Are You Being Served or Are You Serving Others?

"In a small town our strengths and our flaws slam together against the senses. In a small town our only cause is jam-packed into a basket for someone in need. Peripheral vision." — Richard Arnold Beattie

All Generations

In our bookend small towns, where one end is Silver Cliff and the other is Westcliffe, within the big Wet Mountain Valley, we are an aging population. If your community is not aging, then people are either leaving or dying. And so it is with community. If our community is not represented by all generations, recreation, education, arts, transportation, and responsible entrepreneurship are either leaving or dying.

We've Been Ghosted — Or Not

There is a fear in small-town America that we are being ghosted. Not true. The idea is to create opportunities for all ages to create, produce, and distribute services, products, and orchards of good fruit — resources that are perennial, timeless favorites. In real and responsible communities, there are no winners and losers. We share stories and songs that bolster our friends, neighbors, and the other farms, ranches, eateries, and shops along Main Street and rural roads.

Regional Routes and Radius

Competition becomes "Who can out-serve the other, through kindness and caring?" — "Daring to be bold-faced servant leaders." It is a case of taking responsibility and moving ahead by becoming colleagues, not competitors. Small and vibrant small towns can do no less.

We are the CORE Board, equipping one another through community building and facing Colorado challenges together. Email richardbeattie809@gmail.com.