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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mr. London, could you flesh out your sweeping
assertion that "They (the owners of clean, high paying, high tech business) do
not like freeways, strip malls, and huge Wal-Mart's."? The bulk of those
types of businesses are, in fact, located in cities that do have those
things and, for the most part, in spades. Ed Schweitzer, the owner of what has
to be the holy grail of the types of businesses that are being discussed, is not
preparing to pull up stakes and bolt over a superstore, far from it. Increased
expansion is the order of the day. He is on record as being "a strong
proponent" of Pullman's Super Wal-Mart and is also in favor of greatly
improved transportation in the Moscow-Pullman area. Could you point me to the
study, poll, or interview that would bear out your contention that a bit of
development would scare off the future high tech golden geese? Or is this simply
a personally held conviction that you felt comfortable foisting onto the
backs of entrepreneurs in an effort to further your own bucolic
vision for Moscow?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>gc<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Bill London" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:london@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>london@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Tom Trail" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>ttrail@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>; <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>; "Jerry
Weitz" <</FONT><A href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>gweitz@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:48
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho
Enrollment</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> J-<BR>> In your earlier post, you spoke of
making a significant change in this<BR>> community. You wrote that we
needed to embrace change and growth.<BR>> I tried to bring
some specificity to that language when I asked about<BR>> your reaction to
the Naylor Farms permit. In response, you noted that you<BR>> did not
favor the Naylor Farms industrial model of growth, but instead<BR>> wanted
clean high-tech businesses.<BR>> I hope that is an accurate
summary of this discussion so far.<BR>> My point now is
that what you are asking for (infusion of high-tech<BR>> businesses) is the
status quo. Everybody wants that. Every city and county<BR>> in
the US, and probably the world, wants clean well-paying high-tech<BR>>
businesses. So, that is not new. With Alturas park, the
business<BR>> incubator, the LEDC, and all, Moscow is already doing
that.<BR>> So, I wonder -- what is your point? when
you talk about embracing<BR>> growth and change, if the growth and change is
carefully directed toward<BR>> clean high-tech businesses, I do not think you
will find very many people<BR>> disagreeing. That is the Holy Grail of
economic development these days -- <BR>> and one that I
support.<BR>> I think Moscow can recruit these in-demand
high-tech businesses, either<BR>> by drawing them in or by growing them from
the UI/WSU. But the reason they<BR>> would choose to settle here
(remember they are being bribed by cities and<BR>> counties from all over to
move to those locations) is that they like the<BR>> quality of life
here.<BR>> The owners of those businesses like bike paths
and good schools and a<BR>> vibrant cultural life. They do not like
freeways, strip malls, and huge<BR>> Walmarts.<BR>> So,
Jerry, what is it that you want to change about Moscow in your goal<BR>> of
embracing growth?<BR>> BL<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message -----
<BR>> From: "Jerry Weitz" <</FONT><A href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>gweitz@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR>> To: "Bill London" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:london@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>london@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>; "Tom Trail"
<</FONT><A href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>ttrail@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>;<BR>>
<</FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:34 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020]
BYU-Idaho Enrollment<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>> Bill, Naylor Farms is not the
type of growth I have ever pushed. What I<BR>> am<BR>>> talking
about is a Stanford Research Park....Schweitzer type companies.<BR>>
In<BR>>> this week's Kiplinger Report under trends, the letter reports a
30%<BR>>> increase (from 25 years ago) of young people moving to and
remaining in<BR>>> urban areas. There are rural areas that are
fighting back to keep their<BR>>> youth and/or recruit youth to their
regions by offering strong tax<BR>>> incentives and in some cases, free
land for businesses these youth are<BR>>> starting. Incidently, there are
more upstart high tech companies in the US<BR>>> than ever in our
history. Moscow is not an area that focuses on retaining<BR>>> our
youth since job creation is not on the radar screen. In one<BR>>
editorial,<BR>>> I suggested that the county buy Naylor farms and
turn it into a<BR>>> business/ed research park. I talked with Sid
Eder and Paul Kimmell about<BR>>> this concept.<BR>>><BR>>>
Would you agree such a business/ed park could reverse UI's decline? MIT<BR>>
has<BR>>> less enrollment than UI and its graduates/faculty have spun off
over 4,000<BR>>> companies and these companies collectively employ
1.1Million<BR>>> Folks. Route 128 in Boston in bristling
with firms that are examples of<BR>>> bus/ed. Micron, for example,
donated $5 million to BSU for two Phd<BR>>> programs in engineering.
Micron used to donate to UI and I was told by an<BR>>> engineering prof
that Micron-UI donations have dryed up, however<BR>> Schweitzer<BR>>>
donates heavily to both WSU and UI. Gone are the days of
extractive<BR>>> industries. I do not think it would take too many
companies to reverse<BR>> the<BR>>> town's outlook. I do not believe
our area will become an urban<BR>>> center. Research shows
that in 1910, with the students are factored out,<BR>>> there was more
population on the Palouse (Whitman and Latah Counties) than<BR>>> in year
2000. I am not afraid of growth, however there has been almost
no<BR>>> planning. When you visited Walla Walla, did you feel
the optimism and<BR>>> experience a very nicely laid out
community? When I went to college in<BR>>> the mid 60's, Walla
Walla was still complaining about not being the<BR>> capitol<BR>>> of
WN and had a no-can-do-it attitude. When one extractive
industry<BR>>> (timber) declined, Walla Walla refocused and came up with
the wine<BR>>> industry. WWCommuniy College just started about when
I graduated and has<BR>>> matured nicely. Whitman and Walla Walla College,
the two privates, work<BR>>> together. The public k-12 is very
progressive. Safe highways are lobbied<BR>>> for and Walla Walla has
over a square mile of business park. Their<BR>> chamber<BR>>> is
very organized and its web page is excellent. Walla Walla is a city
of<BR>>> the arts.<BR>>><BR>>> So what I am saying, we could
do the same and by doing the same, I believe<BR>>> UI's fortunes will be
enhanced and Moscow will benefit.<BR>>>
Jerry<BR>>> At 03:20 PM 10/1/06, Bill London wrote:<BR>>>
>Jerry:<BR>>> >A question: Naylor Farms, in their pitch for a county
permit for the<BR>>> >operation of their mining operation north of
Moscow, promised growth,<BR>>> >economic development, jobs, and
economic diversification -- in short,<BR>>> >everything you have said
that you support. Do you believe that the Latah<BR>>> >County
Commissioners were wrong to deny Naylor Farms the option of<BR>>>
>developing their land in that manner?<BR>>> >BL<BR>>>
><BR>>> ><BR>>> >----- Original Message -----<BR>>>
>From: "Jerry Weitz" <</FONT><A href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>gweitz@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR>>> >To: "Tom Trail" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>ttrail@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>; <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR>>> >Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 11:16
PM<BR>>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho Enrollment<BR>>>
><BR>>> ><BR>>> > > UI needs a boost with a business/ed
research park similar to say<BR>> Chapel<BR>>> > > Hill,
N.C.. WSU/Pullman/IU/Moscow are the assets. As Ed
Schweitzer<BR>>> > > said, we live in a sea of land and a
declining population.<BR>> Schweitzer<BR>>> > > Engineering has a
challenge in recruitment and expansion due to the<BR>> lack<BR>>>
>of<BR>>> > > housing and population. Schweitzer has said
that his company in not<BR>> in<BR>>> >the<BR>>> > >
real estate business, yet had to develop over 90 acres for housing.<BR>>
The<BR>>> >no<BR>>> > > growth folks are hurting the UI,
our area's potential, and Schweitzer.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> >
> The UI is down 737 students state wide, with a decline of 628 at
the<BR>>> > > Moscow campus. BSU is up 277 to 18,876 (BSU has
increased enrollment<BR>> 9<BR>>> >out<BR>>> > > of the
last 10 years). BYU/Idaho is up 1220 students. Within five<BR>>
years,<BR>>> > > at present growth rates, BYU/Idaho will see 20,000
students and within<BR>> 10<BR>>> > > years 30,000. Recall,
BYU/Idaho with President Kim Clark, the<BR>> immediate<BR>>> > >
former dean of Harvard Business School, has three imperitives: 1)<BR>>
Vastly<BR>>> > > increase enrollment, 2) vastly improve educational
quality, and 3)<BR>> keep<BR>>> > > relative educational costs
down. Note that BYU/Provo turns away<BR>>> > > qualifiedsutdents--
about as many that apply.. I would guess: one of<BR>> the<BR>>> >
> church's motives for expansion. BYU/Provo is a high educational<BR>>
quality<BR>>> > > school. UI will most likely benefit at the
graduate level due to<BR>> BYU/Idaho<BR>>> > > enrollment
increases and mostly likely will see a decline in LDS kids<BR>>
at<BR>>> > > the undergraduate level.<BR>>> >
><BR>>> > > ISU has lost about10% this year ( a decline of over
1200 ). UI<BR>> officials<BR>>> > > anticipated that its
Twin Falls campus would suffer large declines and<BR>>>
>made<BR>>> > > the right move to transfer out.
Presently, UI's commendable response<BR>> is<BR>>> > > to place a
lot of effort into recruitment and quality, however all<BR>>
Idaho<BR>>> > > Public Universities will following suit and the
competition will be<BR>>> > > strong. The result may be little
net gain.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > There will be a push by UI
to have a strong presence in CDA.<BR>> Presently,<BR>>> > > for
example, CDA has been begging UI for a MBA program in their<BR>>> >
> area. Money is the issue.. Gonzaga has filled the MBA role so
far<BR>> and is<BR>>> > > expensive. The MBA needs to be
tailored for the working professional.<BR>>> > ><BR>>> >
> Here is the challange: If the community keeps up with its
petty<BR>> politics,<BR>>> > > such as stopping safe highways,
serving an eviction notice to the<BR>>> > > Alternative High School,
not dealing with water and other<BR>>> > > infrastructure..schools,
losing its commerical base to the Pullman<BR>>> > > corridor, then
the UI will have to accept declines in status, funding,<BR>> and<BR>>>
> > enrollment. It will be like Ohio University vs Ohio State
University<BR>> in<BR>>> > > dealing with BSU. All of
higher ed will now have to compete with k-12<BR>> if<BR>>> > >
the economy softens due to the sales tax shift.<BR>>> > > Boise will
get a community college and should.. adding more<BR>> competition<BR>>>
>for<BR>>> > > the ed dollar.<BR>>> > ><BR>>>
> > Yet, there exists a tremendous potential here on the Palouse for
a<BR>> robust<BR>>> > > economy and thriving Universities.
Think of the possiblities in<BR>>> > > alternative energy, global
warming solutions (after all the ozone<BR>> layer<BR>>>
>has<BR>>> > > almost been restored), agriculture, water,
etc. and the spin off's.<BR>>> >Think<BR>>> > > of
how much value Schweitzer Engineering has added to humankind and<BR>>
this<BR>>> > > area. Think of how the UI's reputation would be
enhanced..the MIT of<BR>> the<BR>>> > > west. The Palouse
Universities have the potential of being defining<BR>> 21th<BR>>> >
> Century institutions. The community must embrace growth and change<BR>>
(the<BR>>> > > only constant).<BR>>> > ><BR>>>
> > Now Tom, what are you going to do and what postion are you going
to<BR>>> > > take? Jerry<BR>>> > ><BR>>>
> ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > ><BR>>> >
><BR>>> > ><BR>>> > > At 04:12 PM 9/26/06, Tom Trail
wrote:<BR>>> > > >Visionaires:<BR>>> > >
><BR>>> > > >One should keep an eye on the enrollment trends
in S.E. Idaho. The<BR>>> > > >enrollment at BYU-Idaho in
Rexburg is over 15,000, and experts<BR>> predict<BR>>> > >
>that within a few years it will overtake BSU and thus become the<BR>>
largest<BR>>> > > >institution of higher learning in
Idaho. The 9% drop in enrollment<BR>> at<BR>>> > >
>ISU may be partially attributed competition with BYU-Idaho.<BR>>> >
> ><BR>>> > > >Rep. Tom Trail<BR>>> > >
>--<BR>>> > > >Dr. Tom Trail<BR>>> > >
>International Trails<BR>>> > > >1375 Mt. View Rd.<BR>>>
> > >Moscow, Id. 83843<BR>>> > > >Tel: (208)
882-6077<BR>>> > > >Fax: (208) 882-0896<BR>>> >
> >e mail </FONT><A href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
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