by Maury Forman | Mar 19, 2022 | Economic Development
I am extremely honored to have received the International Economic Development Council’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in absentia last week. I have received several awards in my life: 7th place in the 50-yard dash at Mark Twain elementary, the eternally late award...
by Maury Forman | Feb 12, 2022 | Rural Development
Do you remember what it was like to take a vacation? After working 60-hour weeks, people would leave the stress and pressure of their weekdays and finally use those hard-earned vacation days to get away from it all. You packed your bags, gathered the children, gassed...
by Maury Forman | Oct 17, 2021 | Economic Development
I am extremely honored to have received the International Economic Development Council’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in absentia last week. I have received several awards in my life: 7th place in the 50-yard dash at Mark Twain elementary, the eternally late award...
by Maury Forman | Jun 28, 2021 | Rural Development
Do you remember what it was like to take a vacation? After working 60-hour weeks, people would leave the stress and pressure of their weekdays and finally use those hard-earned vacation days to get away from it all. You packed your bags, gathered the children, gassed...
by Maury Forman | Jan 24, 2021 | Economic Development
I have been writing my blog for almost 10 years, Warning small communities of their own worst fears. So, as I sit in my home while in quarantine, My thoughts have now gone beyond Covid 19. Each January I write resolutions that you read online, I thought I would...
by Maury Forman | Dec 7, 2020 | Economic Development
Thank goodness the year is finally coming to an end.!!!! Charles Dickens words are certainly prophetic for 2020. “It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times”. In the future, most of us will remember this year being the worst of times. It reminds me of...
by Maury Forman | Nov 1, 2020 | Entrepreneurs
November has always been my favorite month of the year. You may think I love November because it’s my birthday month. But you would be wrong. It’s July and as the date gets closer, I will remind you. November is my favorite month because it is the month where people...
by Maury Forman | Sep 15, 2020 | Disaster Planning
As we enter the final months of “the most important election of the century”, each candidate warns us that an American apocalypse will take place if you vote for the wrong person. This recalls a comparison to the fall of the Roman Empire where arguably emperors and...
