Submitted by chelsea on September 5, 2012 - 5:07pm.
Any jobs being created with the project? What type of revenue can be expected from the completed project? The economy is in the tank, I think these are valid questions about a nearly 1/2 million dollar expenditure of our tax dollars.
Submitted by WhitesCreek on September 5, 2012 - 7:26pm.
Somebody will build the greenway trails this grant pays for. Future generations will walk along the Emory River and enjoy the fruits of our taxes. This is what taxes should be used for...the common good!
Submitted by chelsea on September 6, 2012 - 5:41am.
New jobs or existing employees? Revenue stream? I'm not opposed to greenways, walking trails and such. But if we are working for the common good, would't that money be better spent on needs at this point? Not exactly the way I would priortize my resources.
Submitted by WhitesCreek on September 6, 2012 - 7:44am.
I have a good friend who was in charge of a Ga Tech study back in the day that looked at what created jobs in small to medium sized municipalities. After talking with him about it we came up with the acronym "CARPS", which stands for Curb Appeal, Recreation, Parks, and Schools. He calls the tactic of giving land and tax breaks to get businesses to move into a community "a complete disaster in the long term." Instead, what his teanm found that worked was the "Build it and they will come" philosophy. Make your community a place where the people who start and grow small and midsized businesses want to live. A park may not seem like a job creator but it lures the entrepreneurs who do create the jobs.
Harriman is taking many of the right steps, this one included.
Submitted by chelsea on September 6, 2012 - 11:43am.
That was kind of my question...Jobs, will they come; Revenue, will it come. A study on projected correlation between the walking trail and the above mentioned issues.
Submitted by RoaneBooster on September 8, 2012 - 12:03pm.
... And that is precisely what this is - an investment. But there is one guarantee: if you never make the investment, there will never be anybody that benefits from it or responds to it. Wayne Gretzky said it of hockey, but is as true in this case as in hockey: You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Not having a guarantee of X number of jobs or X number of dollars as a reason not to do something positive is an example of the reasons why we don't have more of what we want and need to help this community grow and prosper.
Submitted by WhitesCreek on September 8, 2012 - 1:41pm.
It's like asking how many runs batting practice will produce? I say it's a worthy project all by itself. Ever been to Savannah and walked around downtown? How much money is each of the monument parks worth in jobs and commerce? No one knows but Savannah is the most beautifully laid out city in the South and a treasure to wander around in. We ought to have our own treasures.
Any jobs being created with the project? What type of revenue can be expected from the completed project? The economy is in the tank, I think these are valid questions about a nearly 1/2 million dollar expenditure of our tax dollars.
Somebody will build the greenway trails this grant pays for. Future generations will walk along the Emory River and enjoy the fruits of our taxes. This is what taxes should be used for...the common good!
New jobs or existing employees? Revenue stream? I'm not opposed to greenways, walking trails and such. But if we are working for the common good, would't that money be better spent on needs at this point? Not exactly the way I would priortize my resources.
I have a good friend who was in charge of a Ga Tech study back in the day that looked at what created jobs in small to medium sized municipalities. After talking with him about it we came up with the acronym "CARPS", which stands for Curb Appeal, Recreation, Parks, and Schools. He calls the tactic of giving land and tax breaks to get businesses to move into a community "a complete disaster in the long term." Instead, what his teanm found that worked was the "Build it and they will come" philosophy. Make your community a place where the people who start and grow small and midsized businesses want to live. A park may not seem like a job creator but it lures the entrepreneurs who do create the jobs.
Harriman is taking many of the right steps, this one included.
That was kind of my question...Jobs, will they come; Revenue, will it come. A study on projected correlation between the walking trail and the above mentioned issues.
... And that is precisely what this is - an investment. But there is one guarantee: if you never make the investment, there will never be anybody that benefits from it or responds to it. Wayne Gretzky said it of hockey, but is as true in this case as in hockey: You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Not having a guarantee of X number of jobs or X number of dollars as a reason not to do something positive is an example of the reasons why we don't have more of what we want and need to help this community grow and prosper.
RB
It's like asking how many runs batting practice will produce? I say it's a worthy project all by itself. Ever been to Savannah and walked around downtown? How much money is each of the monument parks worth in jobs and commerce? No one knows but Savannah is the most beautifully laid out city in the South and a treasure to wander around in. We ought to have our own treasures.