New Years Objectives

It has been nice having a few days off. Everyone needs time to recharge their batteries and that is what I have been doing.

Starting next week we will be working on a master plan for tourism and the Dan River Basin, we will be continuing our efforts to bring better Broadband coverage to the county. We will be working on a new visitors guide and tourism website. Our web building program for local businesses is really ramping up and hopefully we can see fifty web site on-line by Easter.

On January 21, 2010, the EDC will be hosting a business event for all Stokes County businesses. We hope to have over 200 Stokes County business people and friends in attendance at Camp Hanes. If you haven't received your invitation, let me know.

We will continue our efforts to help local farmers by being a partner in the Piedmont Local Food project and will look for other ways to work with the farming community.

As I have stated before, their is no one company or industry that will revitalize our economy but if we take advantages of our assets, work together and work smarter, our citizens can have an opportunity for a better life.