Look at all your community's resources , including schools, parks, streets and recreation facilities. Today's economic development isn't just trying to find new businesses its making your community a better place to live so you can keep current residents and attract others. Simply put, because of all the competition from other parts of the country, you may need more people working together and more money to make a difference. Understand changing economics . In the future more goods will be traded internationally, in a finished form, and may be going west and south instead of to points east.
Successful communities work at prospering in a global economy.
The resources exist to help you get ready for that. Ask for help . Volunteers are a wonder and a great asset to their communities. However, as the face of North Dakota changes, we ask fewer and fewer people to carry the load in our communities. It takes courage to admit that we can't ask volunteers to do it all.