Greeneville: Scott Niswonger's 'Learn, Earn and Return' plan... (university, live)

[kamoshika]

Brain Drain. Though it may work as a convenient rhyme, the phrase falls short in conveying the seriousness of a problem afflicting small towns everywhere: the loss of bright college graduates who choose to settle in larger metropolitan areas rather than return to the small towns they once called home.

But Tennessee businessman and philanthropist Scott Niswonger thinks he can change that—first in Greeneville, the town where he lives, and then, perhaps, in others like it—with a plan that at least one national economic development consultant calls the most progressive of its kind.
http://businesstn.com/content/200809/return-natives

[jabogitlu]

I was involved in Niswonger's Scholars program for a while, during my initial university time... he (and his staff, Buzz and Linda et al.) are very creative and supportive. Greeneville is lucky to have such great people working to stimulate its economy and local leadership network.