SCENARIO:
You're "the decider" for the Shoals.
You make the decisions.
You want to bring new industries and their good-paying jobs to the area.
What do you do?
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quote:Originally posted by logical:
Combine Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield into a single city.
Finish Hwys 157 and 133
quote:Originally posted by excelman:
THEMAX is right on. Tupelo and the Golden Triangle is experiencing good growth primarly because it has a highway infastructure without a stop light on every corner. ...
Trouble is , here in the Shoals, if they had an interstate this bunch would want to put stop lights on it. Look at the new bridge!! A stoplight at each end!. You would think somebody designing our road system would take a drive out of town and see there are such things as entrance and exit ramps instead of the necessity to use so many stop lights.
quote:Originally posted by Brentenman:
1. Ditto the interstate thing.
2. Fire ALL who are now and block anyone with local ties to the local governments. Fire all in the state gov't from this area. Time for new blood and ideas. Import a city manager who has a proven record and a new board of directors that also have proven records.
3. Get rid of the illegals. That is a blight on the area.
4. Ditch the "retirement community" mentality. That is a massive sign of "young people not welcome" and results in brain drain. See the Brain Drain series from NOV 2004 in the TD.
5. Prevent Bonner and company from doing their get rich for themselves quick schemes.
Those 5 are just a start. I know there is more.
quote:Originally posted by imho:
I HAVE THE ANSWER!
The Shoals should offer incentives to the company that makes all the red lights to locate here! We have invested enough in them to own half the company!
quote:Originally posted by logical:
Combine Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield into a single city.
Finish Hwys 157 and 133