That sounds like an amazing idea. Relay should advertise it as an opportunity to get the local business community together to support each other. I have been to Detroit on a few occasions and I love it there. Detroit is a no bullshit kind of town. People maintained a real sense of community despite the economic shift.

What I believe the last couple of years of economic turmoil has taught allot of people is that ultimately we can only count on ourselves, and our immediate community. The corporate interest exists primarily to serve those at the highest levels.

Recently I have been more conscious of the smaller more intimate local business that fuel Baltimore's economy. When I shop I choose to go to a local small family owned operation, Tonight I got my first couple of pints of Dinobites Ice Cream, vs. the Ben&Jerry's, owned by a MD businessman, and I just cut up my Wal-Mart and Target cards a few weeks back.

Times have changed, and I think its in our best interest to support the new business minds. Icrontic is a great example of what a few talented guys can pull off if they put their mind to it. When you get a few other business people in the same bar room, all looking to make their own way in the world, only good things can happen. Keep exchanging those ideas, keep supporting your local business, and it will reciprocate in support for what you do.

So many people wallow in their own misery about the state of the economy, but you all are out there rebuilding it. Frankly, I would rather have a group of fresh young new thinkers take over. I think this country has been beaten to hell by greedy old men, its time for a changing of the guard.

For those that make it big, never forget where you came from.