Comments on: Who cares about your city? http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/24/who-cares-about-your-city/ Richmond's Homepage For Business News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Burger http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/24/who-cares-about-your-city/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Scott Burger Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:01:11 +0000 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5814#comment-2179 While these suggestions are great for boosterism and tourist campaigns, I strongly question the premise that 'Creating compelling reasons for people to visit your city is the quickest, most important thing you can do.' The most important civic thing to do is improve the lives of our current and future citizens that LIVE here. That means creating infrastructure, schools, and green spaces and making sure they are maintained and used properly. Richmond is not some Carribean banana republic that is forced to rely on tourism. Its about time our City leaders grow up and recognize that. While these suggestions are great for boosterism and tourist campaigns, I strongly question the premise that ‘Creating compelling reasons for people to visit your city is the quickest, most important thing you can do.’

The most important civic thing to do is improve the lives of our current and future citizens that LIVE here. That means creating infrastructure, schools, and green spaces and making sure they are maintained and used properly.

Richmond is not some Carribean banana republic that is forced to rely on tourism. Its about time our City leaders grow up and recognize that.

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