Friday, March 15, 2013

Civic capacity at its pinnacle

By Matthew Tarleton
Watertown Public Opinion

Midway through 2012, Market Street Services began working with the H2O-20 Steering Committee to facilitate the development of Watertown’s Vision for 2020. The Vision Plan is the product of many months of hard work by the Steering Committee, based on input received from more than 2,300 residents. As a share of total population, this level of resident participation shattered our firm’s record.

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Friday, March 8, 2013

ACT and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Announce First ACT Certified Work Ready Community

Katie Wacker
ACT Public Relations

ACT today announced that Jasper County in southwest Missouri, home to the Joplin metro area, is the first county in the nation participating in the national ACT Certified Work Ready Communities (CWRC) initiative to meet 100 percent of ACT’s criteria goals. An additional 13 Missouri counties were granted “in-progress” status and are on track to become fully certified within two years.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Capital Crossroads fourth quarter update 2012

By Chelsea Keenan, Staff Writer
Business Record

Business leaders and government officials working on the Capital Crossroads long-term regional vision plan gathered at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden today to discuss the progress they’ve made in their respective areas.

The plan, which outlines ambitious goals for each of its 11 “capitals” or topic areas, spans across several cities and counties.

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce's Anderson is one-of-a-kind leader

Written by David Stoeffler
News-Leader.com

Few people in high-profile positions can survive 25 years — but few people are like Jim Anderson.

Anderson, 63, celebrated Friday his 25th anniversary as leader of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Competitive EDGE: Coming together to market Cobb to world

by Shan Cooper, Kim Menefee and Dan Styf
The Marietta Daily Journal

In North Carolina, there’s the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, a collaboration of more than 100 public and private organizations, including economic development agencies across the region, dedicated to keeping the 13-county Research Triangle Region economically competitive.

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Monday, January 21, 2013

YP Spotlight: Intergenerational communities connect through mentor program

Written by Todd Erzen
Des Moines Register

Megan Ruble had an idea back in 2010.

The arc of her life owed a lot to the mentors who had guided her along the way. She wanted others to benefit from similar experiences but felt the process of finding good people to emulate was often random and lackluster.

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Friday, January 18, 2013

On the EDGE

Martin Sinderman, Contributing Writer
Business Journals

An economic development initiative in Cobb County has shifted its efforts from planning and developing job-growing strategies to raising money to fund implementation.

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