http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Oh-sad-New-Mexico-we-love-we-love-you-so-Chris-Cervini-tp7585124p7585129.html
I suppose "what can we do" is to choose an oar and pull.
Richard's 1st mile is a good oar. I'm not sure what he needs beyond his great list, along with some financial backing. Possibly a KickStarter?
The Santa Fe Complex was given the charter of economic development. But the metrics the city used for that were poor and short sighted. If you look back, at least 30% of the folks who were there 3 days/week and collaborating with others to widen their skills, are now successful. That's the good news. The bad is that most are now gone.
Why did their success drive them out? As the article sez, they had no place to go with their new, improved skills. In other words, the gvt got it wrong, economic development can't be completely solved by SFX and the like. It need further growth for the small businesses spawned by SFX, or companies that are larger and can hire them.
Do you remember the Angelou Plan which the city paid for? Beyond his starting his initial review with "You realize of course that your City Council is dysfunctional.", he had several great points, one of which is the lack of a "youth culture". Basically we're forcing our kids out of town, and/or not making it pleasant for them to come to town.
I could go on, but between SFX and Angelou, the city got the truth and decided against it.
-- Owen
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