Under-Age Drinking & Over-Age Thinking: Making Money off the Land

I’ve always felt that a society that stops exploring is a society that stops progressing. Significant challenges remain here and it must be “us” that lay the foundation for our future “West Virginian’s” to appreciate, with a their knowledge of making it better.

We should be very much dependent on ourselves to generate government revenue to surpass the capacity within ourselves that is capable to achieve such goals. It is up to us to be “the miracle”.

Traveling along the interstate systems, you find a lot of “dead area’s”---empty space that beckons the weary traveler--that is, if only there was a place to stop. Of course you have your rest area’s, but they do not offer much other than a place to stretch your legs or use the bathroom facilities.

Why not utilize these spaces as a form of added income for this state? Leasing out the land for a fast food restaurant is an option. A joint venture between private investment and our state government. With strict regulations geared towards family fun.

A farmers market along these area’s would also be a way for people to sell their wares. Not just fruits and vegetables, but arts and crafts, maple syrup or even hot peppers. There’s a multitude of options just waiting to be exploited---and for a profit.

And I believe through “word of mouth”, the message of friendliness, hospitality and products, that out-of-state traveler’s would gladly welcome. And of course, we would welcome their cash.

But the idea here is to make the state more accessible with a road better traveled. Some place fun for the kids to visit and retain a “lifetime” of memories to be shared with generations to come. A recollection that will burn in their memory banks and fill their hearts with joy every time they think about “that time we took the family through the hills of West Virginia”.