Bringing a little New Year Cheer to the board?

[RougeDawg]

Stopped at Loves just north of laurel on way home. It was packed and I couldn?t figure out why. Went inside and it was full of KlanSharts all dressed in sissy blue and red. Lots of long faces and sad sacks of shit. Could tell that most of the college aged kids had spent the night drinking their sorrows away.

Pretty pathetic looking bunch today. Kinda made me laugh and brightened my day.

[parabrave]

I remember in either 92 or 93 when KY blew it in New Orleans, Driving to Drill in Laurel and 59 was packed with KY cars heading home. They were pissed.

[Commercecomet24]

Man Rouge you were only about 5 minutes from my house.

[RougeDawg]

Man Rouge you were only about 5 minutes from my house.

Ha. Laurel is usually a good spot to stop. About half way and usually cheapest gas.

One of these days I?m gonna stop in downtown and walk around. That DIY show made me want to go check out the old downtown area.

[RocketDawg]

Ha. Laurel is usually a good spot to stop. About half way and usually cheapest gas.

One of these days I?m gonna stop in downtown and walk around. That DIY show made me want to go check out the old downtown area.

I think the show has a new season starting in the next week or two.

[TheLostDawg]

I think the show has a new season starting in the next week or two.

I stopped watching when I saw the ole Miss sticker on his truck

[Dawg_Lover]

I think the show has a new season starting in the next week or two.

The new season started two episodes ago. What they have done, for Laurel, has been amazing, I have read an article, or two, talking about a few other small towns have taken note, and are working towards the same goal.
Also, I have wondered how the small town, of Wetumka, AL, is doing since they completed their revitalization on the Hometown Takeover series.

[BrunswickDawg]

The new season started two episodes ago. What they have done, for Laurel, has been amazing, I have read an article, or two, talking about a few other small towns have taken note, and are working towards the same goal.
Also, I have wondered how the small town, of Wetumka, AL, is doing since they completed their revitalization on the Hometown Takeover series.

Not to knock them - they do a great job and I like the show - but they follow a lot of the ideas and blueprints for success that organizations like Main Street USA, Congress for New Urbanism, and the Incremental Development Alliance and others have been championing for years. What Ben & Erin seem to have done is what can be the hardest part for downtown revitalizations - creating a vision that the community buys into, and getting local property and business owners to invest. I've watched a lot of the same things happen locally. We had a 1-2 major property owner in our downtown who wouldn't invest in their buildings, charged ridiculous rents, and wouldn't sell out. So most of downtown sat vacant for years. They finally started selling out at a time where we had done a new downtown masterplan, and things all came together at the right time. New, much younger owners who cared more about the community are here and being creative. Took one historic office building that sat empty for a decade and turned it into shared work-space. 50 units leased out in 1 month, they bought 2 other buildings, and we now have close to 200 new small-offices in our downtown. That has brought back more restaurants. In turn, the new people want to live downtown so we currently have 120 loft/apartment spaces under reno on second and 3rd floors that have been vacant since the 1950s. Working in city planning, and having spent most of my career in historic preservation, it has been a lot of fun watching our downtown boom over the past 5-6 years. It's spilling out into the surround historic neighborhoods. St. Simons Island has gotten expensive enough and over crowded with tourists and AirBnBs, so families are relocating onto the mainland and want to live near downtown. It's been transformative here after nearly 40 years of struggling.

[TUSK]

[Takes notes]

Loves just north of laurel... 5 minutes from my house.

[DownwardDawg]

[Takes notes]

Lmao

[RougeDawg]

Man Rouge you were only about 5 minutes from my house.

This comment made me think. I bet there are a ton of times posters here are within 500 feet or less of each other and do not know it. It has to happen at any sport home game. Just an interesting thought, to think whether or not someone in person resembles who they are perceived to be by their posts.

I?d say that the vast majority would not be in person what perceived by posts. You can garner some generalizations from posts because words have no human interaction behind them. Or human visualization . I often think about that and try to picture posters and know I?m probably way the hell off.

[Turfdawg67]

This comment made me think. I bet there are a ton of times posters here are within 500 feet or less of each other and do not know it. It has to happen at any sport home game. Just an interesting thought, to think whether or not someone in person resembles who they are perceived to be by their posts.

I?d say that the vast majority would not be in person what perceived by posts. You can garner some generalizations from posts because words have no human interaction behind them. Or human visualization . I often think about that and try to picture posters and know I?m probably way the hell off.

Well, to help with your visualization... I'm 6'4", 220lbs with a tat sleeve and flowing blond locks of hair. Oh, and I have a Fu Manchu mustache.

[Gutter Cobreh]

Well, to help with your visualization... I'm 6'4", 220lbs with a tat sleeve and flowing blond locks of hair. Oh, and I have a Fu Manchu mustache.

To this day, I still maintain you should not have been suspended for stomping on those two LSU players back in '14!!!***

[Turfdawg67]

We're twins!! Except I'm 5'11 250 no tats and not blond. Fu Manchu rocking tho!!

Fu Manchu is all that matters!

To this day, I still maintain you should not have been suspended for stomping on those two LSU players back in '14!!!***

Lol! That was a good description of Day... maybe a little beefier.

[PCHSDawg]

That explains my ears popping, that big suck passing by.

[PCHSDawg]

Man Rouge you were only about 5 minutes from my house.

You live close to a buddy of mine, he's in Sharon.

[Commercecomet24]

You live close to a buddy of mine, he's in Sharon.

Yep, we live in the shady grove/sharon suburbs lol

[PCHSDawg]

There's some decent dining in downtown Laurel. They have events that the wife and daughters-in-law enjoy. Shopping and wine, not my speed.

[Commercecomet24]

Ha. Laurel is usually a good spot to stop. About half way and usually cheapest gas.

One of these days I?m gonna stop in downtown and walk around. That DIY show made me want to go check out the old downtown area.

Yeah we do have some of the cheapest gas in the country here(thankfully). They've really revitalized downtown. It was absolutely falling apart 15 years ago, absolutely horrible. The transformation has been miraculous! Some really good restaurants and shop now. Glad to see it happen. Only thing is Ben and Erin both big om people lol

Holler if you get here I'll buy you lunch.

[RougeDawg]

Yeah we do have some of the cheapest gas in the country here(thankfully). They've really revitalized downtown. It was absolutely falling apart 15 years ago, absolutely horrible. The transformation has been miraculous! Some really good restaurants and shop now. Glad to see it happen. Only thing is Ben and Erin both big om people lol

Holler if you get here I'll buy you lunch.

Ha thanks for the offer. I?ll buy you a couple rounds if you drink. Yea the only downside is them being OM grads.

But what they are doing is admirable. Even when someone you have disdain for does something admirable, I have to give them credit.

The wife and I have actually talked about spending a weekend there and checking everything out. Possibly Air BNB it somewhere downtown. No hotels if we don?t have to. I love old train areas and that downtown looks like a great place to walk around or ride bikes.

And here?s a side tip. Every city along the Collins or Colinial Pipelines have the cheapest gas. Terminals around Hattiesburg, Laurel and Meridian by airport in Mississippi. The trucks fill up at the terminals. Closest stations get cheapest gas. When you travel look where the pipelines go and where terminals are. It may save you a little bit.

Another side tip. Currently the Collins pipeline has a leak on their diesel line. Diesel prices may increase in their areas. Last I heard was they had located leak Wednesday and dug down to expose it. No info on when it?ll be repaired and diesel flowing again.