Tacoma Looking to "Experts" To Tell Its Story
Voelpel’s column today tells the story of a city looking for someone to tell its story. Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development department will hear proposals from four firms later this month that hope to tell Tacoma’s story to a wider audience. Two of the firms are local. Two, not so local. Who are they?
JayRay
BCRA
The Fearey Group
Rockey Hill & Knowlton
Can genuine storytelling come from city-backed storytellers? And if the goal is to increase the amount of private investment in Tacoma, is storytelling what we need right now? Or is there money already here simply waiting for a more coherent plan and direction? It may work to begin crafting the tales now. Or… We’ll see.
Link to The News Tribune
3 comments
A Andrew March 31, 2008
As a proud California expat (and, more specifically, a native of the glorious Central Valley), I must say:
Where but for the grace of God go you, Cheryl. Try not to take a wrong turn in Stockton.
E ensie April 1, 2008
What is up with that dog database? It’s not complete, to begin with, but why is that information being published? Is it public record? I’ve never lived in a city where it was published before. That’s insane.
M metro April 2, 2008
Yes, it is public record. The folks at the News Tribune are having a little too much fun with their newfound ability to use/create/combine databases and apparently thought busting out a story on Fido would be cute.