>I haven't had much to say about NCR leaving but several other people have had quite eloquent things to say.
I'm tired of talking about it and ready to move on but I found the following posts quite interesting and inspiring. One is about what we as a community need to do to move forward, one addresses the elephant in the room in terms of how people view Dayton, and one recognizes that the legacy of John Patterson isn't a bricks/mortar building and company but the spirit of the community he championed for years.
Bill Pote at Dayton Most Metro blogged about the areas that we need focus on. His blog has received many comments and his article has also appeared in the Dayton Daily News.
Fred Bartenstein, a community leader, shares his perspective on John Patterson's legacy in a guest column in the Dayton Daily News.
Dayton Daily News columnist Ellen Belcher reminds us in her commentary that we're a region and she is bold enough to describe the primary differences between the city and the suburbs as being related to race and socio-economic conditions. The region can't be strong without a solid center. The center can't be strong without supportive outter rings of suburbs. We can't pretend Dayton's alone with it's problems. Dayton's problems are ALL of our problems. Ironically, this commentary was written prior to the NCR announcement.
Ellen Belcher wrote a good one, pretty much fingering the local negativity.
Posted by: Jeff | June 09, 2009 at 06:37 PM
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