El Shore-o Bore-o

It is Spring Break people!!!!!!

Many a college student are in Florida, Cali, and Mexico. I on the other hand am I vacationing in my hometown of Saint Clair Shores, Michigan.

Saint Clair Shores is known for a few things. Like being right off Lake Saint Clair, The Nautical Mile, The hometown of Dave Coulier, and Fred "Sonic" Smith, and being boring as the dickens.

When I was having a discussion with my friends Brady and Lauren the other day we were trying to figure out what we could do. We figured out we had 5 choices:

1.) Bowling
2.) Travis
3.) Bowling
4.) Bowling
5.) Be cold (seasonal option)

That is just unacceptable.

The Shores needs more options. And he are my spitball ideas of to what the city could do to make this city un-boring.

Amusement Park
You laugh now. But folks, S.C.S. had one before. It was built in 1927 and was burnt down in 1955. Saint Clair Shores should put all their eggs in one basket on this one. This could be huge. You could have a full on boardwalk a la Rocket Power and or a poor man's poor Coney Island. But it will be tough to build obviously, and it raises the question, "How was it burnt down in the first place?" Which leads to my second suggestion...

Bring Back the Mafia(s)/Prohibition
Okay, this one could be a smidge unrealistic but one can dream. Let's just face facts for a second, Mafia(s) make things more interesting. And prohibition was just cool. I mean look at how it treated Jay Gatsby (minus the getting shot) (SPOILER ALERT) Wait, that was supposed to come before I tell you he gets shot. Anyway, there is a typical mathematical equation that comes with Mafia(s) inhabiting a city:

Mafia(s)+City="Job Opportunities"
Therefore...
Mafia(s)=Money
Henceforth...
Mafia(s)+Money+Influence=Dirty Cops
Meaning...
Dirty Cops=City Officials
So....
City Officals+Mafia(s)+Kickbacks=Amusement Park.

Boom!

Busch League Minor League Sports Team of Sorts
We have Kyte Monroe and Civic Arena. We have the intangibles to support an incredibly small Minor League team. For example, that one team Freddie Prinze Jr. was on in Summer Catch. It would be fun seasonal entertainment for a city who likes their sports. It would be a hit and a half.

Concert Venue
This would be amazing. The potential of this is mind blowing. Now, I am not saying, "Let's make a concert hall like the State Theatre!" No, I am saying make like a CBGB's. Just a small intimate place where bands would want to play. And the more places that bands are able to play the more bands will play, and more people will want to form bands and then Saint Clair Shores could have a nice little music scene.

Re-Opening The Shores Theatre
This is the easiest thing to do. And it should have been done years ago. I digress.

Build a Sonic
Oh my god. Have you been to Sonic? If you build it, they will come. People will come Ray, handing over twenty dollars without even thinking, people will come Ray, people will come. If you can parlay a quote from Field of Dreams it is a sure-fire must happen idea. Putting a Sonic on Jefferson or Harper, that would be money. Since Sonics are a delicacy in Michigan people from outside cities will come to get their tater-tot fix.

And when they get arrive in the Shores they would say, "Wow there is so much to do! We could go to Civic and see the Saint Clair Shores Wave play, go to Jefferson Beach Amusement Park, See a movie at Shores Theatre, or see what bands are playing at the Boardwalk Bar."

or, OR, they could come to Saint Clair Shores and more realistically say, "Alright! Let's bowl!"

Which one seems more fun to you?