Yes we are all busy… Normally during the winter months economic development activity slows down somewhat and we are spending our time preparing for a faster pace in the spring when the trade shows, conferences and business activity seems to increase.  That hasn’t been the case these past few months as our level of activity [...]

What can WE do? That was the question that was proposed to us several weeks ago by the spouse of our newest staff member.  His inquiry was a very honest request, coming from someone who has limited amounts of time and is fairly new to our community.  As he looks at the future for his [...]

Too busy…? December was a blur, what happened to January and is it 6:00 pm on Friday already? Least you think this is a braggadocios diatribe about how busy we have been, its not. It is our attempt to share with you what we have been doing to promote the community and region, while helping [...]

Are YOU ready…Yes we are talking to you. Is your business ready to respond to the new wave of business opportunities that are going to come you’re way over the next two or three years?  Have you done your homework, researched your entire marketing portfolio to allow you to build or refresh your website, Facebook [...]

  Growing pains…   As with anything that represents change and growth, you will have proponents and opposition connected to those opportunities.  That is simply a fact about human nature that cannot be denied. In the business of economic development, it seems most will have an opinion one-way or the other, and some will form [...]

How IS Shawnee doing? A few weeks ago we told you about the Primrose Senior Retirement Community. In case you were wondering, yes they have already started work on the project, at an UNBELIEVABLE pace.  We also told you that our efforts to help them, and yours as well should you choose to participate, is [...]

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime you just might get the data you need…., Or, we don’t know, what we don’t know, unless you tell us what we don’t know….. Sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees, is how the old saying goes.  Possibly we can’t see [...]

The future part one… The facts about our future are undisputable, IF we are willing to look at them. The leadership and positive growth at our local universities is a critical step in the progress of this area. Spend some time with either of them and you will see how fortunate we are that they [...]

Listening to the future… A year or so ago, it was eluded to, by one prominent area resident, that the Monday Memo was nothing but a bunch of nonsense and not worthy of the effort it took to read it.  That certainly was one person’s opinion and while we respectfully disagree, it is still something [...]

Primrose 2.0…. A few weeks ago we told you about the Primrose Senior Retirement Community, our newest best buddy, and how they were going to make a significant investment in our community with their senior community center.  In case you were wondering, yes they have already started work on the project. But our efforts to [...]