First day on the job

Well, today was the first day with the new boss and it seems promising. He is not a micromanager and I hope there is potential to do some good in the next four weeks. Also, the team is planner heavy, which is what we need, rather than so many engineers and agency (HUD, SBA, USDA) people.

We have a pretty big challenge, the county government and the Citizens Recovery Commmittee hate us, or at least no longer trust us.

The funny part is no one seems to know what we are supposed to do in the next four weeks. The new team lead, John, said, "You asked what we are doing and that's a good question. The answer is, well, um, I'm not sure the answer. They only made me team lead yesterday afternoon."

There are ten of us now, 7 people from other counties, 3 who worked in Jeff Davis county before. I have a list of things that I think are important including:
1) setting up a street where home builders can build sample properties
2) implementing the DPZ plan
3) getting the Foundation, the largest property owner in the state, to agree to sell or lease their land for new housing
4) making our plans accessable to the public
5) helping with neighborhood meetings about where to rebuild and where not to rebuild