| What do the young people of Humboldt
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| | While technology and the Internet alone
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| County do after leaving high school and
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| | may not revive an entire community, it
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| college? Some can't wait to leave, and
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| | can provide a good income in places where
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| others want to stay but aren't satisfied
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| | there are few traditional new jobs. Some
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| with the job opportunities, or lack
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| | good examples are: the GIS expert working
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| thereof, in this place they've known as
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| | from home in Hilo, Hawaii; pack goat
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| "home".
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| | supplies in Weippe, Idaho; the Tionesta
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| The real question is -- how do they
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| | students selling digital stories; the
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| perceive the options available: minimum
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| | small ISP in Imperial, Nebraska; the
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| wage retail sales, join a branch of the
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| | future Spanish language institute being
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| U.S. Military, the family farm, or just
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| | formed in Elsa, Texas; and the marketing
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| hanging out with their friends who are in
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| | of fine wood products in Orofino, Idaho.
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| the same situation.
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| | A lot of us came here to escape citified
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| Some, through their own entrepreneurial
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| | life, to lose ourselves in a less
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| activities, see options for working from
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| | populated territory. We strive to balance
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| home or for business opportunities in
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| | old traditions with our perceived
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| their own community. Most however, are
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| | understanding of the world beyond the
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| just glad to have found a good job
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| | Redwoods. That world is focused on the
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| somewhere, and "somewhere" usually isn't
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| | technological age. That world is focused
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| Humboldt County even though leaving home
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| | on rapid changes. Along with our desire
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| isn't what they really want.
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| | to remain removed from metropolitan
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| The editor William Vitek says in his
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| | mania, the fact is that economics factor
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| essay, Community And The Virtue Of
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| | into the equation and we now know that
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| Necessity, "What keeps a community
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| | Humboldt County, in order to survive,
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| together is the inability of its members
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| | must jump on board the technology train
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| to leave, either because of the dangers
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| | so that people here will be able to
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| that lie outside the community--a
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| | participate in education, economic
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| forbidding desert or an enemy clan, for
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| | pursuits . . . . the American way of
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| example--or the ties that lie within the
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| | life, without having to leave home.
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| community--traditions, laws, fear of
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| | Technology development is absolutely
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| being cast out, rejected, or destroyed."
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| | crucial to include in any economic
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| In recent times that has been mitigated
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| | planning. Just as it was unthinkable a
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| (or weakened) by technology: automobiles,
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| | century ago to plan for new enterprises
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| telephones, outside investments, ties to
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| | without considering electricity, 21st
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| state and federal assistance programs,
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| | century economies, whether national or
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| but some people do not feel that they can
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| | village level, must include networked
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| ever leave and continue a constant cycle
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| | information technology. It is difficult
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| of struggling with finding a means for
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| | to imagine how a town, county, company,
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| economic security.
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| | state, region, can compete against, or
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| For many of Humboldt County's residents,
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| | work effectively with counterparts unless
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| their identities are heavily intertwined
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| | they are networked and much of the
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| with their community. The importance
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| | populace is conversant with the
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| placed on where they live and what keeps
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| | technologies.
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| them there (other than "we can't just
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| | It's been proven that technology changes
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| move the farm") seems to be the
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| | people's lives. It lessens a person's
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| tranquility, the natural beauty, the
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| | isolation, businesses large and small can
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| perceived lack of crime, and most
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| | be run from home using a web server and
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| importantly, the people and
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| | low cost tools and services developed for
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| relationships.
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| | just such a market, and electronic tools
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| To prevent the loss of our productive
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| | can help bind groups together in order to
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| population and the slow death of many of
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| | get a project completed much faster than
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| Humboldt County's smaller communities, as
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| | using only the phone and postal mail for
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| we've seen happen with all too many, we
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| | communication.
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| have an enormous responsibility to make
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| | Doesn't it also stand to reason that
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| this place matter enough for our young
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| | advanced technology brings new business
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| talented people to want to stay or return
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| | to Humboldt County, that e-commerce can
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| after attending college elsewhere. By
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| | revitalize "main street" by increasing
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| garnering our connection to the
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| | small business revenue resulting in lower
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| technological age and educating our youth
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| | failure rates, that it will make it
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| about the unlimited entrepreneurial
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| | possible for more young people to return
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| possibilities technology offers, we
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| | home after college, and that it will
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| provide opportunity and a mechanism for
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| | transform the way we citizens relate to
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| our youth to succeed. Having a job that
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| | and form our government?
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| makes use of the skills acquired in
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| | Jill St Claire, Founder
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| college would be an important step in
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| | JSC Marketing, LLC
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| keeping them here and luring those who've
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| | 1.888.435.
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| left back home.
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