Lindy,

No one person can pull off a Carrotmob event. It takes a group of people - just like a parade. Remember, there are five businesses that have to compete and only one earns the right to have a Carrotmob event.

Would I like to be involved in a Carrotmob event? Absolutely! Do I think that is going to happen here anytime soon? No. Why? Because it takes so incredibly long to convince the folks in this area to do just about anything. It took 28 years just to get a town hall up and running. You should do a Google search on "Lake County, CA" and read the Economic Development Executive Summary. What this county says about itself is depressing...but unfortunately accurate.

I feel I am extremely fortunate to have found someone interested in building Wi-Fi hot spots. I will soon have a second Wi-Fi hot spot up and running. That means there is one here in Hidden Valley Lake and soon one in Kelseyville. Obviously, every restaurant can benefit in some fashion from becoming a Wi-Fi hot spot. But, unless the restaurant can see a benefit to itself, it likely will not even pursue that avenue.

I can tell folks here that a Carrotmob is a wonderful idea until I am blue in the face and folks will not pursue it. Why? Because I am not from around here. I am from Atlanta, GA - a big, bad city boy. I could not possibly know what is good for the folks out here in this rural area.

Lamar Morgan
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