Oh, the Dreadful Wind and Rain
Water is spooky stuff. It covers most of our planet. We're all pretty much made of it, with a couple of powders and fluids mixed in to keep things from leaking out. Three days without it and
we're cooked. Literally. But, given time, water will dissolve just about anything. All the clay and rocks in your flower beds are what's left of the world's mightiest mountains, which used to be just a few miles from here. What happened to the mountains? Wind and rain. If you think about it, a million years of architecture have gone into trying to accomplish just one thing: keep the rain off our heads. But the rain always wins. Our roofs leak, our walls crumble. The paint peels, the windows crack. A fundamental function of humanity is to build, rebuild and repair. Maintenance is not an elective procedure.
Main Street Takoma comes to the rescue. You knew that’d happen, right? The Design Committee has $75,000, and it’s giving it away. That’s right, I said GIVING IT AWAY. It’s the Facade Improvement Program, and if you have a business on the Maryland side of Main Street Takoma, you really need to get on this, because this can be dollar-for-dollar matching money for your improvement project. But, you’ve got to apply. Up front. Yes, there is paperwork. This is Maryland tax money that the State is letting us work with, and there are taxpayers from Frostburg to Pocomoke City who want to make sure that the hippies aren’t spending it on tie dye and munchies. So, yes, there will be a paper trail. With oversight. Gee-sorry I have to be Mr. Bad Vibes.
But, we’ll make it up to you. On Friday, October 27, at 9 AM, at the Middle Eastern Cuisine Restaurant on Carroll Avenue, Main Street Takoma is hosting a seminar on this program. We’ll walk through it. State guys will be there with the details, and to talk about creative ways to come up with your half of the deal. So, the call goes out: Property Owners! Business Owners! Bring your building problems to Main Street Takoma on October 27, because we’re having a Krazy Daze Half-Price Sale on money! Yeah! I like what I’m saying! I live for this! Let’s make this thing happen!
Oh, but maybe you’re too busy. And there’s paperwork that you might have to fill out. And it’s just such a hassle. Well then, in sympathy, I will play the world’s smallest violin for you.
And the only tune that fiddle will play is: “Oh, the dreadful wind and rain”.
John Hume
Design Chair