EMBJ Articles

For the East Mississippi Business Journal November 2003 Forest Producers Facing Up to Issues By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   “Forestry is the top income producer in East Mississippi.”   I learned that at the annual Lauderdale County Forestry Association meeting a couple of weeks ago.  Two East Mississippi Community College...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal October 2003 Sonny Leaves Us a Foundational Legacy By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   Sonny Montgomery leaves us a foundational legacy of leadership.  It gives citizens and civic leaders a clear guide for right action.  If only more folk would…oh, but that’s my job isn’t...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal September 2003   Stephen Covey talks about the “law of the harvest” in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.  “There is no short-cut, there is no quick-fix,” he says.  “The law of the harvest governs.”   What does he mean by that?   “How many of you when...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal August 2003 By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan touts cost-efficient productivity” as the key ingredient to business success in America.  “Our economy is benefiting from structural gains in productivity,” Greenspan says.   Simply put, cost-efficient productivity allows American businesses to...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal July 2003 By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   Swamp Gravy – not one of your top July 4th songs of celebration is it?      Well, it’s not really a song – it’s sort of a musical.  Actually, it’s a “folk life play.”  That’s what the...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal June 2003 By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   Is this good news, or more bad news? MANUFACTURING JOB LOSS County Percent  Loss From Peak Kemper, MS 71% Neshoba, MS 62% Perry, AL 54% Winston, MS 51% Sumter, AL 51% Clarke, MS 46% Newton, MS 45%...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal May 2003 By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   Ever messed up a recipe?    Worked hard.  Did most everything right.  But, your final product was…well, you can remember the words they used.   Community efforts can have the same results.  People work hard.  They do...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal April 2003 By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   Brain power.    Dr. Art Cosby, head of the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University, says brain power is so important to our future that we should manage it.    In a special presentation to...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal March 2003 Support for Benchmarks Overwhelming; Task Force Responds to Suggestions By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   The 300 plus citizens who attended the 1st Annual Leadership Summit held by the Commission on the Future of East Mississippi and West Alabama overwhelmingly support setting benchmarks...
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For the East Mississippi Business Journal February 2003 1st Annual Leadership Summit a Rousing Success By Bill Crawford, President of The Montgomery Institute   Over 300 citizens from 12 East Mississippi and West Alabama counties filled the Kahlmus Auditorium to capacity at Mississippi State University in Meridian on January 17th to consider the status...
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