The Chamber ventures far from home
If you thought the Chamber of Commerce's biannual Inter-City Visits were junkets of questionable value, you might be interested to note that now they're organizing a trip to China! The most amazing...
View ArticleLet's increase the ROI on Inter-city Visits
I've long been skeptical of the bi-annual Inter-city Visits organized by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, err sorry, that's actually the Chamber-owned Partnership for a Sustainable...
View ArticlePreparing for the Inter-City Visit to Bloomington, Indiana
Nearly 80 participants leave for Bloomington a week from this Sunday. The discussions to be held during the visit should spark some interesting dialogue both during the event and once back in Orange...
View ArticleInter-city Visit to Bloomington
Inter-city visitDate: Sunday, September 9, 2012 - 8:00am to Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 8:00pmLocation: Bloomington,...
View ArticleFirst Impressions of Bloomington and Inter-City Visit
If you've followed the wealth of tweets that have come out of this first day of the Inter-City Visit you know that three groups of participants got up early this morning and made our way to Indiana by...
View Article#ICV2012 Day One
Today 70 Orange County residents traveled to Bloomington, Indiana for a Inter-City Visit to learn how their community deals with challenges related to public policy, student housing, economic...
View ArticleInter-City Visit to Bloomington - Day 2
The 2nd day of our Inter-City visit was really fascinating, with interesting presentations and lots of good dialogue and ideas. We started with a panel discussion on economic development. Some tidbits...
View ArticleTake-Aways from the Inter-City Visit 2012
I don't have a summary of today's sessions because I had a work conference call, so perhaps another attendee can provide one (I'm talking to you Lee Storrow). However, at the end of the sessions today...
View ArticleKirk Ross on Bloomington, his home town
I wish Kirk Ross had published "A Tale of Two Towns" a week earlier, before 75 or so of us went to Bloomington.I gently lobbied Kirk to sign up for the trip in late May when it was announced, and he...
View ArticleWhy do we do Inter-City Visits?
After getting my haircut this week (at the same place since my junior year of college), I ran into Al Bowers of Al’s Burger Shack. I wished him a happy one-year-in-business birthday and he asked me...
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