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…
Eloy, AZ – Part One
Eloy, Arizona is a town of about 16,000 located 50 miles northwest of Tucson. Mark Benner is the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce and Mark took advantage of our Tour of Empty Buildings Toolkit at www.saveyour.town. I was in Tucson for Chamber professional development and had the opportunity to head to Eloy one…
Sunday Update: Kids
Hockey with an 11 year old – I recommend it to everyone. I got invited to an Iowa Wild game by Bridget and Bryan Gilbert who hold season tickets and I said yes. Steven, by 11 year old great nephew, thought that might be the best thing ever – so we went. Turns out, he…
Toulouse-Lautrec on a Barn
I saw the article in the paper and promptly forgot about it. Then my friend asked if I wanted to go take a picture of it. I didn’t realize it was so close to where I lived, just west of Dayton on Highway 175. What a great story! How often do you see the Peter…
Sunday Update: Shoe Shopping
Yesterday involved looking for shoes. You may remember my turmoil a couple of weeks ago. I was under the impression I have rather large and wide feet. I can’t just walk into any shoe store and find shoes easily. I expressed dismay about finding shoes and one of my readers, also a local, Marlene, reached…