I was only in Astoria, OR for a couple of days but really came away with warm feelings for this agurb®. Everyone I met went out of their way to be helpful. Outsiders are cleared welcomed and accepted, as evidenced by my earlier posts, but what of the native Astorians?
I quickly learned of Chester Trabucco’s work at renovating the Elliott Hotel. He spent several years and over $4 million to resurrect a grand old hotel to its elegant past.
Across the street is the redone Liberty Theater, a 1925 Vaudeville/motion picture palace which took four years and almost $2 million to bring back to its former opulence. Steve Forrester, local owner and publisher of The Daily Astorian newspaper, led those efforts.
Last month, the town celebrated its one millionth dollar of scholarships with a $7,000 package to a local student from the Astoria High School Scholarships, Inc., a local organization. Over 1,000 students have benefited since the program was started in 1976. Today the foundation has a corpus of $3.6 million and will benefit/invest in the youth of the community for generations into the future.
Astoria is a town with a wonderful historical past but an even more brilliant future. Put it on my list of favorites.
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