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A couple of years ago, the Vermont legislature established the Commission on the Future of Economic Development. From the looks of it, the Commission bogged down in bureaucratic slag. After 18 months, there's not much to show. Here's an excerpt fromteh web site, e-mail correspondence from one member to all:
...18 months into the process - there is nothing in the "reports and information" section of the web site except the CFED's report to the legislature.
So why wait? I have offered "information, studies and links" that should be of "interest and direct relevance to the public and to stakeholders." Why is my input (and others like me) somehow less valuable than "regional stakeholders"? And who exactly are these regional stakeholders? I am a Vermonter; aren't we all "stakeholders"?
I'm not sure any government-inspired commission will help us to define the future of economic development. That will come from communities and regions learning to move legacy, vertical programs into horizontal, networked initiatives. In sum, we will learn by doing.
Visit the Commission web site here.
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