Logger’s Playday is synonymous with the City of Hoquiam, Washington with a deeply rooted heritage of its community’s sense of purpose and pride. It’s foray into re-invention and innovation is not so much so to escape from its well-mannered traditions of strength and hard work but rather as a celebration of what it was founded on, much like the loggers’ parade and the loggers’ competition held every fall.
Hoquiam’s transformation is well worth keeping an eye on, for this community will explore change to keep itself intact in heart and spirit, a logging community from its inception with much sensitivity and a well-meaning stubbornness to what is truly important, family and sense of community. It is these same ideas that has given rise to what can be achieved with the Hoquiam waterfront development.
In Hoquiam town, change is coming, development is being seeded to bring better opportunities and growth to the community as a whole, as it was several generations ago when the town and its people made themselves and their sons and daughters a place to be called home through logging, with the ancient forest yielding to change to bring forth a quality of life still after decades past is celebrated in all appreciation.
It is on this tradition that the towns people of Hoquiam have built their reputation and their knack for survival and fortune, but like any other place, change must inevitably make its mark, not so much so with the people and what they stand for, but with some facets of their towns physical attributes like infrastructure and economy.
The waterfront and the community as a whole can also offer an ambiance that is relative to the word unwind and not surprisingly this ability to relax people through nature’s beauty is one of the secrets of the towns ability to persevere and be hard working people without losing their sense of belonging of who and what they stand for.
Change and improvement of the waterfront facilities will bring in new income to the town coffers through new businesses and the accompanying tourist and local purchases of goods and services, which means better local government services for the locals. So, it’s a win-win situation for Hoquiam not only in economic terms but also ultimately in its communal pride and prestige.
Being able to adapt and change is a challenge that many face and few succeed in truly accomplishing, maybe because man is naturally inclined to resist change to what has been tradition and custom. But communities like Hoquiam do not exist just so to decline and fade, it is filled with much memory of joy and love and hope and it is that hope that will bring forth innovation and adaptation that is needed not only for the sake of changing but to strengthen and keep alive the traditions and heritage that Hoquiam and its people value so much and they are right to do so.
The rationale of whether change and development can ruin a people’s tradition and heritage is an old idea that is brought about by misunderstanding. A lovely town like Hoquiam with its people and its proud lineage cannot let itself and will not let itself fade because it owes its pride and existence to its founders who innovated and embraced change not only to survive but to grow and flourish, and Hoquiam with its wonderful people, will always remember and recognize that change has always been what has made them stronger.
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