{"id":543,"date":"2012-08-26T11:22:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/clean-streams-to-attract-business-al-browning.html"},"modified":"2012-08-26T11:22:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-26T15:22:26","slug":"clean-streams-to-attract-business-al-browning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/clean-streams-to-attract-business-al-browning.html","title":{"rendered":"Clean streams to attract business &mdash;Al Browning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mG5JibKQr_E\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mG5JibKQr_E\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nAl Browning of\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/\">\nWWALS<\/a>\nmade a point yesterday that I haven&#8217;t heard mentioned\nby local Chambers of Commerce or economic development agencies:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nSuppose there&#8217;s a business looking to south Georgia, to move into an area.\nThey can go to the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaadoptastream.org\/db\/\">\nAdopt-A-Stream website<\/a> for that particular area,\nand get an idea of where the best water is.\nAnd they may choose&#8230; that Berrien County has terrible water;\nI&#8217;m going to go to Cook County, or Lowndes!\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mG5JibKQr_E\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?index=9&amp;list=PL64C4543EC3A8343F&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaadoptastream.org\/db\/\">\nGeorgia Adopt-A-Stream<\/a>,\nwhich currently doesn&#8217;t show any water quality testing sites\nfor any of those counties, but that could change soon.\nMaybe economic development organizations should help it change,\nbecause that lack could be steering businesses elsewhere.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA prominent local economic development appointee asked me last year,\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nWhy would you want absolutely clean ear or water?\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nWell, businesses considering moving here might want those things\nbecause their employees do.\nAnd their employees might want those things because they\ndon&#8217;t want to get sick.\nAnd besides, who doesn&#8217;t like clean air and water?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Al Browning of WWALS made a point yesterday that I haven&#8217;t heard mentioned by local Chambers of Commerce or economic development agencies: Suppose there&#8217;s a business looking to south Georgia, to move into an area. 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