[Vision2020] Re: A Great Meeting

[Nils Peterson]

Shortly after the exchange about Wendt and pottery possibilities (probably
the weekend paper following) Bill London had a piece about a retreat center
at St Gertrudes near Cottonwood. I noted in that article that the suggested
donation is $60/person/nite and that they had 10,000 visitors last year. I'm
incredulous, but doing the math with the numbers given, they are grossing
$600,000/year.  It suggests that the right retreat, far enough out of Moscow
to be a retreat, and close enough to get there Friday after work, might be
something to examine as an economic engine for the county.



> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:08:39 -0800
> From: "Robin Woods" <rawoods at moscow.com>
> 
> Bill, Phil, et. al.,
> 
> Thanks for your thoughtful postings regarding locally-produced pottery.  The
> LEDC had our first Business Recruitment and Retention Committee meeting
> Wednesday, as well as an Executive Committee meeting, and we did discuss the
> fact that there may be some business opportunities for locally produced
> pottery and materials.  While our recruitment committee is still in our goal
> setting/strategy forming stage, we anticipate further discussions,
> presentations and/or site visits in the coming future.
> 
> Again, thank you for your discussions -- the LEDC always encourages input
> from our communities.
> 
> Robin Woods