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Today, we open with a letter from a resident who shares an experience that’s become familiar to many. Heaven Silver left the area for post-secondary education, and returned to find that not much had changed.
If you’re not into sports or drinking alcohol, there’s really not much for youth to do aside from hanging out in parking lots or someone’s basement, she writes. And from my desk, a full generation of Owen Sounders ahead of Heaven, I have to agree there’s a persistent feeling that not much has changed for local youth.
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Letter: Coming Home and Nowhere to Go — What Owen Sound Still Lacks for Young People
For young people in Owen Sound, especially those in their late teens and early twenties, the options for social life remain limited. Outside of organized sports, occasional programming through the library, or going to bars, there are few consistent, accessible spaces designed with youth in mind. If you’re not an athlete, not much of a drinker, or simply looking for something different, your choices narrow quickly.
We’re heading into another municipal election, and there will surely be many promises made. Will this be the term Owen Sound shakes loose the stagnation that’s kept the town from growing — and kept youth from wanting to stay or move back — since the 1970s? We shall see.
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