I need to write an article for my school paper about improving my

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town...not sure how to start...? our town needs help...
Economy-wise and just overall clean up and stuff...I need to talk about ways to improve it and try to get people involved...Any ideas?????
 
you might also want to consider other towns of similar size/constitution as yours and see what they have done.

above all, though, you might want to do this exercise:

write down everything that bugs you about your town

next, identify the CAUSES or REASONS for the irritation

next, parse the causes or reasons and see which are bugging you because they irritate you and which are bugging you because there are problems that could or should be fixed

then ask yourself

IF I WERE THE KING OF THIS TOWN WHAT WOULD I DO TO FIX IT UP

then go after the people who can give you quotes anad facts to fill it out.

you might even start it: If I were King of Gananoque for ONE DAY, I'd clean up the waterfront blah blah -- you're smart, you get the picture
 
Well, how I would handle it would be to do a brief introduction on how things used to be compared to how they are now ( as you living there, already pretty much know what needs fixed, what could be improved upon and such ), and then slowly work to how the town has changed over time to what it is currently.

Talk to some older citizens of the town and try to get their input on the subject as well, as they are a vast largely untapped store of information regsarding history of the twon over the decades.
 
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