Show conference revealing The economic development conference held in Moab last week featuring state and private agencies involved In the tho business bus buss iness mess of attracting new industry should hAvo been e extremely revealing to local people who participated One fact tact that was constantly stressed was was that the business of attracting now new industry is highly competitive and that success will only come if an excellent organizational organizational or effort is added to the natural al features attractive to industry It becomes fairly obvious that to do dothe dothe the th job right a larger base of organization tion is needed than Moab Valley The cooPerative cooperative cooperative co co- co- co operative work of nil all communities in Southeastern Utah is needed to attract industries to permanent locations here needed ed And a plan is sorely nee must catalog their assets they must substantiate claims made in promotional literature and most important they mus must recognize their own disadvantages am and strive to turn them into advantages for location A stable well balanced economic future for this area will only come about through diversification We have lived long tong enough on the strength of one one at industry Local individuals and groups charged with the responsibility of taking Moab's message to potential new industries must become even more realistic A detailed plan must be drawn up and efforts intensified to make this a better place for industry to locate The stable future Moab hopes for is to toa a great degree the responsibility of these individuals and groups I |