 
A NEW SHIFT IN ECONOMIS DEVELOPMENT  As
the former CEO of GPEDC, Kristin Williams had an excellent grasp of
traditional economic development thinking, but she has come to realize
there's a new school of thought, one which she and others hope will
take root in the Paducah area. Williams was one of 25 people that formed a "Think Tank Team" to look at other successful communities and their current economic development activities. The group expended some 2,000 volunteer hours culling information, and taking "field trips" to Louisville, Nashville and Oak Ridge to learn how those cities were adapting to a new paradigm focused more on the encouragement of entrepreneurship and growing "homegrown" businesses, rather than offering incentives to faraway entities for re-location. The "big shift" the group noticed was "away from companies and toward people." The successful cities, such as Louisville, had made a dramatic shift in resources away from "programs" and into staff that assisted entrepreneurs with resources, such as a Concierge system of information. A trip to Oak Ridge helped the group to understand the success that city has had with networking the contractors who worked at its nuclear facility, and convincing them to stay in the community rather than moving on. In addition, the community was successful in reclaiming a former nuclear site as a residential subdivision. "At any given time we have 10 to 15 to 20 contractors working at the USEC plant, who are not a part of the Paducah fabric, " said Williams. The Think Tank Team came up with a list of issues facing the community: USEC is going leave Paducah DOE says they will "clean-up" the area, but "clean-up" has not been defined Paducah-McCracken County. is focused on traditional economic development strategies since the inception of GPEDC with moderate success Williams stressed times have changed. Since 1990, there have been more jobs for people using their heads, rather than their hands. The economy is more knowledge dependent than ever, and it is a global entrepreneurial effort, driven by innovation. The group learned the following things: Networks are crucial to success It is not about traditional "bricks and mortar" There are "holes" to be filled in the local economic development fabric that need to be filled Recommendations include an overall need to add to the current economic development mix by establishing a new business venture center staffed with "customer driven" staff, and possibly a DOE Concierge. The Paducah Chamber and GPEDC will be setting up a task force to determine a structure for how to best implement the recommendations from the Think Tank. For more information on the Think Tank Team, contact Kristin Williams of KRW Consulting at 748-6348. July 18 - Secretary of the Personnel Cabinet Brian Crall July
25 - District Governor Dave Weller and presentation of eight
$1000 Club Scholarships John
Pace, Volunteer Coordinator for the Paducah Summer Festival,
accepted a donation from the Club and also announced this year's
entertainment line-up, which attracted members of the local
media. Some family events worth noting are the return of the
Oreo Stacking Contest, the Greased Pole Contest, Kid's Day at
the Museum of the American Quilters Society, the 101st Airborne
Screaming Eagle Parachute Jump, and the Hot Air Balloon Glow.
FEATURED
ROTARIAN
Dan
Key was the birthday winner of this week's floral arrangement provided
by the Flower Gallery. GUESTS Zana Renfro, Terry Tolan-June Antony, Marj Heyduck-Chuck Heyduck, Matthew Howell-Jim Zumwalt, Kelm Burchard, Jayson McKeown-Mary Hammonds, Erin Whitlock-Tara Kolb, Kim Hardin-Elaine Spalding, Lee Powell-David Bailey, Barry Smith-Eileen Duobinis-Gray REPORTED MAKEUPS
100% ATTENDANCE FOR JUNE Robert Alexander, Glen Anderson, John Anderson, III, June Antony, David Bailey, George Boland, Steve Bright, Jim Brockenborough, Jim Brown, Jamey Brown, Amy Clevidence, Michael Cochran, Rick Coltharp, David Comperry, Cathy Crecelius, Marvin Devers, Bill Dyer, Missy Eckenberg, Danny Evitts, Suzanne Farmer, Art Feather, Jamie Futrell, Bill Gore, John Halsell, BA Hamilton, Mary Hammond, Jim Harris, John Harris, Chuck Heyduck, David Jernigan, Den Johnston, Bob Johnston, Jackie Jones, Sherry Kahne, Gwen Kaiser, Kyle Katterjohn, Dan Key, Tara Kolb, Marie Liang, Mike Livingston, Lisa Long, LV McGinty, Phil McIntosh, Chris McNeill, Tommy Nuckolls, Kelly Nuckols, Kathleen Overlin, Desiree Owen, Bud Qualk, Bev Reed, Mike Resnick, Ken Schuppert, Robyn Shapiro, George Shaw, Steve Shrewsberry, Jim Sigler, Jeff Steiner, Debbie Stone, Ron Stonecipher, Bo Sullivan, Hal Sullivan, Shawn Turner, Anita Ward, John Williams, Jr., Pat Withrow 75% ATTENDANCE FOR JUNE Don Barger, Ken Cooper, Bill Feiler, Tony Hamilton, Ron Jackson, Pat Kerr, Gerogann Lookofsky, Greg Menke, Charles Moffitt, Mike Muscarella, Dave Perry, Joe Powell, Larry Propst, Hardy Roberts, Lorraine Scharmke, Deborah Simon, George Sirk, Jay Downs Siska, Elaine Spalding, Victor Sredl, Mike Stone, Scott Taylor, Dwane Tucker, Erik Wolfe 50% ATTENDANCE FOR JUNE Roger Cain, David Denton, Allen Dossey, Eileen Duobinis-Gray, Gregg Flanigan, Rick Grana, Ed Hely, Lanny King, Lynn King, Terry McKee, Donnie McKinney, Allison Ogden, Bonnie Schrock, Predrag Sredl, Wayne Sterling, Tim Taylor, Dick Veazey, John Williams, Sr., May Louise Zumwalt HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
CLUB ANNIVERSARYS The
following are celebrating the date of their induction into Rotary:
Today's
editor - Desiree Owen
List of Unfilled Classifications Artist/Retail,
Arts Administration, Attorney (Civil, Commonwealth, Social Security
Administration, Marine Law), Banking (Mortgage Lender, Trust Management),
Bed & Breakfast/Hospitality, Building Materials, Cable TV/Advertising,
Chemical Plant, Chemical Plant Management, Commercial Door Contracting,
Communications Systems Integration, Community Development/Administration,
Contractor/Commercial, Day Care Management, Director/Substance Abuse
Prevention, Education ( Pre-school, Administration), Electronic
Document Management, Employee Leasing (Permanent, Temporary) Engineering/U-235
Plant, Equine Farming, Facility Manager, Film Making, Financial
Management/Jewelry Business, Financial Planning, Government/Risk
Management, Hardware/Retail, Hospital, Human Resources, Industrial
Supplies/Wholesale, Information/Management, Information Technology,
Information Technology/Internet Director, Insurance - Sales, Judge/Family
Court, Judge/District, Law (Corporation, Litigation, Domestic),
Medical/Podiatry, Medical Center Management, Medical/Public Relations,
Men's Clothing/Retail, Ministry/Christian, Motion Pictures Theatres,
Moving & Storage, Municipal Human Relations, Nursing/Geriatric,
Orthodontics & Facial Orthopedics, Photography Equipment & Supplies,
Public Service/Emergency Services, Rape Crisis Manager, Real Estate/Commercial,
Refined Oil Products/Retail, Restaurant/Italian, River Transportation/Port
Authority, Sales - Temporary Employees, Scout Executive, Space Education,
Special Gifts/Retail, Total Wellness, Waste Water Utility
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Phil
McIntosh introduced this week's Featured Rotarian, John Halsell. Phil
jokingly noted that in honor of President George's first meeting in
charge, he was introducing "his successor." John will take over the
Rotary gavel from George next year. 