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Sunday Update: Food on the Road
This past week I spent in Tucson participating in professional development and year two towards my IOM designation. I stayed at an airbnb location instead of a hotel. Smart move. Breakfast each day was a Keurig coffee and hot gluten free oatmeal. And lots of water. During most lunches we were treated by the Institute…
Read MoreAre Rural Needs Being Met?
36% of Iowa is rural. 51% of Hamilton County is rural. I found these numbers on a newsletter I get from SmallBizSurvival.com (click here to subscribe, email me at deb at debworks dot come and I’ll forward you the newsletter article that prompted this blog post.) Becky McCray talked about how state and city conferences are…
Read MoreDo Bloggers Tours Work?
This article originally appeared in the Building Possibility newsletter from 12-17-14. We’ve been asked to share it with our blog readers! We hosted a Bloggers Tour on December 13, 2014 here in Webster City. We invited the North Iowa Bloggers to town. https://www.facebook.com/NorthIowaBloggers Six of the bloggers came and spent the day in Webster City.…
Read MoreSunday Update: Late
When you fall off a horse, the regional wisdom is to get right back on it and ride. Well, I fell off the horse these past two weeks. Actually, the horse bucked me right off and chased me around the field for a long time. Damn horse. We put my mom into a nursing home…
Read MoreSac City – Thank You!
Tonight I spent a couple of hours in Sac City working with some small businesses. We covered Advanced Facebook and Twitter. This is my second trip there and it’s a great little town. Shirley Phillips, from Western Iowa Tourism introduced me to their Chamber director Brandy Ripley and we started this series of online marketing…
Read MoreAg Careers – Iowa Leads the Nation
Karma
I had a great meeting with our local Super 8 owner, Bhavik (Bobby) Shah last week. It was your standard check in meeting: how are you, what’s working, what’s new, how can we help kind of meeting. We got to talk about becoming more involved in the community. We talked about participating in events, attending meetings,…
Read MoreSunday Update: Sick
I’ve had a sinus infection for over a month now. I’ve had three rounds of antibiotics (in the third one now) and a round of prednisone. Dizziness, lethargy, pain in my face, confusion — all symptoms that have bothered me. This week I did not work out. It’s bothered me – because I want to…
Read MoreSunday Update: Study
All your life you’ll be a student. Often inadvertently. On this journey to wellness I’m studying what others are doing and what is working for them. My friend Justin Levy has always been fanatical about exercising and eating right. He’s been a dedicated weight lifter and has ‘killed it’. Until August 10. When he had…
Read MoreThe Tour of Empty Buildings
It’s been about 1.5 years since we did the tour of 12 empty buildings. 5 are sold. 3 are rented. 1 is being negotiated on. 1 had a business but is vacant again. 2 are available. Not bad numbers! See the story here ……….. ADDENDUM FROM 10-25-15 WWW.SAVEYOUR.TOWN
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