What’s it all about?

The Future Forward! Green County initiative kicked off in late 2007 with a speech and community discussion led by Rebecca Ryan of Madison’s Next Generation Consulting.  Ryan discussed seven indexes that factor into gen-x and millennial generation decisions (whether conscious or subconscious) about where to live and work. They include: earning potential, learning potential, vitality (quality of life), after-hours offerings, cost of lifestyle, around town (proximity to important places),  and social capital (community diversity and level of citizen engagement). Future Forward! Green County is working to better understand how Green County currently measures up against these indices and how we, as a community, can work together to address shortcomings and secure a better future for the Green County area.

Here are links to some of Rebecca Ryan’s outstanding Webcasts:

Get Connected, Get Ahead – TA’s 6 Laws of Connection

What’s Next? Four Trends in Forty Minutes… 

(Please note that about the first 10 minutes of this one are set-up oriented so you may want to fast-forward through that section to get to the juicy stuff.)