from gloomtown to boomtown

Even if I saw the invitation, I could not have attended the Community Leaders Breakfast at John A. Logan College yesterday morning. For the past few days I've been suffering with some major tooth pain; taking antibiotics and eating mushy stuff. But this blog's pointed prose won't be turning mushy, Bloggy; don't worry. The keynote speaker was Jack Schultz, author of "Boomtown USA: The 7 1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns," shared his ideas for making Southern Illinois more economically successful. (Can you say "regionalism"?)

Schultz is chief executive of Agracel Inc., an industrial development firm. His book is being distributed through the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) web site, along with a link to the Bloomberg Small Business television interview with Schultz, which Bavarians and one-horse towns will find inspiring, as you shall see.