Coos Conversations

Berlin, the "Desk-to-fun" Capital

The wonderful thing about working in the north country is that you work where you play. On any given day, I can turn off my computer and drive to Jericho Lake State Park, about 15 minutes from my house in downtown Berlin. and be swimming about 20 minutes after I leave my desk.I'm told by those who fish, that the record for catching a fish after leaving your desk is 15 minutes.

We told you so ..

It was disheartening but not surprising to learn that Cate Street Capital is already starting to walk away from the commitments it had with the town.  We knew going in that the economics didn't work, and that is was just a matter of time before corners were cut and promises program. 

This week we learned that there will be no River Walk, and I'm sure soon we'll learn that landscaping is too expensive and that since nothing matters but profit,  the plant will continue to be a massive eyesore in the middle of our town. 

And, by the way, the alleged difficulties in creating the River Walk are pure and utter BS. I run around that exact territory 
regularly and there is absolutly no reason why, with some imagination and engineering you couldn't put a River Walk in.  Pretty funny that a company that says it "provides innovative green technologies" doesn't have the green technology to create a Riverwalk in Berlin.Cate Street Capital is just  too cheap, and our City Council too much in their pocket, to enforce the agreement.