"...so should we let it continue to die...?" If these Tesla recharging stations are going to be confused with resuscitation equipment, it needs to be understood that moneyed Tesla owners are not going to utilize their very brief layover to lift us up by our bootstraps. With so many demanding needs in the community, spending eight million dollars on a Gateway center with Tesla charging stations seems to be placing the cart before the horse. 

About a thousand family wage jobs are needed and what is required to facilitate that goal is to address the following issues first:  http://www.areavibes.com/aberdeen-wa/livability/