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My brother called me and said “Did you quit your job?” I answered him “Sure did.  If not now, when?” I’m the Executive Director of the Webster City Area Chamber until March 24.  It’s been four years in this position and I’ve come to love this town I live in.  I’ve met amazing small town…

Some people default to the negative.  You know them.  They say things like “that will never work here” and “we tried that before and it didn’t work.” It can be difficult to reason with that group of people, referred to as ‘the committee of negativity’.  Nothing you say will be taken seriously.  There’s an argument…

How much revenue could be generated in your town just by setting out a couple of tables in front of restaurants in the summer?  Joe shares some numbers with us.

Tuesday, August 16, at 6 pm CST join Becky McCray and I as we present our next workshop: Filling Empty Buildings.     You want to fill up those empty buildings downtown, but all the economic development strategies you find sound like they were written for big cities. You want help that works for a…

Last weekend we painted the streets.  And we weren’t the only ones.  There were lots of us! Arts R Alive, a local group that formed to bring sculptures to West Twin Park back in 2011 and are continuing to do so, got together last year and thought it might be fun to paint the streets…

Last night Becky and I hosted our 4th webinar, Empty Lots and Roofless Buildings, what to do with them.  One of the items on the program was #BuildHereNow.  It’s a hashtag program started by the Strong Towns people that emphasize empty lots.  Granted, they are emphasizing lots in larger cities like New Orleans and Baltimore.…

It makes sense.  Get people from outside of your community to come visit your natural resources, your events, your community.  Have them shop in town, eat at the restaurants, get gas in town, stay overnight in your hotels and that will stimulate your economy.  We can all see that picture pretty clearly. Some of the…