The Westerville News

The Westerville News

Editorials

What Story Gets Told And By Whom?

What survives depends on what we choose to remember - An Editorial

Dec 08, 2025
∙ Paid

The Story We Choose to Forget Shapes What We Become

Cities don’t always hold onto themselves. Growth often demands forgetting. But in Westerville, memory still has weight.

The city’s landscape carries the shape of what came before. Farms that became neighborhoods. Trails that trace old rail lines. Names that outlast the people who gave them. Here, the fut…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Gary Gardiner.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Gary Gardiner · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture