The center of town is dominated by the ICO convenience store and gas station (usually the lowest priced gas for many miles.) Here's the sign set up across County Y to alert passersby to the coming celebration.
That is our town constable, George Boothe, in our police cruiser keeping an eye on the traffic.
The ICO store becomes a bit of a billboard at this time of year.
There has been quite a bit of fresh paint applied around town too.
Back up the highway toward the bait shop, there is a thriving antique store. They have added a sideline of fireworks for their customers, many of whom may smuggle the minor explosives back into straight-laced Minnesota where nothing much beyond a sparkler is permitted.
Gordon has seen a decline over the years from its historic role as a fur trading post, then timber town, then rail junction and one result is a few abandoned buildings. In particular, a long abandoned service station along highway 53 offers potential to the right entrepreneur but has stood as a bit of an eyesore until it received some fresh paint this year. Not quite finished, it offers a fresh look for Good Neighbor Days of 2016.
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