Wednesday, May 28, 2003
A new study by Brookings indicates that cities with the strongest and most diverse network of non-profit community development organizations realize greater private sector participation.
Today in our history of innovation...
In 1897, Pearl B. Wait, a carpenter and cough medicine manufacturer from LeRoy, N.Y., introduced Jell-O.
He produced varieties in strawberry, raspberry, orange and lemon fruit flavors, that his wife, May Davis Wait, named Jell-O. Initial sales were poor. Wait sold the Jell-O business for $450 to his neighbor, Orator F.Woodward, who had founded the Genesee Pure Food Co. two years earlier.
Success came slowly, but with Woodward's creative sales and sampling strategies, Jell-O began to catch on. In 1902, when he launched his first advertising campaign in Ladies' Home Journal, sales eventually reached $250,000. If you are in upstate New York, you can visit the Jell-O Museum.
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One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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