Aug 12, 2015 | Economic Development
As a young boy, I never liked libraries. It wasn’t because of the musty smell of a thrift store or the scowling librarian who insisted on total silence or because I could never figure out the Dewey Decimal System or the bad jokes like How do librarians file melted...
Jun 16, 2015 | Economic Development
When I first entered into this sometimes inscrutable profession of helping communities help themselves, the name of the organization I joined was the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. But community developers and economic developers were...
May 12, 2015 | Economic Development
The presidential campaign is upon us and for the next 17 months our mailboxes, our computers and our television screens will be crammed with requests from candidates and supporters making promises and asking for money. One presidential hopeful recently said that...
Feb 14, 2015 | Economic Development
Here we are. February. The longest 28 days of the year that are usually too cold and dark with just a hint of soon-to-come longer days of light. Also, its the month of coming to terms with your new year’s resolutions that did not even last a month. (My chocolate...
Jan 12, 2015 | Economic Development
January!! It’s the time for the thousands of years old tradition of making resolutions for the coming year. It’s the time of reflections and promises. And, for me, it’s the time to promise eating fewer chocolate chip cookies—oops, already broken—and for some, it’s a...
