Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone reading the Pars Nova blog. A special thank you to all those who contributed regularly to the discussion this past year: (Roughly ordered by frequency of posts) Diane Hatzenbuhler Robert Purtell Gerald Skrocki Flippin Karin Hetrick Ann Thane Rob Millan Bill Wills Charlie Kraebel Thank you [...]

Let Me Put It Another Way

This is the way I see the perceptions of Amsterdam being handled by various persons. There are no direct quotes here, just my perceptions and paraphrasing: News Story: Amsterdam Downtown Mixer A Success Recorder: Print it Fox: Where’s Amsterdam again? YNN: Ho hum News Story: Trade Center Pillar Arrives in Amsterdam Recorder: Print it WNYT: Pass WTEN: [...]

Good News, Bad News

I thought it was ironic that last week we saw a string of crime-related stories come out at the same time as we were discussing the role of the local media in shaping Amsterdam’s perception of itself. The bad news started with vandalism in the Riverlink Park, then attempted robbery of a pizza delivery person, [...]

Open Topic: Take a S.W.O.T. at Amsterdam

By request, I’ve created an open topic where anyone may post their own S.W.O.T. analysis of the City of Amsterdam. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the concept of S.W.O.T. by looking at the graphic below. Please try to be as objective as possible. Let’s see what ideas are out there!

How Amsterdam can thrive in the Emerging Economy

In the comments section of my last post, we began to discuss ideas for future business development in Amsterdam. I’d like to get into this topic in a little more detail because I believe that our current “default” strategy in this area is incomplete and out of date. I believe that there are great opportunities [...]