize it. The plane makes a slow, shallow curve away from the pilot usually ending up on the far side of the runway, maybe in the grass. Here's what causes it. Lack of experience and natural tense-ness as you get low and close to the runway cause the pilot to make very small errors. You make a steering correction, but it is in the wrong direction. You can already land so the correction is small and you immediately notice the plane is turning the wrong way so you level the wings. Now you make the steering correction again, and again it is in the wrong direction. This continues and the plane nibbles away at a slow, curving path away from the pilot.
Watch for this and you'll see it at every field. To cure the Slow Curve Error, you need to practice some low approaches, flying the plane low and slow past yourself while trying to keep it in the center of the runway
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Representative Barney Frank spoke with Roll Call recently about the prospects of passing a transgender inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the House this year. Frank was optimistic, that is if you ignore the word "inclusive":
…Frank said that he is optimistic about the vote count and that transgender protections will remain in the bill.
"There's no chance of doing it without it," he said of the transgender protections.
Frank said he's told wavering Democrats that "the principle is the same. It's discrimination."
He said concessions were made in the drafting of the language to address moderates' concerns. For instance, Frank said, transgender people with "one set of genitals" would not be able to go to a bathroom for people with another set of genitals.
And, Frank said, they also would have to have a "consistent gender presentation" in order to be able to sue for discrimination.
"They can't sit there with a full beard and a dress," Frank said.
So the protections will only exist for transgender folks who have had sex reassignment surgery? Many transgender folks opt not to have any type of bottom surgery. Many more simply cannot afford or access the procedures. And then there are all the folks who plan to have the procedure at some point but haven't been able to yet. Will intersex folks also have to have genitals that fit into Rep. Frank's acceptable binary boxes?
Many many folks who may or may not identify as transgender but fit under the broadly defined political umbrella do not have "consistent gender presentations." They may identify as transgender, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, two spirit, drag kings and queens, crossdressers, none, or many of the above. Regardless, all these people experience the brunt of our culture's gender-based discrimination for breaking the rules of the very narrowly defined compulsory gender binary. Everyone with a non-normative gender identity or presentation should be covered by ENDA. All of them may need and certainly deserve protection. And all should be afforded the basic right to pee.
An ENDA that is explicitly designed to exclude many transgender and gender non-conforming folks is not inclusive. An ENDA that is shaped to only protect those who conform most to non-transgender folks' understanding of an acceptable transgender person is not inclusive. An ENDA seemingly designed to create division and exclusion within our community is not inclusive.
It's a shame when gay folks who are otherwise privileged – in Rep. Frank's case he's a white, cisgender male, rich politician – end up putting forward political positions and policy that totally screws the most marginalized in our community.
The clear goal for ENDA this year, following the disastrous removal of protections for gender identity last time around, is to put forward and pass an inclusive bill. I committed to supporting an inclusive ENDA at the beginning of this process, and that is precisely what I will support.
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At what is quickly becoming the biggest karting event in Southern California, the Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix, Thompson took two wins while John Zatarian took the win in TaG Senior. Several of Tony Kart West's drivers were also featured on the Los Angeles ABC affiliate (Channel 7) news that weekend during a segment about the Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix.
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The officers were indicted in 2011 on counts including tampering with a government record and theft by a public servant. The case involved when tickets were written, such as on regular duty, and whether the citations were altered to indicate overtime pay was deserved. The OT was available through a federal grant.
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After being swept by the New York Mets, fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks needed some positive vibes Wednesday evening. It could have been a nice dinner, a relaxing bath or a another dominant outing by the D'backs' top pitching prospect. Well, as the Meatloaf song says, two out of three ain't bad. If you were banking on the third item, you were sorely disappointed.
Archie Bradley had his worst outing for the Reno Aces last night, lasting only 4 1/3 innings and giving up four runs as the Aces lost to the Las Vegas 51's by a score of 4-2. Bradley simply had nothing as he gave up seven hits, two walks, two hit batters and struck out four. It started off well enough as he punched out two in a 1-2-3 first inning. His old friend the walk got him into trouble in the second as he issued one to load the bases (this after a wild pitch) before giving up a run-scoring single. In the third, a walk, a hit batter and another wild pitch opened the frame before a two-run single made it 3-0. His night was finished in the middle of the fifth as with one out, a single, an RBI double and another hit batsman KO'd the young right-hander. Reno first baseman Mike Jacobs, who is hitting a robust .417, rounded out the scoring with an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Aces have dropped 17 of their last 20 contests against Las Vegas.
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United Airlines, my favorite airline to kick around, is upping their credit card offer again. This time they are offering an unprecedented 50,000 bonus miles for their Chase credit card. Here are the details. You have to spend $250 to receive the bonus, which frankly, is a pittance. Yes, you can get get enough miles for two round trip domestic tickets, kind of like the Frontier deal that came and went.
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United's web site claims "Please note: This is offer is available to select members who are original recipients of a specific direct mail or email invitation. " Remember, this is United, almost no information they supply is reliable. Sure enough, anyone can take advantage of this offer if you know a few tricks. Over at Flyertalk, someone found out how to call Chase and get the offer.
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Step 3: You will be transferred to a representative. When you speak to the representative ask about the offer.
Not only do people report receiving the 50,000 mile bonus offer, but they specifically say that the 50,000 miles are awarded after your first purchase, not after the $250 in spending. Some even report instant approvals over the phone.
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The Delta SkyMiles Amex is also making a similar offer, but these guys seem to have their act together a little bit more than United (not that that is saying much). If you go to this link, some people are seeing offers of up to 50,000 SkyMiles plus 4 SkyClub (lounge) passes. People are reporting more substantial spending requirements of $10,000 to receive the sign up bonus. Furthermore, they even seemed to know before I applied that I had a SkyMiles card last year, and am ineligible. United and Chase, on the other hand, tend to forget you once had a card a few years back.
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Most federal agencies are required to have chief acquisition officers, high-level politically appointed officials tasked with managing agency acquisition shops.
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Although CAOs charged with multiple responsibilities faced some challenges, those extra responsibilities, Woods said, particularly those involving budgetary resources or providing insight into the human capital structure of the organization, helped the CAOs carry out their acquisition responsibilities more efficiently.
According to the GAO report, CAOs at the 16 agencies studied said they did not face any significant challenges related to the CAO position, such as the level of influence they had within their agencies in regards to acquisitions.
"There were a couple of agencies where the chief acquisition officer thought they should have more influence within their organization, but, by and large, that was not what we found," Woods said. "We found that the chief acquisition officers were situated within the agencies at a place where they had a tremendous amount of influence over the direction of the agencies. They had a seat at the table."
While agencies are free to codify the CAOs' responsibilities through their own internal documentation, Woods said, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy working with the Chief Acquisition Officer's Council could play a useful role in issuing guidance to agencies about defining the scope of the CAO position.
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FRONT ROYAL -- The town and county are negotiating an agreement under which the town could take $90,000 it now pays to support Samuels Library and use it for economic development, Mayor Timothy W. Darr said Wednesday.
The county Board of Supervisors would have to approve such an agreement, which would span two years and give the town an extra $45,000 each year, Darr said.
Darr disclosed the negotiations at a meeting town officials called to meet with merchants to talk about ways of improving the community's business climate.
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"My heart sinks as I'm listening to this dialogue," said Arleen Narron, owner of Arleen Brown antiques. She spoke after hearing several audience members complain to Town Manager Steve Burke about the slow pace of efforts to improve signage aimed at helping tourists locate downtown and its businesses.
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Others said the downtown needed a more diverse group of businesses. Rachel Failmezger, who manages Vino E. Formaggio Restaurant and Wine Bar on Main Street, said she respected her fellow downtown business owners, but her customers complain about a lack of shopping opportunities.
"They say there is absolutely nothing to do, nowhere to go on Main Street," she said. "They don't want to see another jewelry store, another antique store. They're bored to death with our town because there's nothing to do."
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I want to clarify my comments concerning the lack of shopping opportunities on Main Street. The current business owners of downtown bring wonderful products and services to the street, as well as a love and support for this community. Without these shops, downtown wouldn't be viable and this argument would be moot. However, ALL the shops would greatly benefit from thriving new businesses which bring a different flavor and cater to certain segments of our community that we are not currently servicing. We need to all work together to welcome new businesses into the downtown area and fill the empty storefronts.
Rachel Failmezger has hit the nail right on the head. These business owners want to whine about "the Town doesn't do this, the Town doesn't do that," but in reality I have lived in Front Royal for many years and there is only one or two places to go on Main Street that would draw me in. One is the Lucky Star and the other is the Daily Grind. There really ain't much else going on there.
Vino is a good restaurant and so is Wine & Duck, but there needs to be more going on on Main Street than a couple restaurants and a coffee shop. Look at the business that Herb Melrath does at Daily Grind--that place is always hopping. Don't blame the signage, don't blame the bureaucracy, blame Main Street for Main Street's problems!
What do you want the Town to do about these problems? Should the Town instruct Officer Orye to detour all traffic from Commerce Ave down Main Street and write tickets to anyone who doesn't stop and buy something?
There are a few problems with the Downtown. First, there is no ample parking and what parking there is, there are no signs directing new-comers to the parking facilities. Second, The Main Street stores for the most part are slums. The lack of upgrades forces the store owners to have huge overheads in utility fees, ruined merchandise due to leaky roofs and poor upkeep in the store fronts. It is very difficult to "make a living" in downtown when your overhead exceeds $2,000 a month. If the downtown merchants want to attract more business they should look at what they are providing instead of harping there is no one coming downtown to shop.
Jim, first of all, there is ample parking, and the Town provided new parking signs a year and a half ago. Second, for merchants renting their buildings - is it their responsibility to bring in new businesses into empty locations? Do you expect each individual merchant to provide a selection like Walmart?? Is it their responsibility to improve the buildings that they rent? I'm confused by your comment. Very few of the merchants own their buildings, and the ones that do, take good care of their properties, and most of the rented spaces are well cared for. Compared to a lot of the buildings Royal Avenue and South Street, it looks 10 times better. There is a real charm to it.
In the almost four years I've been on the Town Council, we have worked hard to create an atmosphere where small businesses can flourish.
We have fixed the pot holes and curbs and paved Main Street, Water Street, and Chester Streets. We've replaced ailing trees and planted new ones. Does anyone remember the planters the town hung and maintained along Main and Chester Street? We've added and improved signage to the Downtown area and have increased Police and VIPS presence downtown to make people feel safer there.
We've addressed long term parking issues at the Peyton Street Parking lot and added parking along Jackson.
When the merchants complained that festivals were hurting some of them, we got a group together to make recommendations ... and acted on those reccommendations so that we can bring more people downtown while impacting the businesses as little as possible.
Our Beautification Committees installed the plants and trees along Royal, Commerce, and John Marshall Hwy, but the town maintains them. Have you noticed the roses in the median on Royal and 14th Streets?
The Town's Visitors Center sends out thousands of brochures every year showing people what they can do in Town.
All the Town can do is to create an environment where people feel safe and welcome. I feel that we have done that, but we aren't done making improvements and won't rest until our downtown is thriving.
This probably won't go over well, but I'll say it anyway. The Town of Front Royal needs to cater to tourism WAY much more than it does with regard to the types of stores it offers downtown.... Front Royal isn't so much a destination at this point, as it is a way point to the Skyline Drive and a stop-off point for hikers, etc...
I mean look at towns that people go to specifically to visit their "shopping strip" if you want a model for what works. (BTW, Winchester walking mall, are you listening too?). Check out the types of gift-shops, candy shops and craft stores you find in places like St Augustine, FL or Savannah, GA or look to Old Town Alexandria as a model.... Perhaps more realistically look at a place like Middleburg, VA or Harper's Ferry, WV (Heck the hiking shop in Harper's Ferry is the stuff of legends known to all hikers who travel the AT)..... ANY place with a successful "tourist shopping strip" to find the answers that seem to be eluding all of you.
Antique shops and jewelry shops CAN work in places like this, but people need OTHER reasons to come by. Front Royal has a nice visitor's center to build around.... Not trying to make the town into "Cheeseville" or anything, but fun shops like candy, souvenirs, t-shirts, or whatever... You build the kind of strip that becomes THE reason people come to spend a few hours, or even the day in Front Royal, not a place to simply pass time while little Jennifer goes to the bathroom over at the visitor's center and Daddy tries to find out more information about Skyline Drive...
I used to live in Front Royal and have long family history in the area. I love to shop and support local businesses on Main St. I was just in town for the Festival of Leaves weekend but was disappointed to find many of the shops closed with inconsistant hours. I know retail is difficult right now but it takes dedication to get through rough times. Customers are more careful with the money they spend and it may not be your day but be supportive of your fellow merchants. Work together to make it a place where people want to come spend time to eat and shop.
As a B&B owner, absolutely agree with Irishman71 ... BUT ... we need to make sure we have our terminology right.
I'd absolutely LOVE to see more places along Main Street that our tourists want to visit, but the Town Government isn't in the retail business. The Town Government can't say who can and who can't open a store on Main Street.
The EDA is charged with the responsibility to find new businesses and the Town Government is working with them to renovate the downtown area and to find the sorts of businesses we all agree need to be in town.
The town should have more good restaurants and other activities that attract tourists and locals alike. We all agree. The question is "How do we do that?" and "Who has that responsibility?" The Town Government can't make someone come to town, we can only make it attractive.
We are trying to remind our citizens what we have to offer downtown, but we can't make our people come here.
Many, even most, small towns are facing the same problems that we are facing. "Back When" if you needed shoes, you went downtown and bought them there. The stores were closed on Sundays, Mondays, and most holidays and rarely stayed open past 7:00 PM. Now, the big box stores are open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, so people go there to buy the things that they used to buy downtown. How do we compete with that?
This is ridiculous. This conversation and story has been repeated and repeated for at least the last 30 years--as long as I have been a resident of Front Royal/Warren County. Throwing more money at "downtown" isn't going to improve the economy and motivate people to part with their dollars to shop at one of the half dozen thrift stores. It isn't going to motivate the out of town landlords and the local slum lords to improve their store fronts or improve their buildings. They will take your improvement money and say thank you very much. This is a typical free rider problem. The last nice and noticeable improvements were to a couple of old turn of the century and victorian houses on south main, that are apparently in some form of financial distress. The successful establishments that provide a destination are superb and they will survive and thrive because they offer an excellent product. Until the "mickey mouse" operations and establishments provide a unique and differentiated product, my dollars will go elsewhere. Cheap rents and run down establishments breed nothing more than the same. This is not a public problem, this is private business not operating and functioning to its highest and best use. Save your money Front Royal.
Am I the only one around here who likes Main St.? What is wrong with you people? It is very charming and historic looking; there are several tasteful displays informing people about the history; the streets are nice and clean, with landscaping and benches; ample parking near the pavilion (which hosts tons of fun events) or on ANY side street if you don't happen to find a good spot on Main St., which I almost always do. As for the stores, you have Stokes which is an excellent place to get working clothes, western ware etc.; plus there are numerous restaurants, bars, etc. There are a couple of decent second hand stores (the hospice one is particularly well regarded); there is a farmers market, a furniture store, rug store, computer store, small engine repair shop, gem shop, music shop/pawn shop, auction house, yoga gym, a movie theater, skateboard shop... not to mention all those jewelry and antique stores. And not one chain store to offend the eye (except Schewels). Anyway I just wanted to stop by and put a good word in for main street, I always seem to enjoy myself there.
Oh,good grief! Although I am not insensitive to the business owners' concerns, why are we talking about taking vast sums away from the *public* LIBRARY!? Libraries are properly supported by the governments, while people who are in business should assume their own risks, should they not?
The Main Street area is indeed lovely, and I do compliment and thank the town for all the improvements made in recent years. I'll tell you what makes our out-of-town visitors demand to be driven in to town - the antiques my wife has bought from the shops on Main Street! As soon as they get a look at the gorgeous buffet, lawyers bookcase, and farm tables she picked up at Ole Timers, Valley Finds, and the old Main Street Emporium, they want to go in to town. Once there, we usually patronize the Daily Grind, Soul Mountain, the Visitors' Center, and Royal Cinema. Especially since the town started discouraging undue loitering, the Main Street area is a great place to spend and afternoon shopping, having a cuppa coffee, whatever (before the discouragement of loitering, we used to take out-of-town guests down to Woodstock for the day). One improvement suggestion: we really need a good sign making people aware of the great parking available on Peyton Street. Another suggestion: recognize that the shops on Main Street are businesses, not charities, and respect them for what they contribute to our community as businesses. Let charities do their work, and let businesses do their work. I can't think of anywhere else businesses are expected to give out freebies.
Twenty or thirty stores on Main Street and nobody really has a clue what it will take to create a vibrant downtown area? How much additional revenue would each business earn in a month if they had just one or two additional sales each day?
Try looking at how shopping center landlords control their tenants. One way is telling their tenants how many hours per day and how many days a week the store will be open. These terms are written into the property leases. If a business person does not want to operate 7 days a week, he gets passed over by the shopping center lease management. Go to Riverton Commons or Crooked Run and every store opens and closes within minutes of each other every day. Now go look at Main Street.
How many Main Street businesses are open Sundays? How many Main Street businesses are open for business 7 days a week, 10 to 12 hours per day? How many Main Street business owners have visited Main Street on Sundays and counted the people walking by their storefront?
Twenty or thirty stores on Main Street with twenty or thirty different hours of operation. Why would they not be open for business when customers are standing in front of their doors? If Main Street businesses want to compete with corridor shopping centers, maybe they should take lessons from the shopping centers on how to be more competitive? It is time to help themselves and stop looking for magic bullets from the EDA, the tourism bureaus, and the Chamber of Commerce.
Otherwise, the Town of Front Royal can continue trying to herd twenty or thirty head-strong cats towards common goals.
Here is a thought. Remember when you walk into Apple Blossom Mall and you see a huge directory with a big arrow pointing "You are here" and then the map of the mall is laid out for you to guide you to the areas of the mall you might be interested in. Why not do the same thing on Main Street? One at one end and one at the other end and two in the middle. That is one way to advertise the parking areas to make it easier to find the parking and the shops that the visitors might be interested in finding. Designed it so that it will be easy to change out businesses on a as needed basis.
And a note to the business owners. Can someone please post on this sight item by item what the Main Street Merchants expect from the Town Government? That way the citizens of Front Royal who visit this sight will know what the Merchants expect from the Town and County Government. And the Town and County Government will know too and will be able to let us know what they can and cannot do and what they can control and what they cannot control. Twice a monty both the County and Town GOvernments meet and they allow the citizens of the county or town to voice their concerns.
I hope my suggestions didn't come across as "not liking Main Street". I personally think Front Royal is a diamond in the rough. I think the downtown area has an historic charm to it and the entrance TO the town is beautiful. The backdrop of the town is gorgeous, etc... Front Royal has everything it needs to become a tourist destination IMO...
There's a certain frustration that I think many are feeling. What is it that the Town of Front Royal is missing that will allow it to take that step from a stop-off point, to an actual destination? (And is that REALLY what the citizens want in the first place?)
I was simply laying out a successful model that myself and my young family like and enjoy. I mean think about it? What would make myself and my family pack up and drive from Stephens City for almost an hour to hang out in Harper's Ferry for a day along their Main Street, but not even consider driving 20 minutes to Front Royal? I was just trying to provide answers to that question.
Mr. Ratigan, that is a GREAT IDEA about the DIRECTORY at each end of Main Street! I've never focused on Main Street needs before because my wife and I have wanted to patronize our Main Street merchants no matter what. But now that this crisis has been highlighted by nvdaily, we want to do all we can to help. We love our community and are so glad we no lonter have to take out-of-town guests and relatives down to Woodstock for a nice day out. Before the Town cracked down on loitering (or appeared to do so, based on our observation), our guests would tease us on returning home with questions like, "How are all the pervs (perverts)?" Now we proudly take everyone down to Main Street, and we invariably have a wonderful afternoon shopping, walking around, etc. A directory would be great... on our last trip down (a couple of weeks ago), we went to see a file at Royal Cinemas, and all parking on Main Street was taken. Luckily, my wife knew about the marvelous Peyton Street parking lot, and directed me to it. If tourists can easily find out all the great stores and restaurants available on Main Street, believe me, Front Royal will stop being just a "drive through" for them. Also, the merchants are right when they apparently say that downtown festivals hinder their business. On the weekend of Festival of Leaves, we really wanted to see a film at Royal Cinema but did not want to deal with whatever traffic problems might have resulted from the Festival, so we stayed home. People should be able to choose to attend festivals or other downtown activities and AT THE SAME TIME know that if they want to continue on to, let's say, dinner or a movie at a Main Street venue, they can do so without a lot of trouble. Let's work together to patronize our Main Street, our downtown festivities, and especially (per my wife) our local antiques stores! Please do put up directories at each end of Main Street... if you want to collect donations in support of that effort, let me know.
I'm a big supporter of our local economy and frequent the shops/restaurants/services on Main Street as often as possible. I find it laughable and very 'Front Royal' to consider taking away funds from the public library to help stimulate the private business interest of a few private individuals.
If Front Royal business/economic development interest were truly interested in revitalizing the downtown community they'd focus their ire on resolving the Afton Inn situation. I'm quite certain that blighted building is more of an issue than the lack of signage.
I have stewed on this story for a few days. Its very sad that the businesses consider the festivals more issue than gain, because during those festivals is the only time I walk around and notice what is actually on Main st. Perhaps the town not charging main street businesses booth space, or employees go out and mix in with the crowds showing off wares, offering food samples. Its almost wasting a huge chance to advertise and show off main street for what it has.
Main Street is undesirable due to the traffic. The speeders taking a short cut from the By Pass to Royal Avenue. If you are at the Chester and Main Street intersection those traveling east or west on Main are going to try to "T-bone" you. It is impossible to drive up or down Main and look to see what is there and then park your vehicle, because you can bet someone is right on your bumper. The area is definitely not "user friendly". The speed limit should be strictly enforced by an officer on a bike (motorized of course). The Town owned some bikes a few years ago. Am I one of the few remaining who can remember when everyone worked together for the good of the cause? Softer and gentler would be nice! Friendly would be nicer :)
While I respect your opinion on this Katrina, I have to disagree. What you are suggesting probably equates to one of the biggest issues regarding economic shift going on in our country as a whole right now. What types of stores are you suggesting go up on Main Street that aren't located elsewhere in town with a more convenient place to park?
An area like Main Street, in my opinion, MUST cater to tourism, because as you even bring up, Wal Mart, Target, Lowe's, CVS, Martin's, etc... are going to win out 99 times out of 100 on the everyday items. Its just the way things have become. I don't like it, but Front Royal is hardly unique in that sense (Though relatively new to the party)... No sense in fighting a battle that has been waged and lost all over this country already...
A Main Street that attracts tourism seem to be the best way to go. Yes, it lends itself to seasonal ups and downs, but that's true in a lot of retail situations... Sounds to me like stores currently located on Main Street just want A season, ANY season, where business is good, and I'd imagine that catering to tourism would help in that regard.
A lot of people seem concerned about taking money from the public library. The library is a sore point for me. It could've been an automatic cross-generational people attractor in the downtown area. But where was it built? On a country road on the edge of town where you need a car or have to take a shuttle or a taxi to get to it. I've been there once in 2 years, courtesy of a relative who was willing to drive me there. Amazon & Barnes & Noble are now my library. There's one decision by the town leaders I'd like to have had some input on.
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