[frgeek-michiana] Re: Local Compitition

  • From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:42:25 -0500

BTDE is having a hard time getting started here. They approached a group of business people, one of whom is one of the owners of River Bend Hose who is active in community affairs and politics in South Bend. He told me they seemed desperate.


BTDE thought they would have an easy time organizing community support, but it isn't working out for them in spite of a full time paid organizer with a budget. Their operations in Benton Harbor survive off grants from corporations and the state of Michigan. Doing the same thing here is apparently more difficult.

I don't know how deep the BTDE pockets are or how long they can subsidize the South Bend operation out of Benton Harbor funds. Anyway, I don't think they are as much competition for our mission as it may seem. We have opportunities to partner with Restore which is well known and regarded and with Brown-Mackie College.

Tom --

Richard Zimmerman wrote:
Too late, they already have....

Richard


On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Marc R Rockwell <marcrrockwell@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:marcrrockwell@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    let support Benton Harbor, I say no let do the same thing for
    south bend lets work together amd not let some other group come in
and steal are area !!!!
    Marc Rockwell
    call for any ideas 574 643 1769

    On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Richard Zimmerman
    <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ke4rit@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

        
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/News-from-Bridges-to-Digital-Excellence.html?soid=1105231688869&aid=IjZIAj3rDm8
        
<http://myemail.constantcontact.com/News-from-Bridges-to-Digital-Excellence.html?soid=1105231688869&aid=IjZIAj3rDm8>



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        Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit
        Mishawaka, IN




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