Author: Clark Twiddy

One of the highlights of the summer season across the Greater Outer Banks is the welcome and exciting return of the offshore fishing tournament season. While Sound Strategy is the first to highlight the importance of the visitor economy as our key economic driver, that focus isn’t meant to obscure any of the vibrancy of…Read More from Sound Strategy: Offshore fishing tournament season one of summer’s highlights on the Outer Banks

by Clark Twiddy

It should come as sweet music to North Carolinians to hear this week about once again being recognized as America’s top state for business in CNBC’s annual rankings. This is the second year in a row our remarkable combination of workforce quality, educational resources, and a vibrant economy has put us on top in what…Read More from Sound Strategy: Much to celebrate, learn across Greater Outer Banks from N.C. ranking tops for business again

by Clark Twiddy

In a region noted so beautifully for the scale of our natural environment, it’s worth pausing for a moment to think about how – and who – managed to preserve so much of our region over time for future generations. In short, let’s start with the Roosevelts. Teddy of course was deeply rooted in his…Read More from Sound Strategy: Thank you Roosevelts for the Greater Outer Banks’ abundance of parks and refuges

by Clark Twiddy

Warren Buffett, in one of his many memorable thoughts, once remarked about his cherished mentors – Benjamin Graham and David Dodd – that while they were each born brilliant they had both elected to be kind and generous in their application. In the end, Buffett mentions, it was that election that he admired the most…Read More from Sound Strategy: Often ignored, zoning boards and meetings can give clear picture of the future

by Clark Twiddy

We suffer no shortage of crises during our brief time on Earth; whether it’s geopolitical instability in Europe, global COVID contagion, confounding elected economies, or even our own decomposing political headlines we are left with a sense of anxiety around not just the long-term future but the short-term future as well; in reality, none of…Read More from Sound Strategy: Finding solution to Outer Banks housing issues may lie “across the bridge”

by Clark Twiddy

Entrepreneur is a French word, meaning to build something from nothing.  Looking at photographs of our region from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s it’s clear that the greater Outer Banks has seen a remarkable boom in entrepreneurship over the past few decades.  The visionaries and barnstormers of the 80’s and 90’s were able to do…Read More from Sound Strategy: Understanding the Outer Banks’ past can illuminate the present, future

by Clark Twiddy