~~ = Tew Nt — > pu AD RY Vm be 2 wens BR hd nora. TE Wh The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 29,1992 5° | 1 SAY WE ROW OUT & GAVE HIM. | Nes Heiress. (50ME LIFEGUARD | You ARE! 4 (YoU CHEATED ON YOUR UFE | SAING COURSE, OH wn?! Y Sa NS YON _ WANS ON Nay ans mh NN Mies NL | Sint IN HIMGELF, | OH Yeh ,WELL-You SWIN LIKE A CAT. (1 5M WE THROW | ‘ALIFE PRESERVER OUT, 50 HE CAN » The Economic Viewpoint Back Mountain needs a broader tax base By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN 21st Century Life in the Back Mountain will not be complete without attention today being given to planned economic growth. Ba- sically a bedroom community, the Back Mountain has not paid sig- nificant attention to ways to stimu- lat'j@conomic growth, thus im- proving the tax base of the area and encouraging an economy which can meet the needs of the fastest growing part of Luzerne County. Broadening the tax base is not an easy function. It requires long range planning which can identify land most suitable for economic development of the type desired by the municipality and its citizenry. The completion of the Cross Valley Expressway has made it even more apparent that the Back Mountain may well be a suitable location for ne onomic development which can “nelp provide employment within the area in addition to alle- viating fiscal and tax burdens of the mmunity. Local governmental officials as well as school board members in Lake-Lehman and Dallas should join together to form an economic development task force and work closely with the Back Mountain Citizens Council with respect to this issue. While economic devel- opment continues to occur along Route 309, itis almost an accident that such development happens and it may not necessarily be in the best interest of the area. Strip commercial development can have a negative impact which can generate traffic and cause other types of access and egress prob- lems and other problems of diffi- culty to the area. Planned eco- nomic development, on the other hand, can be a major positive addition to the Back Mountaln landscape, affording positive op- portunities to blend these uses of land for the betterment of those living in the Back Mountain today and those who are the future gen- erations of Back Mountain citi- zens. A task force specifically charged with examining new economic development potential could work toward this goal by developing a marketing strategy designed to specifically attract a type of eco- nomic growth desired. It could develop an assets and liabilities analysis which could go a long way toward making the task easier to achieve. It could help designate likely areas for economic growth and encourage appropriate devel- opment techniques which could be helpful in implementing eco- nomic objectives. By working closely together, officials from those school district areas could reinforce one another and strengthen the likelihood that planned economic growth could occur which would benefit both district areas. Existing technical support is available from organizations in the region to assist in this type of activity. The Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership and its constituent organizations such as the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Com- merce and the Committee for Economic Growth can be helpful partners in this regard. The Eco- nomic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania (EDCNP) can be a source of infor- mation and support. The Office of Community Development of Luzerne County and other organi- zations can be called upon to pro- vide assistance with respect to this approach. As the new century quickly appears, the time is immediate for establishing a Back Mountain Economic Development Task Force, one which will have a sense of urgency as well as a long range perspective, designed to focus at- tention on a critical issue for the betterment of the area's future. Appropriate economic development is as important a consideration as water resources, waste manage- mentand recycling, public sewers, and a host of other vital commu- nity needs which have been iden- tified by many groups as impor- tant to the Back Mountain. Special attention to economic growth and the implications for the Back Mountain's continued prosperity is a task whose time has come. Library news Books are still By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction had a successful year once again with the Book Booth in particular netting a larger profit than last year. There were many good books donated for the auction this year and we have replenished our downstairs book sale rooms. The Special Book Sale Room features, ‘Buy a bag of books for $1.00 and receive the second bag free’. This will continue for the present time. A new addition, the second book store room will have a selection of fairly new, clean fic- tionjgand non-fiction for sale at $1.8% a book. These were dona- tions that arrived too late for the auction and we are offering them for sale at this special price now. Both of the book store rooms will be open for browsing and buying on Wednesdays and Satur- days, from 10 to 5. In addition to these sale rooms in the basement; for sale in library basement there is a special shelf of hard covers and one of paperbacks, practically new, for sale in the of- fice area of the library. The hardcovers range in price from $2 to $5 and the paperbacks are 50¢ each. New books at the library: “Lin- coln at Gettysburg; The words that remade America” by Garry Wills is a story that explains how Lincoln wove a spell that has not, yet, been broken. The Civil War is, to most Americans, what Lincoln wanted it to mean. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world, to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns. The power of words has rarely been given amore compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorial- ize the gruesome battle. Instead he gave the whole nation “a new birth of freedom” by tracing its first birth to the Declaration of Independ- NEW LOCATION! Bigger & Better — Same Low Prices C.A. REED PAPER PARTY SUPPLIES Gateway Shopping Center Bldg. 85, So. 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