WHAT DOES WINDHAM HAVE???

I have to laugh when I hear from the town council or the economic development director that Windham has it all!  I have written about this before but yesterday as I drove to Cape Elizabeth to pick up fresh eggs, new spinach, winter squash and a few other things  I drove by so many nice small establishments.
So what does Windham have?  It has practically every box store known to man.  It has more automobile repair shops per capita than almost any other town in Maine.  It has many empty store fronts .  It has Shaw's and Hannaford's.  Hannaford's smells like fish immediately as you enter the store.  It is also giving up many brands that customers have relied on for  a long time.
It has nice places like Molly's Cupcakes and the Seasons shops.  We need more places like that.  In South Portland you have Scratch Bakery, Terra Cotta Pasta and several nice small eating places.  In Portland you have Whole Foods and Trader Joe's as well as Big Sky Bakery.  In Scarborough there is the Cheese Iron and many small shops and restaurants.  Most of these places are in walkable neighborhoods and are nicely landscaped as these town have design standards.
You might ask why do I live here?  I came here because I could find affordable housing. What do I like about this town?  I love being involved in the Windham Community Garden and The Windham Land Trust.  It is in those places where I found a sense of community that does not seem to exist anywhere else in the town.
In a community that has been an agricultural area we have no Farmer's Market. In winter you have to drive to Buxton or Cape Elizabeth or Falmouth to get fresh veggies and seafood.  This does not seem right to me.
I do not know the answers of how to make this a better place or a more inviting place but I do know that Route 302 must be cleaned up and made more inviting to folks coming to the area.  If a place is attractive people will come and they will support the good local businesses.  You cannot market something that does not have "curb appeal".
Of course these are just my rants and opinions and I am jealous of other communities that offer so much more.  What do you think?