Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
LOOKING FOR STORIES
GRAPEVINE: Who's Who. Adrian Montford-Guy by Mike Butler
Here is the type of story we are looking for -- about "under-the-radar" innovators and entrepreneurs who seek to improve our quality of place and commerce in rural Nova Scotia.
If you know of such a story to be told or an individual that should be "discovered" and promoted please get in touch with us (click the 'Contact Us' website tab). Our Road to Georgetown Trek is a Storytellers' Trail of Discovery.
Here is the type of story we are looking for -- about "under-the-radar" innovators and entrepreneurs who seek to improve our quality of place and commerce in rural Nova Scotia.
If you know of such a story to be told or an individual that should be "discovered" and promoted please get in touch with us (click the 'Contact Us' website tab). Our Road to Georgetown Trek is a Storytellers' Trail of Discovery.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Road to Georgetown: A STORYTELLING TRAIL OF DISCOVERY
After some sober thoughts and reality checks (and lots of training) we have chosen to consider this 500+ km route to Georgetown as a storytelling trail of discovery; a trail of finding rural stories -- stories about innovation, unearthed opportunities, resilience and wealth-creation.
At a Creative Economy Workshop held a few years ago in Annapolis Royal, economic development consultant Greg Baeker once said that a creative economy needs to find and support those "under-the-radar" people who are doing amazing things in their communities; those who build quality of place through their entrepreneurial spirit. As individuals prosper so do the communities in which they live.
We have already collected nine of those stories via our one-day Road To Georgetown conference:
Lawrencetown: "Return of the Native"
Lawrencetown: "Software Development Experiences in Rural Nova Scotia"
Middleton: "Small is Beautiful -- the Creative Economy"
Lawrencetown: "Little Foot Yurts"
Paradise: "Paradise Reclaimed"
Annapolis Royal: "How my Grandmothers fritters inspired me to create a Community Kitchen"
Middleton: "If 'Chicken Bones' Can Work, Why Not Walk the Lobster?"
We calculate that if we travel strictly on foot the time taken will be too long and cost too much. Adding bicycle power in addition to foot power, and selecting portions of the trail in which to find our stories would lessen that time and cost. By speeding up the travel time we can concentrate more on telling those rural stories on the road to Georgetown. The journey should be more about those stories.
At a Creative Economy Workshop held a few years ago in Annapolis Royal, economic development consultant Greg Baeker once said that a creative economy needs to find and support those "under-the-radar" people who are doing amazing things in their communities; those who build quality of place through their entrepreneurial spirit. As individuals prosper so do the communities in which they live.
We have already collected nine of those stories via our one-day Road To Georgetown conference:
Lawrencetown: "Return of the Native"
Lawrencetown: "Software Development Experiences in Rural Nova Scotia"
Middleton: "Small is Beautiful -- the Creative Economy"
Lawrencetown: "Little Foot Yurts"
Paradise: "Paradise Reclaimed"
Annapolis Royal: "How my Grandmothers fritters inspired me to create a Community Kitchen"
Middleton: "If 'Chicken Bones' Can Work, Why Not Walk the Lobster?"
We calculate that if we travel strictly on foot the time taken will be too long and cost too much. Adding bicycle power in addition to foot power, and selecting portions of the trail in which to find our stories would lessen that time and cost. By speeding up the travel time we can concentrate more on telling those rural stories on the road to Georgetown. The journey should be more about those stories.
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