The economic development committee of Leadership Roanoke Valley put on one of the more creative approaches to regional economic development I have seen. They had a talk-show theme and used a lot of multimedia and outside speakers to present the cases for  economic growth that is too fast, too slow and just right. I was honored to be part of the panel on how to get it just right.

The discussion was intense and a lot of feedback and Q&A occurred prior, during and afterwards. You could sense from the organizers that they were ready to take the torch and act on some of these suggested approaches and ideas that was discussed.

Let’s hope their good effort does not go unnoticed, as I and others would like to see a DVD of the entire day.

Great job to this group and for their leadership in the community.