Livewire Vol. 12 Issue 2 April 2021

Staff Editorial Living in a small town is an experience like no other. Many magazines that we publish are all about change. However, for this magazine we wanted to recognize the beauty of our small town while also calling people to rise through the ranks and make Mount Washington better.

Mount Washington, KY is a place that many of our readers call home. This word represents the place where they have grown up, gone to work, sent their kids to school and made connections with the people that surround them. It is a place where little league football is the center of conversation and every new business is a cause for excitement.

Mount Washington is a community that thrives under the Friday night lights, where the whole town packs into the stands and a place where high school sports make the front page. It’s a place of nostalgia where generations of families have been going to the same schools, churches and places of work. Many residents see the beauty in reminiscing on their time in this town, however many are turned away from this lifestyle.

The idea of ‘everybody knows your name’ is not for everyone but that isn’t the only thing that is problematic for the people that aren’t crazy about our small town. The lack of businesses and places for teenagers to hang out is a huge frustration for many who have lived here their entire lives.

These ideas and more are addressed throughout our magazine but we hope that by opening up this conversation we will inspire you, our reader, to take a stance and make change that benefits the place you call home; benefits like buying local, having the confidence to talk to city council and learning to be a leader by stepping out of the line and using the power of your voice.

Sincerely, The Livewire Staff