Right Time, Right Approach, Right Place

As it has progressed more from an idea to proposal, Sidney’s Hickory Square project has come more to the forefront in discussion lately, both public and private.

The project’s backers, simply put, are following a sort of “if you build it, they will come” approach toward drawing people into the downtown business district.

Central to the idea is developing a place where people can congregate, and, while in the area migrate to businesses.

It’s an idea with merit.

With the proposal advancing, more information has come out about it. And this is not simply something to make the area mor...