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Randy Burns at economic development board meeting 2015-07-23 - 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, CM photo. Randy Burns, a member of an energized Columbia/Adair County Economic Development Authority in deep thought during one of the most productive meeting of the EDA in the memory of many who attended the meeting. Burns, the highly successful Director of Alumni Affairs at Lindsey Wilson College, is a big contributor to a more effective EDA. A heavy emphasis on helping local businesses dominated the Tuesday meeting, although there are distinct differences of opinion on how that help should be delivered. The majority of the board wants a part-time "ambassador" hired to visit the local businesses. While cost hardliner Mike Curry, wants to examine other avenues, insisting on a results oriented, rather activity or "good feedback," reports. Chairman Mark Dykes, who is in favor of an "ambassador," acknowledges that self study is a part of the authority look at itself. He insists that the point people will be the County Judge Executive and the Mayor of Columbia - offices where the buck stops - who are, in the final say, where the buck stops. Still others are examining how results of expansions and locations occurred: Who really got results. Who got in the way. Who had got out of the way when firms simply saw what a favorable location Adair County, saw that it meets livability standards, had educational opportunities, and simply wanted to meet the right people with the right facts. The ones who believe that history has a way of repeating itself, that the mistakes of the past should not be repeated, that good results, should be uppermost. Not who can spend the most or deliver a "Here's what we done," report at the meetings. - EW Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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