This week we hosted our 2010 Annual Meeting, and if I do say so myself, it was a HUGE success. In fact, I am trying to pull myself down from the clouds. We had record attendance, the room was beautiful and people seemed to truly enjoy themselves.

GJEP ANNUAL MEETING CROWD

GJEP TABLE

MIKE STAHL, CHAIR, GJEP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JOHN WILLIAMS, GJEP BOARD MEMBER
Providing a great keynote speaker is one of the most important aspects of our meeting and finding someone who can inspire a large crowd in the present economy was very important to us.
All of our expectations were exceeded with this year’s speaker; none other than John Hendricks, Founder of Discovery Communications.

JOHN HENDRICKS, FOUNDER, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Hendricks shared his plans for a new series with us that will explore curiosity and showcase Western Colorado and Mesa County in particular. This exciting message was followed up with the announcement that new “Curiosity Retreats” will take place at Gateway Canyons Resort (also in Mesa County, Colorado).
From an economic development standpoint, this is huge news! This is going to put our community on the map in a way that hasn’t been done before. These endeavors promise to show Mesa County to the world, and promote our area as a place to truly nourish the body and mind in a beautiful environment.
Mr. Hendricks further inspired his audience by describing his path to success and reminding us that entrepreneurship is the key to economic growth. He asked our local business and community leaders to define themselves and their businesses and think….what business are we really in? I looked around the room and I could see people thinking through that question and how it applied to them and their business(es).
This was my ah-ha moment, if local leaders and entrepreneurs could walk away from our meeting thinking about what business they are in, what business they want to be in…and how they can get there, our local economy is going to reap the benefits. That is economic development.

MIKE STAHL, ANN DRIGGERS, GJEP PRESIDENT & CEO, JOHN HENDRICKS
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