President announcement. Good morning and happy new year to everybody and id like to thank any fellow commissioner walker for chairing for me last year, i of the out but all good here Going Forward welcome to the wednesday, january 18, 2017, bic so a few announcements so start off the meeting wish everyone to a happy new year and welcome to the department of building inspection my announcements will be belief the commission wanted to acknowledge the staff over the last month, a big thank you to ed screening who helped to get a Construction Permit approved he said he was glad to know that San Francisco as a dedicated public to the citizens so thank you on that and thanks to joe duffy of Inspection Services that got a letter for taking the time with a complaint and that was actually forwarded to dpw regarding a wood playthings becoming dangerous during an upcoming storm the customer said that is an example of a apply employee going above and beyond and madam secretary thats the biggest se
Hi there, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg, and welcome to your business, the show dedicated to giving you tips and advice to help your Small Business grow. For most of us, when we talk about main street, we think of it as the heart and soul of small town america. This symbol of what makes america american. And those main street businesses from the Hardware Store to the barber shop or the local bank, these are what we think of when we think of Small Business. So, how is main street america doing in the face of our countrys economic ups and downs . We decided to travel the country to find out. Our next stop . Brundidge, alabama. Sweet home alabama im in brundidge, alabama. Population about 2,000. Im halfway between montgomery, alabama, and pensacola, florida. 60 years ago, main street was hopping. This was the place people came to shop, convene and hang out. Look around now and its not exactly the same. There are a lot of vacancies here. What happened . The same thing that happened to a lot o