Sunday Update: Dog
I’m not home enough to have a dog. I like them. They are wonderful pets. But here’s the thing – if you can’t commit to taking care of them, making them a part of your family, and being responsible for them then you shouldn’t have one. I know this, and I travel to much and…
Iowa Blogger Conference – March 19, 2016
Iowa Blogger Conference is 10 days away. It’s not too late to register and attend! http://www.iowabloggerconference.com/ It will be held at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Reasons to attend: 1. It’s a one day educational conference for beginners and intermediate bloggers. You will learn about bloggers and take home a digital tool…
SaveYour.Town: 5 Stories – Session 3
Every Sunday Becky McCray and I share 5 stories found online and comment about them on blab.im. Here’s what we shared yesterday. How a small town in Kentucky revitalized its struggling Main Street with local food, local business http://buff.ly/1TcCcX2 Population 7,300 – 20 new businesses – this is just crazy – it fills my heart. Wall…
Sunday Update: Germs and Oils
Oh boy, working with the public you’re exposed to germs all the time. I thought I might have escaped the cold season this year. However, Wednesday morning I was sitting in my office getting ready to go out of town for Leadership Iowa meetings and I started sneezing and my nose was itching and my…
Eloy, AZ – Part Three
Someone has to be first. It takes a brave person, or group of persons to step up to the plate and say “We’ll go first. We believe in this town. We think our business idea is sound and we want to open a business here.” The first group of folks got together and opened up…
SaveYour.Town 5 Stories Session 2
Sunday afternoons Becky McCray and I, as part of our SaveYour.Town project, are talking about 5 stories found on the internet during the week. Here are the links to the stories we covered this week and the 10 minute video discussion. Agritourism Toolkit – Oregon Tourism Commission http://buff.ly/1RnaZNZ Focus on business fundamentals first, then…
Sunday Update: Bones, dem Bones
There’s a history of osteoarthritis in both sides of my family, and gout. Throw in a little rheumatoid arthritis, lots of physical labor, obesity, heart problems and red meat and sugar addictions and the prognosis for a healthy body start to look bleak. Sounds pretty scary doesn’t it? Well, we really do have a say…
Eloy, AZ – Part Two
You don’t need to be born and raised in a town to believe it can be the best town to live and work in. Mark Benner, the Chamber Director moved to Eloy to help take care of his mom. Jon Vlaming, the Community Development Director for the City has only been there for a year.…
Five Stories – Session One
Becky McCray and I have started a series at Blab. We are discussing five stories that address some viewpoint that can be used in some way, shape or form to help small towns. Todays stories were: The State of Entrepreneurship in 2016: U.S. is on the Verge of an Entrepreneurial Boom http://buff.ly/1QnB4zp – for the focus on…
Sunday Update: Walken the Walk
Do not be fooled by this bright green piece of hard plastic. It looks simple enough, doesn’t it? It’s curved, you put one foot just under the handle and the other foot under the other handle and you twist. In doing so, you work on your core, your balance, your leg muscles, your arm muscles…