Marketing Truro
To the editor:
The Sept. 8 issue of the Independent included the news that Truro has created a new position for a “communications and marketing coordinator” [“A New Communicator,” page A12].
I am struggling to understand why Truro needs a marketing coordinator. What are we marketing and to whom? Surely, we’re not marketing to lure tourists to town; it’s already almost impossible and very expensive to rent a place in Truro. So what needs to be marketed?
Ellyn Weiss
Truro and Washington, D.C.
Truro Town Manager Darrin Tangeman comments: “The marketing aspect is only a small portion of the job. The largest focus is communications and engagement. There are misconceptions about what marketing means for local government. Some people seem to associate the M word with private sector business activities and don’t see the broader application to local government and our community. If our residents open their mind to the full meaning of marketing for local governments, they will see the benefit of being better informed on the value proposition of the town’s provision of services in relation to the taxes and fees they pay for those services.”
Remembering Mary Lou Petitt
To the editor:
Back in 2015, an 80-plus-year-old friend who had been involved in creating affordable housing in New Jersey and Eastham spoke out at a crowded Eastham Select Board meeting. Her name was Mary Lou Petitt.
She was my mentor as we proceeded to get the word out that Eastham would become a town of great-grandmothers and -fathers if the young families continued to have to leave town.
I spent a day last August photographing housing in Orleans to show that 15 living units per acre can be done attractively. That message has to get to the townspeople who think that all we need are a couple of apartments over businesses or scattered here and there.
Our town does not have a match for Alan McClennen of Orleans, who is a wealth of information, nor Bob Brookhart, who supplied information about the Old Colony Way apartments there. I am not so naive as to believe that living spaces like these can be made cheaply, but with ARPA money available, maybe we could consider something nicer looking but larger than the Village at Nauset Green.
Might I also suggest that one of the streets through a future development be named Mary Lou Petitt Way?
Bonnie Nuendel
Eastham
Next Windmill Weekend
To the editor:
The Eastham Windmill Weekend Committee, though few in number, worked diligently to bring back many cherished Windmill Weekend activities. We plan to return next year with another event-filled weekend, but we will need more volunteers. Please go to easthamwindmillweekend.org and sign up to help with planning for next year.
Our deep appreciation to everyone who helped to ensure that, after a two-year hiatus, our town’s celebration was a success.
Joanna Stevens
Eastham
‘Where Do You Stand?’
To the editor:
Important conversations we should be having:
“Hmm, would you like to have sex?”
“What if we get pregnant? Where do you stand?”
“I don’t really know.”
“Hmm, no, I don’t think so, then. But get back to me soon when you do know. We can’t wait too long on this.”
Always pro-choice and pro-Roe.
David Agger
Wellfleet
