August @ the House
August 17, 2006
On August 17 we welcomed Don Schilling, President and General Manager of the Decatur County REMC and President of the Greensburg – Decatur County Economic Development Corporation to join us for our sixth Evening @ the House. Don shared his insight on a recent BIG DEAL for Indiana and how networks provided a foundation for bringing Honda to Decatur County. Don shared with us the “inside view” of how the community built the right team of stakeholders together to create the right atmosphere and proposal, as well as a few tough decisions that the community faced. As we learned first hand, leadership means taking calculated risks and making the commitment to succeed, as this community is prepared to do now and in the future as the relationship with Honda progresses.
The small group discussions concentrated on three areas:
Education – How schools will help prepare our future workforce for jobs such as those presented by Honda.
Employment – How a new employer, particularly one with the potential to increase jobs by 20% in a community, impacts the existing employment environment.
Hospitality and Networking – How a community can build the necessary connections within and outside of itself to welcome new residents, a new workforce, and the changes that come with an investment of this size.
These groups generated the following ideas and commentary:
Employment
• Give up something small to achieve something big
• Changing your agenda
• “Just-in-time” suppliers
• Hospitality industry
• Basic services-police, fire, etc.
• Demographic of workforce
• Reallocation of workers based on skills
• More jobs for higher education
Education
• Rethink education (globalize)
• Value education
• Next level of education
• Use the old system or innovate
• Access to education
Hospitality/Welcome
• Out of town workers part of community
On August 17 we welcomed Don Schilling, President and General Manager of the Decatur County REMC and President of the Greensburg – Decatur County Economic Development Corporation to join us for our sixth Evening @ the House. Don shared his insight on a recent BIG DEAL for Indiana and how networks provided a foundation for bringing Honda to Decatur County. Don shared with us the “inside view” of how the community built the right team of stakeholders together to create the right atmosphere and proposal, as well as a few tough decisions that the community faced. As we learned first hand, leadership means taking calculated risks and making the commitment to succeed, as this community is prepared to do now and in the future as the relationship with Honda progresses.
The small group discussions concentrated on three areas:
Education – How schools will help prepare our future workforce for jobs such as those presented by Honda.
Employment – How a new employer, particularly one with the potential to increase jobs by 20% in a community, impacts the existing employment environment.
Hospitality and Networking – How a community can build the necessary connections within and outside of itself to welcome new residents, a new workforce, and the changes that come with an investment of this size.
These groups generated the following ideas and commentary:
Employment
• Give up something small to achieve something big
• Changing your agenda
• “Just-in-time” suppliers
• Hospitality industry
• Basic services-police, fire, etc.
• Demographic of workforce
• Reallocation of workers based on skills
• More jobs for higher education
Education
• Rethink education (globalize)
• Value education
• Next level of education
• Use the old system or innovate
• Access to education
Hospitality/Welcome
• Out of town workers part of community
posted by Indiana Humanities Council @ 6:24 AM
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