by Maury Forman | Dec 2, 2018 | Economic Development
Winter is upon us. Soon, families will be winding their way through endless lines at the airport, all so they can wing their way to destinations unknown. Or to visit family members, which doesn’t sound as romantic or mysterious as – Destinations Unknown! Of course, it...
by Maury Forman | Sep 29, 2018 | Economic Development
Past sins seem to be on everyone’s mind these days. From Supreme Court nominees to TV executives, hardly a day goes by without a news story about one sinner or another. So I feel it’s my responsibility to turn attention to some of our own sins, as economic developers...
by Maury Forman | Jun 29, 2018 | Economic Development
The City of Seattle recently dodged a bullet. Weeks after voting in a regressive $275 head tax on the city’s largest companies, the resulting civic uproar got the best of them and they backed themselves out of a tough corner. The goal was admirable: fund services to...
by Maury Forman | May 30, 2018 | Economic Development
Dear Elora, People have been congratulating me this past month on your birth and my becoming your grandfather. It’s not that it took much work on my part, but the way the congratulations have been flowing in you’d think I won the Nobel Prize or something. I must be...
by Maury Forman | Apr 28, 2018 | Economic Development
I used to think that children were at their best when they were seen, not heard. I guess that’s what happens when you’re a parent. You like to think that you know it all, that being a grown-up gives you all this magical insight into how the world really is and how it...
by Maury Forman | Mar 31, 2018 | Economic Development
I have a friend whose son is on the cusp of adulthood. He’s at that wonderful stage when he thinks he knows it all, but only because he hasn’t yet learned how much he doesn’t really know. Trying to impart some wisdom, my friend was trying to explain to his son what he...
by Maury Forman | Feb 26, 2018 | Economic Development
I know this may be hard to believe, but I was not born an economic developer. True, if I were a dog, I would have been in economic development for 117 years by now. Sometimes it seemed as if I was doing economic development for that long. And that’s no joke. After...
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...
