Letter: How We Talk About Downtown Matters

First-time councilor Jon Farmer submits a letter to the editor with his perspective on the importance of language used in discussions on downtown Owen Sound.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Submitted by Jon Farmer

Like anywhere, Owen Sound faces challenges, and how we talk about and connect to those challenges will shape whether our community can overcome them and reach its potential.

To begin with, Owen Sound’s identity is most strongly defined by the things that are uniquely our own. It’s not the big box stores that giv…