Settling back in

If you measure success in frequent flier miles, I must be a rock star.

After an aggressive schedule in Asia (three countries in 4 days) and California (10 meetings and two events in 3.5 days) it was nice to settle back in to the swing of things in the Mohawk Valley. For me, that meant a Wind Supply Chain event in Rochester (our friends at the Greater Rochester Enterprise are doing great work - check out http://www.glwn.org/for details on Wind Supply Chain), followed by a DOD IT Acquisition event in Washington DC. With a full day conference and meetings on the Hill, we wasted little time in DC and kept quite busy.

So, to count that up - since September 1st, I've been taking EDGE's story on the road to Phoenix, Denver, Portland, Germany (twice), Las Vegas, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, San Jose, and Washington DC - a total of 35 nights away from home in the last 10 weeks! This is on top of about a half dozen day trips to Syracuse, Albany and all points in between and a handful of site visits by companies considering the Mohawk Valley as their future homes.

Well, if one thing is for sure, we can't sit back and wait for our phones to ring. If we're going to see a customer choose Marcy for semiconductor manufacturing or other industries choose another regional location, we have to take the story on the road. I've got a little respite; our next outreach trip isn't until the second week in December. While I'm excited to be able to stay home for a few weeks, I know the reward for this effort isn't just frequent flier miles - it will be watching ribbon cuts for new employers in the region.

Gotta run!