Time for a FRESH START? Tell us what you think.

During the next week, North Country Public Radio is airing a series of interviews with prominent regional thinkers — physician John Rugge, environmentalist Bill McKibben, farm policy guru Wes Jackson, and others.

The theme: A “fresh start” for America.

According to the New York Times, Team Obama is thinking along the same lines.

Aides said the question was whether they could tackle health care, climate change and energy independence at once or needed to stagger these initiatives over time.

Over the next week, I’ll also focus most of my blog entries on this topic, searching for interesting thinking that’s percolating up out there in the web-o-sphere.

So here’s your invitation to be a part of the conversation. What do you think the big new ideas should be? What can we do nationally, regionally, and locally to move our community forward?

And what other areas need attention: the arts? immigration?

Enter your comments below and be sure to listen all week to the Eight O’clock Hour and All Before Five.