Revisiting the 2004 Washington County Comprehensive Plan
When I moved back to the area and started asking what kind of plans we had going, I received quite a bit of push back from those who had planning fatigue. “We paid consultants, what a waste.” “Plans are useless, we have tons of the shelf that didn’t yield anything.” These are two statements that […]
APEG API Annual Meeting Tuesday June 25th-Reserve your tickets now
On behalf of Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth (APEG) and our partner organization, Appalachian Partnership Inc. (API), I’d like to personally invite you to our first-ever ANNUAL MEETING next month. We’ll reflect, celebrate successes, recognize partners and present the final Regional Economic Development Prosperity Plan that’s in the final stages of development. Because the region is so vast, two meetings are scheduled–one in the north […]
Strawberry Fields……What was expected vs. What we got
When you don’t take yourself seriously, why should anyone else? Some outside groups know we lack the apparatuses to enforce our own standards and in knowing this, they can get away with what Strawberry Fields is getting away with. It’s a familiar story in these parts of the country. A developer claims to be constructing […]