There is a wonderful park in the town of Ashland that people from all over come to enjoy. There are people picnicking, playing the violin, lounging on the grass, kids playing on cool equipment. A creek runs through it with duck ponds and people walking through the stream like it was a walkway.
In downtown area is a historic and high end hotel and nice small businesses on the streets. NO CHAIN STORES to be found here except Starbucks!
A natural spring serves the town. It has many minerals in it and tastes a bit like an alka-selzer becasue the water in naturally alkaline. In the middle of town they have fountains where you can try this water. (regular city water is treated and does not have the same taste but I believe it has most of the mineral content.) The fountains run non-stop and have a 'ball of water' at the top that you drink instead of a stream of water. See 1" white ball on top of the dark 'fountain head' pipe, this is the water bubbling with air.
The people are friendly and down to earth. Feels a bit like Boulder CO.
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