Project Chrysalis: Re-creating Rural Washington; Footage on Local Economy with Tom Kneeshaw, R.E. (Tiny) Jorgensen, Sam Smith, and Jim Menzies.

- Transcript
What ever techniques International began as a project and included participation from community colleges universities local school districts businesses local government state agencies coordinated by a local economic development group. So if you can reduce crime do more conversational than reading. You can help a little. OK go ahead. Scores of people met for months to study our local scene and try to determine what new ideas might improve the local economic picture. In our four county area we finally agreed the developing global market into the use of technology might hold some promise and I could peg a Technics International was born. Our goal is to enhance the four county area. Our goal is to house a four county area. Our goal is to enhance the four county area's economy over the long run by prospecting and developing global markets for local goods and services.
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Washington. Working together we can not only improve the quality of life for all Washington but serve the entire state. You feel like about four more sentences as a land grant institution Washington State University has a commitment to serving rural Washington working together we can not only improve the quality of life in rural Washington we can improve the quality of life my entire state. There's no excuse me 84. So it's six years ago. I think about that for all I know little bill and I estimated one time on my good I was teaching that and you know I drive you time to be five or ten people and then what 20 you decide to write. Well I think we could go back a
few years and here I'll probably would be helpful but when she I think the important thing about the enrollment is that it verifies some things were saying yeah right it gets We're now useful details. But I just don't see it because the it's the side of that with there's other things we can be touching back and forth. Yeah how much. So yeah which we don't have to wait for these meetings to do All right Athena. Church right. Keep trying to agree OK. What are you going for Thursday. Just trying get to hear from you. I thought we're going to do one thing Wednesday when states follow and says a seventh is low and it's not over the lotion of the 2011 12. No. The
local economy has declined. We've had a large influx of low income families. Most of these people have been unemployed or under-employed and they need more education and the development of job skills programs for them to be more productive to our community. Tico those local economy has declined. We have had a large influx of low income families many of them have moved to the area due to the low cost housing. Many are unemployed or underemployed. They need to have opportunities to gain the necessary education and job skills to be able to commit
to a tribute to our community. Sorry about that. You know we had oh OK well you know I mean that tickles local economy has declined. We have had a large influx of low income families many of them have moved to the community due to the low cost housing. They are unemployed and underemployed in many instances needing the necessary job skills and education to contribute to our community. Thank you. Oh yeah.
Local economy has declined there's been a large influx of low rent shit. Forget balance. Goes local economy has declined we've had a large influx of low income families. Many of these people are unemployed or underemployed. They don't have the necessary job skills and education to contribute to the growth of our economy. Because the economy has you know let's start over anytime TECO as local economy has declined. There's been a large influx of low income families.
Many of these people are unemployed or underemployed and they need to develop the additional job skills and gain the education necessary to contribute to the economy. Most of them are here due to the low cost housing. He goes the economy has declined. Now let's not start over. You. Can't. Take those local economy has declined there's been a large influx of low income families. Most of these families have people that are unemployed or you know let's I want to get to low income housing in first. Because the local economy has declined. There's been a large influx of low income families. Most of these people have moved to the community due
to low cost housing. Many are unemployed or underemployed which complicates their efforts to contribute to the development of a growing economy. The local economy has declined. There's been a large influx of low income families. Many of the people are here due to the low cost housing. Many are unemployed or underemployed needing the necessary education and job skills to be developed to be able to contribute to our local economy. Oh.
- Raw Footage
- Footage on Local Economy with Tom Kneeshaw, R.E. (Tiny) Jorgensen, Sam Smith, and Jim Menzies.
- Producing Organization
- Northwest Public Television
- Contributing Organization
- Northwest Public Broadcasting (Pullman, Washington)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/296-46d2589s
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- Description
- Program Description
- Produced by the Washington State University, with Colton School District and the Rural Education Center at WSU, Project Chrysalis: Re-creating Rural Washington is a promotional and educational program that offers "Project Chrysalis" as a strategic solution plan for Washington's struggling rural economies. To transform and invigorate rural economies, Project Chrysalis recommends community strategic planning, partnerships, technology, and life-long learning.
- Raw Footage Description
- Raw footage conducted for program about Project Chrysalis, a strategic plan for improving rural economies. Mentions AgriTechnics International and Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Includes footage of highways and streets, aerial shots of a rural town, and exterior depiction of Cher's Good Ol' Days Restaurant and Lounge. Also includes interior footage of AgriTechnics International, and filler background shot of AgriTechnics paperwork partially with unrelated voice-over (5:21-6:54).
- Created Date
- 1991-00-00
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Topics
- Education
- Local Communities
- Employment
- Rights
- No copyright statement in content.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:20:46
- Credits
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Director: Curry, Bob
Interviewee: Kneeshaw, Tom
Interviewee: Jorgensen, R.E. (Tiny)
Interviewee: Menzies, Jim
Interviewee: Smith, Sam
Producer: Ueckert, Guy
Producing Organization: Northwest Public Television
Writer: Johnson, Mike
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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KWSU/KTNW (Northwest Public Television)
Identifier: 2312 (Northwest Public Television)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 00:20:00?
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Project Chrysalis: Re-creating Rural Washington; Footage on Local Economy with Tom Kneeshaw, R.E. (Tiny) Jorgensen, Sam Smith, and Jim Menzies. ,” 1991-00-00, Northwest Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 21, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-296-46d2589s.
- MLA: “Project Chrysalis: Re-creating Rural Washington; Footage on Local Economy with Tom Kneeshaw, R.E. (Tiny) Jorgensen, Sam Smith, and Jim Menzies. .” 1991-00-00. Northwest Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 21, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-296-46d2589s>.
- APA: Project Chrysalis: Re-creating Rural Washington; Footage on Local Economy with Tom Kneeshaw, R.E. (Tiny) Jorgensen, Sam Smith, and Jim Menzies. . Boston, MA: Northwest Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-296-46d2589s