The Venn diagram of work/jobs/economic development overlaps a lot. And all that fuels housing, recreation, neighborhood issues and health care. I think that's a fine focus. At the same time, I think building a communications network to build community and tie together existing communities is part of necessary infrastructure. And it's something eminently do-able for this group. I don't want to lose our focus on that. Jack On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 5:55 PM Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. <greg@eduity.net> wrote:
There’s been a bit of feedback on the group’s “North Star” — engage people to connect various efforts to address community issues.
Might it make sense to focus it on work: how to create jobs and increase incomes via entrepreneurship and small business. How do we develop our local talent and enable our talented people to capitalize on their creativity, knowledge, and skills?
“Work” was a general topic of Venture that did not get as much attention as the other topics. It is a really critical general issue for our community, especially with the County Mayor wanting to close the BDC.
I think we would get some very powerful and useful insights from the community if we asked and listened.
What to you think? Bad idea? Good idea? Thoughts about how and where to do this and who to engage?
Also, please spread the word about the dialogue session on Monday.
— Greg Laudeman, Ed.D. Executive Officer and Principal Eduity, LLC www.eduity.net greg@eduity.net 706-271-5521
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