by Maury Forman | Dec 30, 2017 | Economic Development
You’ve got to love January. That wonderful time of the year when you can treat the past like a magic slate and wipe it clean while making endless resolutions for the New Year. Since 2017 was my first year in retirement, I resolved to become a better and healthier...
by Maury Forman | Dec 5, 2017 | Economic Development
It’s the holidays. For more than 200 major American cities, that means that Santa will soon be stopping by to break the hearts of anxious civic leaders who have been naughty and hoped to find Amazon HQ2 under their tree, rather than a lump of coal. What they fail to...
by Maury Forman | Nov 3, 2017 | Economic Development
I’ve always loved the movie It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. If you haven’t seen it, it stars some of the biggest comedians of the golden age of comedy in a farce where they all try to outdo one another (and do one another in) in a madcap race to find the stolen...
by Maury Forman | Sep 29, 2017 | Economic Development
Recent events around the world have really hit home with me. While the news has turned its attention to the after-effects of Harvey in Houston, my mind is on Aunt Helen and her fabulous fried chicken. That may seem a bit self-serving but hear me out. I was born and...
by Maury Forman | Aug 27, 2017 | Economic Development
Everyone loves a good story. I know I do. It’s what keeps me up at night. No, I’m not scared of the dark and I don’t have insomnia. I just get caught up in a great movie at the theater or at home and can’t wait to see how it turns out, even if it means staying up...
by Maury Forman | Jul 30, 2017 | Economic Development
I was probably about five years old when my mother signed me up for T-ball. There, I was to learn the seemingly important skills of batting, catching, throwing and providing my parents with a chance to run errands without their child in tow. Sadly, I never mastered...
by Maury Forman | Jun 30, 2017 | Entrepreneurs
Some years ago I wrote a training exercise with a site selector. It was based on a parody of Paul Simon’s 1975 hit, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. I called it 50 Ways to Leave a Community. Terribly witty, I know. The goal of the exercise was to identify what communities...
by Maury Forman | Jun 1, 2017 | Economic Development
Since I have retired, I have had the pleasure of attending several social gatherings. At each, the questions eventually turn from what I am doing now to what I did in my previous life. I am always tempted to give a mind-numbing impressive response, such as telling...
