Four Day Week January 12, 2009 New Orleans The recession and the pursuit of savings for broke-ass governments at every level may allow some interesting reconsiderations. One might be the value of 4-day work weeks for public services that do not require essential or 24-hour coverage. The state of Utah tried something along …
Month: January 2009
Comeback for Common Sense?
Comeback for Common Sense? New Orleans Is it too much to hope that we might be on the verge of a comeback of common sense? My fingers are crossed. Perhaps I grabbing at straws but here are some sure signs. A realization that housing prices will not always go up. A recognition that a …
Attracting Grocery Stores
New Orleans The other day brainstorming with Rick Smith, Ben, Colin, Beth, and Hillary — the core of the whole WARN team in Florida — we found ourselves talking about the contradictory problem of outsized superstores that we have fought many places versus grocery “deserts” that also concern us when communities are isolated from …