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Vicki Watson
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- Tucumcari, NM
- United States
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This is beautiful!
I am interested in your defining rural communities. My geographic area is truly classified as "frontier." My key issues of focus are school retention and small business succession planning. Too many young people are leaving for jobs elsewhere even i…
This group is for community development professionals working in rural communities.
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- Job Title
- Business Specialist
- Employer
- Mesalands Community College
- Professional Experience
- Many years as an investment broker; self-employed business consultant. Changed to program director for community college and later for national non-profit. Currently involved in business and nonprofit consulting in very small community.
- Community Development Interests
- Arts and Social Development, Community Building and Organization, Community Stabilization, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery, Economic Revitalization and Workforce Development, Financial Literacy, Leadership and Management, Land Use and Sustainability, Volunteer Development and Management
- Years in the Community Development Field
- 4-7 years
- Are you interested in being a mentor to someone new to the community development field?
- I am working as an advisor to community boards. There is no sign of collaboration or community vision. I am commited to living in this town and hope to make inroads into its capacity for growth in spirit and hope in the future.
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- At 12:42pm on September 30, 2009,
Kay Decker said…
- Hi Vickie--good to hear from someone in NM and yes we have lots in common I am sure. I am located in far northwest Oklahoma right near the panhandle, so our locations are similiar I am sure!
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I second Sarah -- also, I've been hearing some NSP grantees say, more or less, "we have interest but none of the people interested can qualify for a mortgage", and they describe that as a lending problem. To me, that sounds more like a marketing pro…
I noticed these interesting stats at Realtor.org today:
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I like Home Makeover. And, I like adding free architectural, landscaping and decorating assistance with the loan to help homeowners choose high-impact investments and maximize the fixed costs of bringing a contractor out. Geneva, NY offers free arch…
Thanks Vince. At this time, I know non-profits do not have access to RD's loan origination software, UniFi. I'm not sure how much we've discussed the issues of access to CAIVRS in the 502 course.
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