by Maury Forman | Jan 12, 2016 | Economic Development
January!! It’s the time for the thousands of years old tradition of making resolutions for the coming year. It’s the time of reflections and promises. And, for me, it’s the time to promise eating fewer chocolate chip cookies—oops, already broken—and for some, it’s a...
by Maury Forman | Dec 14, 2015 | Community Activities, Entrepreneurs
I miss November. Don’t get me wrong, December is a nice month, even a great one. Everybody gets to celebrate their own holiday, how cool is that? There are the more well-known holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. And there are the less well known like St....
by Maury Forman | Sep 14, 2015 | Entrepreneurs, Mentoring
We don’t come into the world knowing all the answers. So, growing up, we ask a lot of questions in order to figure things out and solve the problems we face. The problems and mysteries get more complex as we get older and we ask more complex questions. A friend of...
by Maury Forman | Aug 12, 2015 | Economic Development
As a young boy, I never liked libraries. It wasn’t because of the musty smell of a thrift store or the scowling librarian who insisted on total silence or because I could never figure out the Dewey Decimal System or the bad jokes like How do librarians file melted...
by Maury Forman | Jul 8, 2015 | Entrepreneurs
While most people think of July as the month for family vacations, outdoor barbecues or investing in a better air conditioning unit my mind is trying to figure out Medicare enrollment forms. Yes, this is the month I turn 65. Research tells me that I am just one of...
by Maury Forman | Jun 16, 2015 | Economic Development
When I first entered into this sometimes inscrutable profession of helping communities help themselves, the name of the organization I joined was the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. But community developers and economic developers were...
by Maury Forman | Apr 13, 2015 | Entrepreneurs
Watching the current NCAA basketball tournament reminded me of when I was young, and like so many young people, imagined the excitement of my team making it to the final playoffs. I saw myself making that winning jump shot in the last second (I perfected making the...
by Maury Forman | Mar 13, 2015 | National Lemonade Day
What do you call a kitten that drinks lemonade? A sour puss. “Where is Maury going with this?” you are asking yourself. Well, here’s another one: What do you call a child that makes lemonade? An entrepreneur. While many adults spent February talking about the...
