ED Futures Newsletter, November 20, 2005

Dear ED Futures Readers:

Let me start by thanking those of you who sent emails and called me about the lead article in the last issue on the global automotive industry. It is fair to say that this is an industry of deep interest to you. For that reason, my message resonated with many of you.

Some asked: "What can we do about the situation? If there is an alternative to the zero-sum game approach to the auto sector, what is it?" Click on this link and download an article I wrote last year. Perhaps it will provide you with a new way to think about future strategies for working with companies in the auto sector.

We don't pay enough attention to the future, especially to our children and the future world we are giving shape to through our economic development policies and strategies. I have been thinking a lot about how economic development can be practiced with an "inter-generational" view of the world in mind. Last year I wrote a very popular article for the U.S. Department of Labor on why we need a new approach to enabling youth and young adults to succeed in a changing economy. You can download a copy of the article here. Your comments would be very much appreciated.

This has been another busy week at ED Futures. Here are a few articles from this week you may want to at least scan for ideas:

Voices and Choices in Northeast Ohio. (Innovative project to engage citizens about their economic future.)

Important Economic Development Resources You Should Know About. (Because you asked for it.)

Economic Development Reading List for Beginners. (Because you asked for it. Sorry it took a while to pull together the reading list.)

Target Industry: Magazine Publishing. (If Santa Fe and other places can do it, maybe your area can.)

Automotive: Misery Loves Company. (More on the topic of what's happening in the global auto industry, and it isn't good.)

Target Industry: Aircraft Parts Manufacturing. (Is this industry important to your area?)

Nissan Tennessee: $155,000 Per Job! (Is it worth it? You tell me. I'm all ears.)

Target Industry: Electronic Components and Semiconductors (Is this industry important to your area?)

ED Futures Sign-Up Link (Tell your friends.)

As always, keep those cards and letters coming.

I wish each of you a warm and happy Thanksgiving Holiday, and may God smile down upon you and your family with blessings of gratitude and hope.

Best wishes,

Don Iannone
ED Futures Publisher
Tel: 440.449.0753
Email: dtia@don-iannone.com