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...
by Maury Forman | Feb 14, 2015 | Economic Development
Here we are. February. The longest 28 days of the year that are usually too cold and dark with just a hint of soon-to-come longer days of light. Also, its the month of coming to terms with your new year’s resolutions that did not even last a month. (My chocolate...
by Maury Forman | Jan 12, 2015 | 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 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the holiday issue. For many economic development professionals, especially those working with entrepreneurs and local expansion of products and services, this time of year provides for an absolute no-nonsense metric: Sales over the course of a few short...
by Maury Forman | Nov 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
November is important to people in many different ways. This year it caps one of the most gorgeous autumns in recent memory but there are also public and private events and celebrations of traditions that include family and friends, from football and parades to...
by Maury Forman | Oct 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
October is here! The month that children get to celebrate Halloween by dressing up in scary costumes and extorting candy from their community neighborhoods. Kids and dentists love it. I have often said that economic development is like Halloween. When kids hear that...
by Maury Forman | Sep 8, 2014 | Education
I have always hated September. Most people love September because fall is in the air, baseball playoffs are exciting, football season begins (Go Hawks!) and Bumbershoot and other end-of-summer events entertain almost everybody. But I hated September as a young kid...
by Maury Forman | Jul 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
July is my favorite month of the year and not just because it’s the month that I was born (It’s the 22nd in case you were wondering). It’s also my favorite because it is the month we celebrate our nation’s creation of the Declaration of Independence. It is this...
