First Things First

Why a blog about Elmhurst?

Hell, why not?

Almost 43,000 of us call Elmhurst home. We live there, love there, fight there, and die there. The town seeps into every inch of many of us - good or bad, whether we want it to or not. Spend enough time there, and it becomes a part of you.

But it's not all chanpagne and roses. Elmhurst has its thorns as well.

Too many of us read the paper, shop in town, wander around the streets on "Cool Cars" nights, and just accept what the town is, and what the town has become. We're along for the ride. We're watching the parade.

Ain't it more fun to be in the parade?

So why not write about the town - the good and bad, the things we love and the things that make us shake our heads in anger or furstration. Highlight things that deserve to be highlighted - from the good (volunteer efforts, great restaurants, spots of culture) to the not so good (how many of our teens are drinking, how many McMansions are being built on postage stamp-sized lots).

Elmhurst is home, warts and all. Let's explore it, have fun with it, celebrate it, and subject it to a harsh glare and intense cross-examination when necessary.