MIDDLEBURG
by Musings of Pan
Author's note: I checked with the town leaders of Middleburg and found that all participants in this story are over 18 years of age.
A PLAN TO SAVE OUR TOWN
"I don't know how much longer any of us can keep going. There is no business........" Sally was saying and I was about to dose off. Sally is a wonderful person but she just doesn't know how to stop talking. Especially during our monthly Middleburg town meeting which I, as mayor, was chairing.
This promised to be a long night. Of course Sally was right. Middleburg was drying up. No one could disagree with that. Years ago Middleburg was a viable town when people would come to the healing springs. Of course that was before modern medicine when what doctors could do for many conditions was not much better than the springs. Middleburg is not close to a large city and not on an interstate highway so many people had to move away to find work.Β By now only a few of us remained and it definitely looked like Middleburg would be a ghost town in a couple of years. These town meetings were depressing.
"Excuse me Sally," Ted broke in and brought my attention back to the meeting, "What if we could change Middleburg in a way that would bring in tourists?"
"Why would anyone want to vacation in Middleburg?" asked Mark, "There is nothing here. We don't have a Grand Canyon and the worlds largest ball of string has been taken."
Ted went on to explain that we need to make the town unique and special to attract people. He said that he and his wife, Nora, have been kicking ideas around for months now and have come up with one that could work without having to convince a large investor to put in a theme park.Β He said, "We think we have found a way to put Middleburg on the map."
There was silence as we waited to hear this wonderful, town saving idea. Ted went on to explain that this could be started with cleaning up the town and adding a few small facilities but that the real transformation will require major changes for all of us personally.
Sally jumped in, "Well I am ready to do anything to get us going again......" She was winding up for another monologue when Ted gently stopped her.
"Perhaps you might want to hear the idea before committing to it." He said. Ted went on to explain that the only way he and Nora could think of to save Middleburg was to turn it into a nude town. He explained that this would not be a collection of strip joints, but a place where people could have safe and respected nude recreation.
Betty broke in, "You mean the town people stay clothed while we allow tourists to run around naked?"
"No," said Ted calmly, "I mean that everyone in town will be completely nude to set the example for the tourists who will be our guests. This is not to be people in clothes starring at naked people. It will be a community of friends who like a safe place where they can go without clothes."
Betty wanted to know what the tourists would do here. Ted explained that they would shop, swim in the pool, play tennis, eat in our restaurant, and do whatever else they want. Perhaps we could even reopen the golf course. Ted then asked everyone to spend some time on the Internet researching nude resorts and the naked lifestyle.