2020 in 20/20 Hindsight: The Year in Review

Thursday, January 7, 2021

When I assumed the helm of the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce in late 2019, I produced detailed plans for everything that I hoped to accomplish in 2020. I spent hours researching Dyer County, developing strategies to promote and develop our communities. However, those plans were quickly disrupted by a worldwide pandemic. There is an old Yiddish adage "Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht," which means "Man plans, and God laughs." Boxer and sometimes philosopher Mike Tyson put it this way. "Everyone has a plan ... until they get hit." Despite our most careful plans, the future is often unpredictable.

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