January 4, 2021
Planning for Places
As we kick off the New Year, I have been thinking a lot about how we can better plan for things to come. As a planner, I don’t really love
Organization
Badass Your Board Development Workshop
The road to revitalization failure is paved with good intentions. We make the mistake of believing we have to ask less of volunteers in hopes of attracting a larger pool. This is the quickest way to ensure a board built on apathy. Revitalization is the most important thing we can do for our communities and therefore we must demand so much more from our volunteers. We must build a badass board from the best and the brightest. We must become a community of do’ers. By evaluating board roles and responsibilities and developing a new set of expectations, we will set appropriate standards that meet the high expectation your mission demands.Assistance
Badass Your Board Development Workshop
The road to revitalization failure is paved with good intentions. We make the mistake of believing we have to ask less of volunteers in hopes of attracting a larger pool. This is the quickest way to ensure a board built on apathy. Revitalization is the most important thing we can do for our communities and therefore we must demand so much more from our volunteers. We must build a badass board from the best and the brightest. We must become a community of do’ers. By evaluating board roles and responsibilities and developing a new set of expectations, we will set appropriate standards that meet the high expectation your mission demands.
January 12, 2023
Today Decisions
Except for those that comment on how long my posts are, the rest reading this blog are people. And as people, we are constantly faced with the conundrum of what
March 16, 2023
Treat the Town Part 2 – Social Health
Social health isn’t a topic we talk about enough. Seen as somehow frivolous compared to the more noble endeavors of boosting the economy by shopping or attracting tourists, but a
October 8, 2020
More Meaning, Less Meeting
NOTHING is more important than the work of community revitalization organizations. Your community will live or die, based on your success. In meeting your organization's mission, you can improve people’s
June 9, 2022
The New Economic Development
Times aren’t a-changing, they already have. I hope your city didn’t miss it. If you still have a chamber, tourism bureau and economic development department- it’s time for a glow-up.
July 8, 2020
Over-Planning
I rarely know what to call myself, professionally that is. I have a degree in urban planning, which would make me a planner, but I have never spent even one
September 24, 2019
Badass Your Board
It’s a familiar scene, we’ve all been there before…the monotonous monthly board meeting. Dress it up if you like, change the time, try a more relaxed setting, maybe even lure
May 25, 2023
Local Preference
I don’t want to insult anyone. I mean it. I have been careless with my words before and later regretted it. I don’t mind saying what needs to be said
June 7, 2023
Gardening vs. Mining
I got my garden started this year back in February. Inside the house. I got some seed packets, used a little potting soil, and set the small planters by the
August 11, 2022
Sharing is Caring
This past Saturday evening, as we were finishing up dinner with the kids and Amber and I shared a bottle of wine, I was thinking to myself how much I
September 23, 2022
How to Care
The question “how do I get people in my town to care” was posed to our panel of three last week in North Little Rock. I was on stage at