Last night, I attended a meeting held by the Downtown Jefferson City Association and the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce to discuss an action plan to continue the healthy existance of downtown.
Well, maybe that is not the best way to describe it. How about a plan to insure that downtown becomes a more vibrant part of the city?
Great. How?
And, to paraphrase Shakespeare, there-in lies the rub.
What I think would be what downtown needs is probably not what you think. And what the next person thinks different. We all have different priorities and beliefs. And few of us have the financial resources to address this alone.
That is the reason for the action plan. And steps were developed to hit some of the goals. The idea being that many hands make not just light work, but many hands give this action plan a chance to succeed.
Viewed as most important to those who did take part in these meeting is to attain the best mix of businesses for our downtown.
Steps have been defined. As I recall what a lot of the specifics are on this plan, I will share them. I do know that one of the first steps is to produce an inventory of open space downtown. Knowing what you have for sale, makes it easier to sell...right? I also know that more resources are being developed for potential new business owners....and ways to learn more about becoming one of those new business owners if that is something you wanted to do.
This is a good thing. And I will add this, many hands will make this happen, but many minds brough forth ideas to get the ball rolling.
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Oh, and don't let me forget the word of the evening last night.
Wazooize (wah-ZOO-eyez)
I can't define it exactly. But to put it in context may give you a definition.
"We need to work on finding more tax incentives. We need to WAZOOIZE our tax credit opportunities."
I guess it is like maximizing, but "to the next level."
Credit Randy Allen for the word. I wonder what else Randy may want to Wazooize at the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Oh, and Hillary Clinton got a landslide win in West Virginia.
I am still waiting for West Virginia to apologize for Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller.
I think we are entitled.
Byrd is obvious.
Rockefeller..well, look back at some of the idiotic comments he made about John McCain dropping laser guided missiles. (For those who do not recall, missiles are fired as they are rocket or jet powered...they are NOT dropped. Bombs are. And laser guided in 1967? Really?) Jay Rockefeller is proof that money can't buy class nor intellect.
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ESPN will possibly change this, so I will not link to it. I checked the score from last night's Royals-Tigers game. On the ESPN Major League Baseball scoreboard, I saw a link that told me "Guillen drives in pair of runs as Royals edge Twins."
Wow. How did that happen? The Twins played Toronto and lost 5-3. The Royals beat Detroit by a run, 3 to 2.
How it happened? Simple. If it is NOT the Yankees or Red Sox, it doesn't matter to ESPN.
Too bad they do not realize their internal bias.
I have hated the Yankees since the 1976 ALCS (damn you Chris Chambliss!) and I think of the Red Sox as the Mojito of baseball. Seriously, mojitos are just a vile combination of run and mint...NO ONE could seriously like them, but due to great marketing a lot of people drink them. Same with the Red Sox, great marketing about the Curse of the Bambino and other pathetic crap to tug at the heart strings of make-believe sports fans. Then the "broke the curse" and won a couple of World Series.
Both are still vile, but loved by ESPN. No accounting for taste....just like rum and mint. Ick!
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Share your thoughts and have a Great Wednesday.
