Last week the New York Times contacted the City of Roanoke for an article that ran in today’s edition on attracting and retaining young adults. Unfortunately, we did not make the final cut.

Richard Florida, Joe Cortright, Steven Pedigo were all contacted and quoted for the article. All of these individuals have been instrumental in the "creative class" movement.

It would have been nice national exposure for the City of Roanoke. however, we are appreciative for whoever recommended our initiatives to the NY Times reporter.   

Thanks to Greg Esposito for blogging about this unique artice in the NY Times about college administrators who are beginning to blog about a variety of topics to student audiences.

In a meeting today, folks commented on wanting to get more young people to serve on boards and committees in the City of Roanoke. Often young adults do not know what is available and Boomers do not know how to communicate the opportunities to Generation X and Y. It’s the common communication barrier between generations – "no one has asked and no one is interested".

However, we know from readers of this blog there are young people who are interested and now someone is asking you to serve.

The City of Roanoke has a number of vacancies on their citizen-appointed boards. The Roanoke Arts Commission (1 spot), the Roanoke Civic Center Commission (2 spots), the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (2 spots), the Youth Services Citizen Board (3 spots), and the City Planning Commission (1 spot) all have opportunities to serve and shape Roanoke.

If you are a resident of the City of Roanoke and would like to serve, then please complete the form.

If you do not live in the City of Roanoke, but would like to serve in other ways, then please email me.

This unique blog and resource may be helpful for you in your job search. It is quite detailed and offers a lot of current thinking on the topic of job searching and using the right technology to get the right job for you.

As a follow up to yesterday’s post, young people seem to want "things to do" to be already done for them, so all they have to do is buy a ticket and show up.

There is a lot more to making an event than just showing up.

A host of organizations are recruiting young adults to serve as volunteers and / or board members to help shape their plans and agendas. I have a half dozen organizations who are looking for such young adults in the region.

If you are interested in making something happen to create things to do, then send me an email and I will give you the contact names.