By Alex Acquisto
ARUNDEL — Howard Kohn of the market and branding organization The
Chesapeake Group formally addressed the board of selectmen and most
members of the Economic Development Committee dotting the crowd on
Monday evening with a presentation of Arundel’s issues, weaknesses and
strengths he has compiled over the last few months.
The town of Arundel hired the market and branding group based out of
Maryland earlier this year for $25,000 as an effort to resuscitate the
township in collaboration with Arundel’s comprehensive economic plan.
Residents were asked to participate in a survey accessible on the
town’s website in the spring; 23 percent of households re- sponded to
the survey.
Kohn used personal pronouns when describing Arundel and its residents. “This is what we have to offer,” he said.
Lifted from the proposal that the Chesapeake Group sent to Town
Planner Todd Shea earlier this year, its goals are as follows: “placing
Arundel within the context of the larger economy and trends; assessments
of site-specific opportunities, generally within the context of larger
geographic areas; economic revitalization, including ‘Main Streets’ and
mixed-use development plans; community development strategies; defining
opportunities for emerging research and development related to
agricultural production, natural resources and technology application
shifting; and tourism development.”
Said Shea in April, “TCG is helping us find an identity that sets us
apart from our surrounding communities, and to do that while utilizing
our resources and not exploiting them.”
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Arundel is a business and business owners are the stakeholders??? Start from the top down?? I am a stakeholder and shareholder and I do not own a business. Where does that place me?
ReplyDeleteWhat is our identity or when will we have a new one? Not convinced I have heard enough to justify the $$ I will keep listening. .... or shall I say reading.
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DeleteI want to thank the anonymous poster who felt the need to display the address of what was meant to be an anonymous post from me as 04046-8777. It appears there is no need to change our zip code after all. All we need to do is add the +4 and there is plenty of information to provide our identity. Or at least in this case narrow it down to a few households.
ReplyDeleteI ask the poster who felt the need to place the address information of my attempted anonymous post, why they felt it was important to do so? A bit salty maybe?
You did not add to the discussion, you only forced me to do the right thing and own the post so that my neighbors would not be the assumed writer. It is also clear, you do not want to be identified or else you would have placed your name and owned your post. You still have time to reveal yourself, but I doubt you will.
My name is Matt and I look forward to the continued discussion.