More than 69% of our neighbors recently approved Measure E, which gives Buellton residents the right to vote on whether or not the city provides services outside the city limits/UGB. The message is that our community cares about how and when it expands.
What does your vision of Buellton look like?
What do you like best about Buellton?
What would you like to see changed?
- Would a downtown district along the Avenue of Flags be an asset to the community? If so, what would you like to see located there?
- Unlike our neighboring Valley communities, Buellton has no defining architectural style. Should we adopt one?
- Many of our elected officials refer to Buellton as "the Gateway to the SYV." As the "Gateway," what amenities should we offer our citizens and visitors to our community?
- What types of business enterprise should we attract to and encourage in our community?
Here is my vision:
I believe having a downtown district is really important for a community — it becomes its heart. On the Avenue of Flags I'd love to see:
- the Library
- the Post Office
- the Visitors Center
- a coffee house that has comfortable chairs where friends and neighbors can meet
- a bistro-style restaurant that serves locally grown and inventively prepared food
- a quiet place that specializes in SYV produced wines to share a drink with friends at the end of the day, and perhaps offers live jazz, blues or acoustic music on the weekends
- one or more shops that features "Buellton-Made" and "SYV-Made products."
What's yours?
2 comments:
I grew up in Buellton and have watched it grow ever so slowly.I can remember when there was a sign that said elevation 400' Population 400. (Late 1940's)
I like the idea of the Post Office, Library and Visitors Center to be on the Avenue. It will create what everyone has been wishing for. A Downtown! Architecture is probably our weakness but it was hard to come up with a theme that everyone would agree on when we developed our General Plan. I am sad to say, I do not really appreciate Art, but I do love music and entertainment. We must also not forget our roots of being a highway town. Maybe a museum depicting our past?
Ron, I agree completely that moving the Buellton Historical Museum to a stand-alone structure would be an excellent addition to the Avenue. I have lived here 20 years and it wasn't until I attended a Chamber Mixer this past year that I even knew we had a museum! That's sad. . .
I also agree that we need to honor our past — agriculture and service town — because like the beauty of the surrounding landscape, it gives us a sense of rootedness: a sense of "place." But, I also believe that celebrating our past must not be at the expense of visioning our future and being willing to step forward into the 21st century with both feet. A museum that dynamically displays where we've come from, where we are now, and where we want to be heading is exciting. There are many very talented people who live locally to help on such a project, including a "retired" museum exhibition designer.
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