The Golden for Jackson County campaign isn't a series of speeches from the Answer Man. It's a conversation, because the energy and ideas that will build a great community will come from all corners of this Valley. We'll tell you what we think, but we have to hear from you. too. That's the purpose of this blog. Come find out what the campaign's all about.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Smart move

The County Commissioners made a fine decision this week. I'd like the opportunity to make more decisions like it.

They approved $50,000 in seed money for Sustainable Valley, a well-crafted proposal from a group of progressive business people to grow a cluster of environmentally & economically viable new enterprises. The founders themselves will tell you there's still a lot to figure out, but as I look around for practical strategies for generating high-quality, stable, environmentally healthy jobs in this ferociously tough economy, it doesn't get better than this. And the model of careful, modest infusion of public dollars to leverage huge accomplishments in the private and volunteer sectors is just what we've been talking about since this campaign began.

No, there's no exact blueprint. There never is with game-changing ideas. So out come the skeptics, smelling another pointy-headed fuzzy government boondoggle. I think that's way off track, and here's why.

We need more of this.
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