Robert Pittman
Founder and Executive Director, Janus Institute
Sitting on the Janus Forum porch in Rabun County this time of year means enjoying the colors of early Fall beginning to emerge on the Georgia and North Carolina mountains surrounding Lake Rabun. I’ve always lamented that fact that the best TV sports season (for me at least) occurs during the time of year when conditions are prime for enjoying outdoor recreation activities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains – including just rocking on the porch with your favorite beverage.
While for countless students Fall means returning to the classroom, for us at the Janus Institute and Conway Data it means planning our Janus Forum schedule and meetings for the next calendar year. Following the success of the Forum at Watercolor last February, Enterprise Florida has graciously agreed to serve as host for a second consecutive Janus Forum, this time at the Omni Resort at Amelia Island, just north of Jacksonville. That event will take place February 28-March 3. The dates for the annual Janus Forum in Rabun County (on the porch) are August 16-19, 2015. A third 2015 Janus Forum will be held in the Fall in Woodlands, Texas. Please contact Amanda Lilla alilla@janusinstitute.org if you are interested in attending and would like more information on any of our scheduled 2015 Forums. You can also visit our website at janusinstitute.org.
We also are making plans to improve this electronic newsletter and provide our Janus Forum alums and the profession at large with even more useful information and insights into the key issues that affect the field and profession of economic development. Following this edition, the Reporter will be published on a bi-monthly basis and it will be structured to provide more of an on-going platform for discussion and follow-up to the important topics identified at the Janus Forum. True to the spirit of the Forum, the new Reporter will not just be a place for staff or invited authors to provide information on a one-way basis, as useful as we hope that has been for you. We will be reaching out to Forum alums and, importantly, our special consultant and corporate executive friends and attendees to provide further information and updates on key Forum topics of debate and discussion.
So we hope to see you at one of our Janus Forums in 2015 and hope that you will consider participating in our new Janus Reporter discussions. There is a lot to be learned without having to leave the comfort of your own rocking chair on your own porch.
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