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 | Jan 30, 2018 | Entrepreneurs
Here we are. It’s February. The days are still woefully short, but the promise of longer days ahead keeps us chugging through the dank and dark, anxious for the spring thaw to arrive once again. But more than freezing weather, or Presidents Day or being the...
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...
