Archive for March, 2006

Statesmen - Stateswomen and Stakeholders

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
 

 

 

Two new Industries have started construction in Montgomery County this year. The ethanol plant in Linden is a 100 million dollar project providing high tech jobs while creating improved
markets for our grain farming businesses.

Dubose Manufacturing will be locating along the Nucor Road Industrial Corridor and we are glad to have them as part of the steel development cluster.

Many of our existing employers are expanding or becoming
more efficient through investment in technology. The County
is developing a long term plan to provide infrastructure support
for business growth and MCED continues to enhance our workforce
development initiatives such as SkillsNet, School to Career
and project Bright Future.

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The World is Not Flat

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
 

A recent book by New York Times contributor Thomas L Friedman enlightens our perspective on the global economy with the startling revelation that the world is indeed flat. While the fact that we are in a global economy could be news to some, you won’t have to break the news to the average business.
This is not a critique of the book, it is true, there is more global competition for everything. My issue is with the title, “The World is Flat” and how it might be perceived. If you assume the world is flat or level by reading the title, (and way more people see the title than actually read the book), you would assume we are in some kind of fair economic battle.
Let’s look at three major factors that would support the Christopher Columbus reality that the world is still round.

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