Possibility City
When I showed my partner a print of this photograph she said "I love this because it reminds me of how I feel driving downtown early in the morning when the streets aren't crowded yet. It's like the day and the city are full of possibility." We'll ignore that this scene was at sunset instead of sunrise but other than that we'll go with her sentiment. Louisville is a city full of possibility so I called this image Possibility City.
Many of the One Thing I Love About Louisville essays we've seen thus far have echoed that sentiment and many of the ones I've yet to publish do as well. People here believe anything is possible, that in this great city anything can be accomplished. So it pains me that the so called Possibility City campaign, put together by, I think Greater Louisville Inc., doesn't really tell any stories about how great Louisville is or how it really is a city full of possibilities. It's possible I'm too critical of the campaign but I want everyone to know how great Louisville is and how it's a unique and creative place. I just don't think the Possibilty City website conveys that information at all.
So consider this piece a tiny little effort to influence the conversation. Perhaps if someone Googles "Possibilty City" they'll stumble here as well as possibilitycity.com. When they get here they'll see an image that shows our beautiful downtown and lots of information about the great city of Louisville.
I'd love to hear if you agree that Louisville is a city of possibilities and if so why. I'd also love to hear what you think of the "official" possibility city campaign.
Prints of the image Possibilty City are available for purchase. Please contact me for more information.
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Great post and image Michelle, there is no doubt I think Louisville is full of possibilities. I actually haven't heard about the official campaign by GLI.
If you haven't seen them yet, check out the wonderful spoofs of the Possibility Campaign commercials. They explain through parody how ridiculous the original campaign was.
No, we totally disagree on this. I absolutely loved the Share Louisville campaign. While it was technically part of the Possibility City campaign I think of them as two very separate things. Share Louisville was funny and sardonic, the Possibility City site is just....lacking.
Yes, Michelle, we'll have to agree to disagree on the Share Louisville campaign. ;)
Putting down other cities to prop up our own is rather inane in my book.