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.
I'm not a foreigner looking for cheap labor. I'm someone who chose to be here and intends to contribute something that lasts.