Posts Tagged "business practices"

Back to Basics

Posted by Ted Villa on May 3, 2009 in Management | 2 comments

Recently, we were on vacation. We drove to Dawsonville, GA and back, and stopped in Richmond, VA, Asheville, NC and Staunton, VA along our journey. We drove a sizable chunk of the Blue Ridge Parkway and saw a lot of country along the interstates, US-Highways and State Roads. We passed many farms and properties of varying sizes in various states of upkeep or benign neglect. One thing kept popping into my head as drove along: the people who live in these rural areas, across from pastureland and fields seem to be connected to the earth in way that many of us in our urban and suburban environments are not. Of course, as a tourist passing through, I project onto the setting...