I didn't choose Poland because it was cheap. I chose it because it reminded me of something I thought America had lost — the willingness to build without asking permission first. The directness. The work ethic that doesn't need to be performed for an audience.
Kielce specifically. Not Warsaw. Not Kraków. Kielce — a city with history, potential, and proximity to roots that matter to me personally. My son Austin's family connections run through this region. That's not a coincidence. That's a reason.
I see in Kielce what I've seen in every undervalued system I've ever studied: latent potential waiting for someone to build the infrastructure that unlocks it. The city has a university, an industrial base, young people who want to stay but need reasons to. I intend to give them some.
Long term, I'm interested in Korona Kielce. Not as a vanity project — as a community investment. Football clubs are infrastructure. They're identity. They're the thing a city organizes around when everything else is uncertain. Investing in one is investing in the idea that a place deserves to be more than it currently is.
The Ledbury model I built for my daughters' town in Herefordshire — the community portal with local businesses, events, guides — that's the template. I want to build the same thing for Polish communities. Not imported. Adapted. Built with local input for local needs.
Ik wacht niet op toestemming. Ik bouw, en de wereld reageert op wat bestaat.