As a reminder, there'll be a morning meeting of the Downtown Business Owners this Wednesday, April 24th, at 8:00 a.m. at NABC's Bank Street Brewhouse. I'll have coffee and doughnuts on hand. The most recent meeting was recapped here.
If you are a business owner in downtown New Albany you are encouraged to attend and lend us your voice. We all need to help each other ... in your opinion, what should our Downtown Business Owners group be doing to not only help you and your business, but collectively help all of our downtown businesses?
New Albany's independent food and drink purveyors also are commencing efforts to set up a more specialized group, perhaps an association. The next meeting is at The Exchange (118 W. Main Street) on Monday, May 6 at 3:00 p.m.
Looking back on the past five to ten years, it may seem as though efforts like these never quite work out. Specific events are brought to fruition, sometimes more successfully than others, but the overall goal of cooperation remains forever elusive.
However, I believe we must keep trying. The pool of potential participants has been growing and evolving, and sometimes it's a question of simple chemistry. There remain numerous ways that existing organizations might apportion the work and strive toward a common end. I'm hopeful that we stumble upon a good mix, because we're nowhere close to "mission accomplished" yet, are we?
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