bornofwareham wrote:

I'm getting my luggage out as we speak!

No kidding. Dan sounds like he's describing Gilligan's Island. I'm due for a "three hour tour"..(just point me in the direction of Ginger and Maryann ; )

P-SPAN
TAKEBACKWAREHAM
April 6, 2010

Two great points:

1 - Attitude / Branding - I see this quite often working with organizations, particularly those that cannot afford to cut back on the backs of the employees. Working with these organizations, A - your attitude is left at the door or you are shown the door. B- The branding must be that of a group that is co-operative and welcoming to the customers. In our case business people need to be shown the welcome mat, and make it very clear that Wareham as a town is a great place to locate your business. It's not that difficult when the goal is the same for everyone involved.

2 - Expansion Planning - If point #1 above can be accomplished, business would come here and set up shop. Most business people will ask to see our plan for economic development before investing in our community, no plan and they will just move along to the next town.

This area provides for many opportunities, our focus needs to be attracting revenue and getting people to spend money on this side of the bridge. and we will do that moving forward.

Thanks for the  great discussion, I think it's time to go downstairs and catch the game. Dan good luck with the Mario's game. Sean just got Wii for Christmas.

Looking forward to our next chat.

Talk soon.

Steve