Looking For Jobs?
By admin | December 12, 2008
Many of the comments I’ve been receiving lately have been focused on jobs and job creation. With the downturn of the economy and the bleak outlook for the automotive business many in the area have already lost their jobs or are really worried about losing the one they have now. Decatur is a town that for some reason seems to have a large quantity of businesses and jobs related directly to the luxury or high end manufacturing of motor homes, speed boats and high performance cars. This type of product is one that completely depends upon a strong economy to maintain solid sales to keep our citizens employed. It has been asked on this site more than once what our local government is doing to create new jobs or bring in new businesses that are not so reliant on the luxury product sales. The readers would like to hear from the Mayor and City council exactly what their plan is going forward to secure current jobs and create additional employment opportunities. Decatur should have everything going for it when it comes to attracting business. There is plenty of people in the area to supply a solid workforce, direct access to an interstate, an international airport close by, and plenty of housing sitting idle. Retail jobs seem to be the only new jobs and employment that has been created recently. Having worked retail in the past I can tell you its hard to make a living for a family on those meager wages.
I tried to locate some sort of economic plans online but wasn’t very successful. I went to the Adams County website hoping to find some sort of page promoting economic development and job creation. They do have a section on their site for that but guess what, the link is dead and goes nowhere. Wow I sure hope they aren’t sending a statement that economic development and the search for potential companies to provide jobs is dead for our county. Looking at the city of Decatur’s website proved to be bust as well.
If I am wrong about this and someone could point me in the right direction of our community’s plans, I would be happy to help promote anything our local, and county government is trying to do to create future jobs and employment opportunities in our area.
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The Economic problems of this town in the ‘private sector’ are now at emergency levels in all aspects!!!! Please, Mr. Wimzit Administrator. Pose questions to Mayor Schultz on getting Economic action going in this town for Job Creation in this sector of our Economy. I beg of Mayor Schultz not to be like the disgrace that former Mayor Isch was when it came to attempting to attract Large Scale Good Paying Industrial Jobs to this City!!!!
George, I understand that Mayor Schultz has an open door policy. Is there any way you can see him to voice your concerns?
Concerned Mom: While Mayor Schultz may have an open door policy, and I do hope that EVERONE who has lost their job recently will ALL go to his office at one time to take advantage of this open door policy to inform him that Decatur is in an economic depression, HE should already be fully knowledgeable of this ‘economic climate’ that this town is in and keep the public abreast of HIS plans to help alleviate the sorrow as well as to help restore ‘job growth’ to this City and it’s population. I have seen no headlines in our local media to this effect. Mayor Suzanne Handshoe of Kendalville HAS taken the lead in her town to try to help the people with the dismal job climate! Maybe Mayor Schultz need to have conference with her on the phone as she could most likely give him some advice on helping the Citizens of this City through these bad economic times. Mayor Schultz needs to devise at least a ‘lieflet brochure’ to send to potential businesses that this City could appeal to, in order to present to them the benefits of locating their business venture and known large scale Company venture’s to Decatur. Point out the vast and diverse workforce that is ready and able to go to work with the ’solid work ethic’ that was nurtured into families from their parents in this City that WE still call home, DECATUR!!! Well, there is a start and now Mayor Schultz and HIS ‘Economic Team’ need to ‘tool’ the nuts and bolts into it to present it to potential large scale Company employers! I know that if he tries, Mayor Schultz can SUCCEED where the former administration did not even try !
Hope the new year brings lots of good paying jobs to the entire USA.
Happy New Year and pray for our country and the people who serve the country and fight for our freedom. Happy New Year!!!
Mayor Schultz you were voted in because Decatur needs a change and Decatur needs someone who can think outside of the box and make new things happen. YOU have that chance to either grab the bull my the horns and make it happen, or do nothing an let the greatest town of Decatur down. Decatur residents are NOT quitter’s!!!!!! It’s a new time and a new year!!!!! You can do it!!!! Pull a team together and lead that team to success and new adventures for the residents. Go get’m!!!
It ssems to me that the current leaders of Decatur should be trying to attract companies who manufacture GREEN products such as solar panels, wind mills, enviromentally friendly insulation and other such products. The infastructure and work force are present within the community for such industries and Decatur is centrally located within the Midwest which would help with lead times and freight issues. The leaders past and present had to realize that industries such as Fleetwood, Goldshield and Thunderbird were not going to support their community during hard times. Former Mayor Isch should have worked on attracting diiferent industries once NAFTA was signed during The Clinton Administration’s first term. Green is the way of the future and more importantly a SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. Mayor Schultz and the current leaders of Adams County would be doing exactly what they were elected to do if they could attract such industries.
I was just looking at jobs in Decatur, In…Fleetwood list two jobs, however they laid off a bunch…Kmart says they have jobs, but my wife interviewed two weeks ago and they said they were not hiring…what the deal, listing job that are not there?