(PIC)Local resident Mark Ward has been named Director of the Scotland County Economic Development Corporation. Ward who presently serves as Vice President of First Bank's Laurinburg Branch, is an area native and graduate of UMC.

With a strong background in Finance and depth of local experience, Ward can be expected to demonstrate results that have to date eluded previous directors, helping our severely depressed economy to recover. It's not going to be easy, nor can we expect quick results. It's a deep hole and it going to take some real shoveling to fill it in.

The entire world economy is changing, almost at the speed of light, as new technologies sweep existing paradigms aside. This isn't going to just be about bringing new industries into our county. Industry and jobs haven't just fled Scotland County, they've fled America.

We, and America must now learn to compete on a global basis and quite frankly, with our County's extremely deficient demographics in education, health and job skills, it's going to be an uphill battle. Every other city, county, state and nation are essentially trying to do the same. Unfortunately for us, others are in a better position to effectively compete in not just today's competitive and challenging environment, but the even more challenging one that's on the way.

This is a moving target, and if we're going to have a shot at the prize, we're going to have to learn to compete. It's going to take some real effort on the part of all of us and there are no guarantees.

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