{"id":782,"date":"2012-06-06T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/vlcia-focus-group-meeting-20-june-2012.html"},"modified":"2012-06-06T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:32:48","slug":"vlcia-focus-group-meeting-20-june-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/vlcia-focus-group-meeting-20-june-2012.html","title":{"rendered":"VLCIA Focus Group meeting 20 June 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I received an invitation from the Industrial Authority <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7160796201\/in\/photostream\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01676721865a970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01676721865a970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> to attend a focus group interview for input to their Competitive Assessment and their Economic Development Strategy. So, dear readers, what do you think I should say to them? Don&#8217;t worry; I have some ideas already, but I&#8217;m all ears for more.<\/p>\n<p>You may recall VLCIA has been put out an <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/request-for-bid-2012-strategic-plan-process-vlcia.html\"> RFP early this year for an organization to do a Strategic Plan process<\/a>. They selected Market Street Services of Atlanta, <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/05\/industrial-positive-or-negative-videos-vlcia-2012-04-17.html\"> and they said in April they were preparing to do focus groups.<\/a> Now apparently they&#8217;ve sent out invitation letters for a focus group on 20 June 2012. I have no idea who else they have invited; I was rather surprised to find they invited me.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhat would you say to them?\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7160796201\/in\/photostream\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016767218664970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016767218664970b-pi.jpg\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small> Invitation from Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA) <br \/> to a focus group interview 20 June 2012 <br \/> Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1 June 2012. <br \/> Scanned by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE). <\/small><\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today I received an invitation from the Industrial Authority to attend a focus group interview for input to their Competitive Assessment and their Economic Development Strategy. So, dear readers, what do you think I should say to them? Don&#8217;t worry; I have some ideas already, but I&#8217;m all ears for more. 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