To the Editor,
I suggest to the citizens, elected and hired officials of the Northmont Community to unite under one banner for the purpose of regional cooperation, economic growth and stability.
To coordinate our efforts and take advantage of our combined resources. This will result in economies of scale to work in our favor.
For so long, opposing views and differences appear to be self serving to one group at a time. I strongly suggest we start to research successful examples of regional cooperation that improved the overall well being of the community.
Examples such as Indianapolis's regional government is a good place to start. This Midwestern capital realized that the attitudes, opinions and perceptions of business, industry and their own citizens, as well as a the world now is much different. When an individual, small business, or large corporation learn about Indianapolis, they see that as a region, Indianapolis "sings" with one voice!
They do not have problems of businesses thinking about coming to town and finding out that local groups have not answered their own internal problems or questions of who should we deal with.
The point is, a company would not have to come to our community and worry about moving here and fear that "their" concerns are not considered, when so much focus and energy inside the community ignores the needs of the "customer" coming to town.
Warning!, Until we start acting and behaving as a regional community with one voice, our appeal and marketability as a community will be not be effective and our competition or "other communities," will continue to take our potential business and growth from us.
The best local example of this was the clothing manufacturer who wanted to locate here a few years back. Due to so much inter-community bickering and a lack of regional support and perception, our new business and growth went elsewhere!
It was so simple, to call them and say:
"Sorry you're having problems with making a decision to move sued and not be happy in the long run. It takes so much energy to train all the different factions and/or governments within their community. Why don't you consider w 'Smart Community.' We have been working together as a whole!. We make decisions as a community! It's not a question of where you locate in the community or who will benefit the most. The question is, "Will you: enjoy being with Us and being part of our team, 'the community'...: to grow and prosper with us?" You will benefit from coming to our area because its "easy" for you to win, and for us to win.""
Our focus and attention on being so angry with each other prevent us from being a community as a whole. It gives the rest of the world the perception we have a lack of identity, looking backward not forward, and gives people a sense we do not like ourselves, as a community. How cant we, as a community, appear to be happy when we are not? Who wants to live and work in a community that has such a bad attitude?
We have for the first time, a small, but very important event coming our way! The construction of the West 35 highway and Trotwood connector will provide our community with the transportation needed: to make this location easily: accessible. We are going to be competing with adjacent communities such as Trotwood (which we should also work; with in a healthy manner), and I am afraid we are going to miss the boat and lose the gold ringl
It's all up to us, as a community, . as a whole. We need to focus on one common goal. For the community to prosper and grow, we need to place the community's well being ahead of each and every one of our individual goals.
Tim Poppaw,
Randolph Township