[Vision2020] LEDC Board
Janice Willard
jwillard at turbonet.com
Wed Mar 9 09:46:01 PST 2005
Hi Barbara,
Which brings me back to my original question--what is being done to bring in
more representation from other parts of Latah county? The announcement of
these board openings were only posted to V2020 two days before the openings
closed. What was done to spread the word in the rural communities?
The bulk of the population is in Moscow, which is a correct observation. A
bulk of the land, though is in the county, and there is a long standing
rural tradition. Development decisions by those in the cities can have a
dramatic negative impact on the ability of people in the country to maintain
their economic base. If the goal of the Council is to support economic
development in all of Latah county, shouldn't the needs of the
resource-based economies and ways to mesh the needs be brought to the table?
Or are their needs and opinions being swept under that table, perhaps? You
say that the resource-based economies of the rural communities have been
declining, what is being done to bolster this and assist people in these
communities and with resource based economies to thrive? Doesn't that
observation alone tell you that this is where you need to focus some of your
energies if this county and the people in it are going to thrive?
So could you please tell me how you have advertised these upcoming board
openings in the entire county and what you have done to increase the
representation of the resource based economies and rural communities in this
organization? Did you contact resource based organizations and ask them for
their representation?
What I am trying to ascertain here is whether this organization is truly
representing the best interests of the entire county, as implied by its
title. Or is it simply an organization where "white collar only" need
apply. Hopefully you will be able to show me your recent efforts to contact
all the rural communities and resource based organizations with your
invitations to run for this board and that they got this invitation long
before the 11th hour announcement here in V2020.
Economic development doesn't need to be at the expense of the rural,
resource based economy. *Good* economic planning can assist the rural
people to stay in sustainable resource based jobs. But that first requires
a commitment to see their needs as valid and beneficial. And they need to
be part of the process. What I am trying to determine is whether the LEDC
is motivated or even capable of doing this.
JW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Richardson Crouch" <edc at moscow.com>
To: <jwillard at turbonet.com>; <thansen at moscow.com>;
<donovanarnold at hotmail.com>; <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>;
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] LEDC Board
> All,
>
> Once again we cannot force people to serve on a volunteer board. The
> mission of the Latah Econommic Development Council is to support economic
> development in Latah County. We achieve this through the following by the
> Retaining/Enhancing/recruiting companies that pay living wages and respect
> our core values. The core values of Moscow are not necessarily the core
> values of Deary, Bovill, Kendrick, etc. For example, Moscow has relied
> heavily on White collar and service jobs to suport its economy for the
> past 100 years. Smaller Latah County communities have had a resourced
> based economy for the past 100 years - that type of economy started to
> decline in the mid 1980's. Therefore a company that is not within the
> core values of Moscow - may fit the core values of Deary or Potlatch.
>
> Because the bulk of the population in Latah County is in Moscow, the core
> values of Moscow tend to overshadow the core values of the smaller areas.
> The LEDC hopes to work with the City of Moscow and Latah County to ensure
> that economic development happens based on the core values of the people
> it will impact the most.
>
> Barbara
>
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > Perhaps not a conflict of interest but certainly a miss-named group.
> > "Latah" Economic Development Council, now doesn't that imply county-wide
> > representation? But with one exception, all of these business entities
> > listed are Moscow-based and Moscow-centric entities. The comprehensive
> plan
> > of the county lists agriculture as the primary industry. If we are
> going to
> > support economic development that is consistent with our county's
> > comprehensive plan, then where is the representation of agricultural
> > interests, like Latah County Grain Growers, the Pea and Lentil
> Commission,
> > the Latah County Cattleman's Association, Mary Jane Farms? Shouldn't an
> > organization interested in economic development in an agricultural
county
> > have people with an expertise in expanding the development and
> production of
> > products and markets for our agricultural products? I think that we
> could
> > greatly improve the marketing of our farm products from this county with
> > some improved product development and marketing (my father contributed
> > greatly to the economy of Southern Idaho through his innovative potato
> > product development--and with the current national push for the
> consumption
> > of more whole grain and legume food products, there is a great deal more
> we
> > could be doing to promote and market our farm products)(we are really
> > sitting on a gold mine here if we tightened our focus on the growing,
> > processing and marketing of our agricultural products). So why are so
> many
> > of the business entities listed non-agriculturally based? And why, if
the
> > organization that has Latah County as its implied coverage area, is
> there so
> > little representation of organizations outside the greater Moscow
> area? I
> > guess I just don't get it.
> >
> > JW
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> > To: "'Donovan Arnold'" <donovanarnold at hotmail.com>;
> > <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 5:55 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] LEDC Board
> >
> >
> > > For those interested souls:
> > >
> > > Please correct me if this list is accurate or if it is outdated.
> > >
> > > http://users.moscow.com/edc/main/EDC%20Board%20members%20new.htm
> > >
> > > The business entities that these members represent:
> > >
> > > Landeck, Westberg, Judge & Graham
> > > Palouse Empire Marketing, Inc. (Viola)
> > > Bennett and Associates
> > > University of Idaho
> > >
> > > Anatek Labs
> > > Verizon
> > > University of Idaho Press
> > > Zion's Bank
> > > Avista Utilities
> > > Bank of Pullman
> > > Gritman Medical Center
> > > City of Moscow
> > > Ambassador Auto
> > > Dept. of Planning & Zoning, Latah County
> > > Community Development Dept., City of Moscow
> > > Capital Planning & Budget, University of Idaho
> > > Moscow Chamber of Commerce
> > >
> > > In my opinion, the makeup of this board does not reflect any "conflict
> of
> > > interest" as alleged by Mr. Arnold.
> > >
> > > Question, though: Whose seat(s) is/are vacant?
> > >
> > > Tom Hansen
> > > Moscow, Idaho
> > >
> > > A good friend will come and bail you out of jail. But a true friend
> will
> > be
> > > sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
> > >
> > >
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