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<div>Jerry:</div>
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<div> "Rural areas(Mont.,S.D., N.D., Iowa, Neb.,and Kan.),
are beginning to fight back by the lures of free land and office
space, low-interest loans for new business, advice and mentoring, and
rural business tax breaks. Moscow is not."</div>
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<div>Moscow is not? Or should this read Idaho is not? It would be
interesting to know if the places mentioned above provided these
enticements at the local level or the state level. Our legislature,
famous for crying about the need for local control when discussing
federal/state roles continually refuses to offer its own cities and
counties the same option, especially when it comes to tax issues. Or
unless you happen to be a big business in Boise.</div>
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<div>Mark</div>
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<div>At 10:11 PM -0700 10/3/06, Jerry Weitz wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Bill and Gary,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>I agree that everyone desires high tech
business in their area. What progressive communities are doing
is very exciting. In a study of Munich, there is a strong trend
to form communities within communites (the same for Chicago) and
attend to the livability factors. Cities are wising up to what
you allude to--packed freeways, strip malls, etc. Thus if a
company needs an educated workforce, they are considering cities and
downtown locations. More young, single, educated people are
moving to the cities. Rural areas(Mont.,S.D., N.D., Iowa,
Neb.,and Kan.), are beginning to fight back by the lures of free land
and office space, low-interest loans for new business, advice and
mentoring, and rural business tax breaks. Moscow is not. Bill,
tonight I spoke with a young person (whom we both know) that wishes to
stay in Moscow when she marries. This young potential couple is highly
educated and are not able to find work. Last year, I attended
UI's Vandal Banquet honoring our academic athletes, a number said they
loved the Palouse, however they would have to move to regions that
offer a future since there is a lack of job opportunities locally. So
why not accomodate these great young people?<br>
<br>
Our assets are the Universities and the rural setting. The
University: A remarkable invention of western culture and a
decisive catalyst in modern soceity; an essential factor to society's
effective functioning and well-being. It manufactures no
products, but creates the science and technology on which those
products depend. The university trains and nutures each new
generation of architects, artists, authors, business leaders,
engineers, farmers, lawyers, physicians, poets, scientists, social
workers and teachers. Thus we have two great positives: UI and
WSU.<br>
<br>
Yet, our rural University is declining, and has garnered less than
great ratings in the Princeton Review. Since knowledge is the
dominant economic force, the importance of the University can only
grow in a rapidly changing environment. Technology and education
have fused. I recently took a course in graduate
statistics from UW online. Being a math major, I have to admit
statistics was not my favorite although the theory of probability was
great. Our office will be part of UW/Oregon Health Science's research
faculty. The on-line experience was the best math class I have
ever participated in. Recall, I once studied Math in
Germany for one year. Hence, location (mortar and brick) are not
as important as technology improves. The American
Community College is considered the best American invention in higher
ed in a recent Economist magazine's feature on the state of education
in America. Hence, Moscow has a way to go in helping
defend UI against 21th century economic and educational realities.
However, the Quad cities have two great assets. LCSC and
WWCC.<br>
<br>
In Harvard's Derek Bok's two recent books, Universities in the
Marketplace, and Our Underacheiving Colleges addresses why Moscow may
want to change, grow, embrace prosperity, and become business
friendly. Being isolated, rural, anti infrastructure are not
advantages. BSU has every intention of being the flagship both
in relevence, research, and student population. BSU has
significant Business Support.</blockquote>
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Bill, please tell me what you think of Walla Walla why we
shouldn't model its optimism and actions. Thomas Freidman had a
great editorial about Europe's former poor house--Ireland.
Ireland invested in infrastructure, education, and business
friendliness.. Walla Walla did the same. The results are
remarkable. Jerry <br>
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At 06:27 PM 10/3/06, g. crabtree wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">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?<br>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1">gc<br>
----- Original Message -----</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">From: "Bill London" <</font><a
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To: "Tom Trail" <</font><a
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Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:48 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] BYU-Idaho Enrollment<br>
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<font size="-1">> 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></font><a
href="mailto:gweitz@moscow.com"><font face="Arial"
size="-1">gweitz@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1">><br>
> To: "Bill London" <</font><a
href="mailto:london@moscow.com"><font face="Arial"
size="-1">london@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1">>; "Tom Trail" <</font><a
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com"><font face="Arial"
size="-1">ttrail@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1">>;<br>
> <</font><a href="mailto:vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net"><font
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> 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%</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">>>
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="-1">gweitz@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1">><br>
>> >To: "Tom Trail" <</font><a
href="mailto:ttrail@moscow.com"><font face="Arial"
size="-1">ttrail@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1">>; <</font><a
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>> >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</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">>> >
> 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
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