This is one of the more interesting City Hall meetings and I think its an important one. Open discussions on revenue, legal representation, and potential issues with developers/jail project came forward. You will need to watch yourself and read the agenda to better understand the interesting activities of city governance. More to come....
We don't have an official opinion on the jail project yet. I'm still looking into this a little to see if I can understand what happened in the past (i.e. alleged missing money). I'm very curious about some of the issues that were raised by members of the community. Where money is involved so is temptation so understanding some root behaviors is helpful. There are some cross pollination (loose association) between some/a couple of the people in one situation and another important unresolved issue (May mean nothing, may mean something, but at this point I have no idea. I'm not in a rush but it seems important to sort of look at it based on everything that has happened.)
Allowing side by sides on the streets? I would hope that if we allow side by sides we would also think about the use of golf carts. There are some risks in terms of accidents but having more bike-golf cart lanes downtown and connecting up to other areas of town might be helpful. The goal should be to make the downtown accessible and funnel people and visitors in that direction.
The resigned attorney also seems to be interesting situation. Its like this big blank spot in the overall discussion and seemed to create a lot of chaos. I wonder what isn't being said? 🤔Anyway.....legal opinions do help in the corporate world and I encourage them when dealing with important issues. Looking in hindsight and not necessarily forward to new activities.
The City is also running a deficit and there is discussion on bringing in new revenue from business into the area. Escanaba is a great location and could be a real northern hot spot with parks, marina, and affordable downtown for start ups and surrounding land for SME. Vacation rentals in the area that help concentrate people downtown in addition to rural areas can be helpful. Here are a few ideas....SME Delta County, Esky-Glad Downtown, Transac Sub, Venture Cap, Recreation, Invest Fund, Capitalism, Start Up, Delta Infrastructure, HR, Venture See DC, Cluster Life Cycle, Multi Cluster, Availability of Financial Information.
On a national level we need new ways of creating economic growth. We have many small towns that run slim budgets because they have difficult attracting new industries (One of the side effects of companies that over invested overseas as the expense of the American people.). We also need certain industries to grow and develop quickly to maintain international competitiveness. Transactional Clusters isn't a bad idea it just an idea that hasn't been fully explored (One of the problems with over rewarding one type of research is that it limits new ideas/research that can make its way from laboratory/study to industry and government. Its unfinished but you can get the bigger picture I think.)
You can also gain some information on Thursday, April 21, 2022 Agenda or the YouTube Video 'City Council Regular Meeting Thursday April 21, 2022' or the article Escanaba City Council postpones jail redevelopment decision.
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