Tonight, August 10, 2009 a follow up discussion was held regarding economic development in Monroe City. As was discussed in the town hall forum last week, several main areas of work are needed.
1. Developing an entrepreneur and (existing and new) small business resource center.
2. Compiling a community wide asset list.
3. Exploring development opportunities at Mark Twain Lake.
4. Marketing and advertising our community and assets.
5. Recruiting new business to town.
Approximately 30 people attended tonight's meeting and joined one of three committees to address the above topics and develop specific actions to move forward.
If you were not there, but have any interest or insight and would like to contribute to your community's future, please watch this blog for future meetings, or email me personally at neal.minor@hrhonline.org and I will put you in touch with the committee chair.
Progress is certainly slow and feels a lot like baby steps, but we refuse to go down without a fight. In the future, we want to be able to tell our children and grandchildren that we did everything we could to rebuild and preserve their hometown.
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