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OK before you read and say “what?” Really, I did start writing this when it was cold and it actually snowed. I guess winter is over but still hope you enjoy.

We have been lucky here in the mid-west to have had warm almost spring days pop-up throughout winter and snow coming late in the season. Winter may have been late, but he always comes.

So, winter is here after spring teasing us with warm days scattered throughout December and January. You know those days if you’ve lived in the mid-west – the kind when there is at least one crazy guy (or in this case a whole city) that’s wearing a T-Shirt and shorts even though it is still only 45 degrees out. Warm, sunny days in the middle of winter sometimes make people do crazy things.

When working on the website, and even before, I was told by a few friends and a sister, “You have to start blogging.” Why? About what? At first, the task seemed so daunting because the reality is, when you stare at a blank page, either physically on your desk, or the bright white sheet open on your computer screen, it is a challenge to fill that page with something meaningful and interesting and insightful. And, while I’ve come to realize that all those are great goals, sometimes I’ll hit those marks and sometimes I won’t, it’s the act of writing and reflecting (or perhaps that should be reflecting and writing) that has a great power, meaning, and process.

This past month marks the exciting relaunch of StrategicUrban.com, co-created by staff at Strategic Urban Solutions and technology partner Bridge Interactive.

Collaboration and partnering has become very important to their clients and innovation efforts at Strategic Urban Solutions. The staff increasingly works in virtual teams with clients. They access applications, data and subject matter experts across networks to tap into the same information. So, working collaboratively on their website is business as usual for Strategic Urban and they needed a cms tool that embraced collaboration.

Summer is technically over and many of us are reaping the harvest of summer fruits. With 70 degree days this past weekend and the leaves changing colors, I breathe in the perfect smell of fall as I head to our still-bountiful community garden.