Alliance Launches Telecommute Effort
An excellent idea. The opportunities for small communities close to large cities are tremendous. Bedroom communities would have more people there during the day. More people shopping, getting hair cuts, going to the dentist. All the things people do closer to work, because of the time crunch.
This really could be an idea who's time has come.
Alliance Launches Telecommute Effort (Newport News Times, June 9, 2004) reports on a county in Oregon that plans to actively recruit teleworkers in their area.
“The Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County is forming a Telecommute Committee aimed at positioning Lincoln County as a place for telecommuters to live and work.
“The group will assess and inventory telecommunications infrastructure throughout Lincoln County including cellular service coverage, municipal regulations governing home-based businesses throughout the county, and pursue strategies aimed at making the central coast as telecommute-friendly as possible. Interested volunteers are invited to participate.”
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“Active support of telecommuting, and telecommunications infrastructure are goals listed in Lincoln County's long-range plan for economic development, because such activity brings dollars and generally well-paying jobs into the local economy from outside of Lincoln County, has minimal impact on transportation infrastructure, and is environmentally sound.”
