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Two of the basic tenets of being a good Realtor, in my opinion, are investment and involvement. I believe that if you’re not involved and invested, you’re neither going to know or care as much about the community. With that in mind, I read with great interest Chris Graham’s article last week in which he discussed the Waynesboro 2020 initiative:
And yet we (Waynesboro) have so much potential. Our tradition here of hard work and high worker productivity is a great building block and draw for potential industrial and manufacturing suitors. And our location basically at the hub of Charlottesville and the economic engine that is the University of Virginia and Harrisonburg and the economic engine that is James Madison University gives us a unique opportunity to attract the industry of the 21st century. The future of industry is in the kinds of technological innovations that will come out of UVa. and JMU and the former Stanford Research Institute that is now working with both of our region’s major universities on the next computer mouse and the next Internet, to name two projects that SRI led in its early years in California.
At some point soon the Charlottesville-Harrisonburg corridor will come to resemble the North Carolina Research Triangle. All we’re really waiting for is the third leg.
So, I volunteered. What better way to get involved in and learn about a community than by participating in its future? But – I am not doing this solely for altruistic reasons. I hope to eventually earn some business from this venture as well. One of the foundations of real estate success, as with any business, is knowing people – knowing lots of people and knowing the right people.
Here’s to meeting lots of people and giving back to the community.