In today’s Digital Age, land-use development executives, project managers, and consultants continue to rely upon a fly under the radar approach hoping to avoid community opposition. This decades old “devil you know” mindset is dangerous, exposing real estate projects to greater financial risks, political backlashes, and costly defeats caused by NIMBY - the very threat it was meant to avoid.
PROSTATE CANCER, BURPEES & ULTRA 50 MILE MARATHON
When I crossed the finish line at the recent Destin 50 Ultra Marathon (Feb. 2015), I felt strong, determined and exhilarated. It was my first ultra marathon of 50 miles and I crushed it. However, the rush of feelings that I was experiencing had very little to do with completing my first 50 mile race. When they put the medal around my neck and I put the thumbs up, it was an affirmation of a greater goal that I made for myself three months before. A goal that meant life and death...
5 ENDURING PR LESSONS I LEARNED AS A MAYOR
learned public relations the hard way the day the city clerk informed me that I would become the youngest mayor in the history of Safety Harbor, Florida, at 27. Within a few hours of learning the news, I was mobbed by reporters from the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune and television news crews from ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox...