10/16/2026
Optimism or honesty?
Hustle or alignment?
Action or vision?
Which do you believe is greater?
That's what we asked at our 73rd Annual Dinner last week.
Two ideas were presented on screens between a massive ">" symbol (created with the help of Hiebing and Suttle-Straus). Attendees were invited to rotate the symbol toward whichever idea they believed was greater than the other.
30 pairs of ideas cycled through over the course of the networking reception. While the symbol kept spinning, the experience made it clear that all everyone in the room was aligned on helping our region move .
Can you spot yourself in the crowd? Which ideas did you say were greater?