What If?

Lots of good things are happening in the mid-city area from Ash to Sassafras, above Twelfth Street.  Toward Ash there is a beautiful neighborhood park just north of the railroad, and some revitalized and newer housing, including the new Condos at 14th and Parade.  Julio Reyes’ Latinos’ Restaurant and Bar has revitalized the existing building […]

Much has been written on various GlobalErie blogs about what makes Erie a great place to live, and there are many things of which to be proud.  There is another whole story to tell about the small towns that surround the city, and their contributions to the Erie lifestyle.
I live in North East, so this […]

I really don’t know if it’s just euphoria over the return of spring, but it seems to me as if a new sense of pride in our city is beginning to take hold.  It became apparent with the welcome the city gave to GE, and continues with the enthusiasim for Paul Nelsons new addition, Ravine […]

Erie Management Group has debuted their new video showcasing Erie past, present , and future.  The video presents Erie at it’s finest, and has resulted in a powerful new tool for promoting Erie.  We at “What If?” commend Pat Black for his major contribution to Erie’s future.  Watch the video here.  Thanks to Jim Berlin for […]

I think we as citizens need to salute those folks in Erie who went far out of their way to make the GE Shareholder meeting such a success.  GE Boss Jeff Immelt wrote a thank-you note to Erie praising the community and it’s people.  You can read it here.  As Mr. Immelt said, the city […]

As mentioned in Thursday’s goerie.com,  the American Lung Association has given Erie it’s best air-quality rating ever, a “C”.  Now that we have achieved some progress on that issue, can anyone really give a good reason why we should allow the tire plant to be constructed?  With GAF gone, IP gone, and much of the […]

There’s a lot happening in Erie this week and next, which will have an impact, good or negative, on the future of the city and surrounding areas.  It does look to me like a lot of the happenings will be a positive thing.
First, the bad news;  It seems likely that taxpayers are about to lose the […]

On such a beautiful day as this, it is hard to imagine why anyone would not like to live here in Erie.  On a trip into Erie from my home in North East, I tried to see the area through the eyes of a visitor.  The view along the lake road is fantastic.  Coming through […]

There is a very positive article in today’s (Sunday) Erie Times-News and at GoErie.com highlighting the efforts of an Erie area plastics firm to develop ways to recycle certain types of plastics that until now were not reusable.
Kurt Duska, of Engineered Plastics has been working on this idea for some time now, and is the […]