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Eye On Industry Program Highlights Area
Businesses
A new partnership has been established with
KBRX Radio and Holt County Economic
Development resulting in a new radio program
that airs every Wednesday at 2:30 PM on
102.9 FM and also on the website,
www.kbrx.com.
The program, 'Eye On Industry' features
an existing business every week. HCED staff
person, Nicole Sedlacek, interviews the
business so listeners can learn more about
the products and services these local
businesses provide.
Sedlacek has also included information
about tools communities and businesses can
use for community and economic development
purposes.
If you are a business and would like to
visit with Sedlacek please contact the
office at (402) 336-1504. |
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New Leaders Emerge From Institute |
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The latest class of graduates from the
HomeTown Leadership Institute were recently
honored during a graduation event in Stuart.
This is the fourth year the program has been
offered.
Participants started the Institute in
September and met once a month for eight
months. The group went on a number of tours
of local communities and businesses in Holt
County.
The goals of the Institute are to expand
the participant's knowledge of community and
area issues, build a network of
relationships, and develop an awareness of
community service opportunities.
Participants in this year's Institute
were Andrea Connot, Brenna Kohle, Callie
Korinko, Richard Michka, Lauren Olberding,
Katie Olson and Becky Ramm of Stuart; Amber
Shane and Rylee Young of Atkinson; and
Shianne Coventry, Linda Kallhoff, Terri
Krysl, Carol Poese and Avera Schneider of
O'Neill. |
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Greetings!
In our last newsletter we discussed briefly
the framework that Holt County Economic
Development uses to facilitate growth
throughout the county. This month we will
discuss the Youth & Young Family Attraction
more.
We have seen the effects of long-term
decline of population here in Holt County.
Fewer people mean fewer consumers, fewer
business owners, fewer jobs and fewer
taxpayers. We recognize the basic need for
more people.
HCED will work collaboratively to bring
more wealth and spending power to the county
by focusing on attracting young people to
raise families and businesses here. The best
way to attract people is to give them a
reason to want to live here. We must work to
make Holt County a better place to live,
raise a family, own a business or find a
job.
In the next issue we will discuss the
Existing Business and Entrepreneurship
component in more detail. |
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Holt County Graduating Seniors Sent Off With
A Special Invitation
In an effort to reach out to young people in
the county, Holt County Economic Development
wanted to send a message out to every
graduating senior to let them know that the
community was proud of each and every one of
them and their accomplishments and to also
let them know there was a future for them
here in Holt County.
Every senior received a special gift
from Holt County Economic Development at
their graduation rehearsal. It wasn't a set
of keys to a new car or cash, but a mailbox,
with a special invitation inside to remember
their hometown and Holt County.
The invitation inside the mailbox
encouraged the recipients who were entering
the workforce right away to become active in
their community and help make the community
great.
For those headed off to college, the
invitation asked them to consider the
possibility of returning to their hometown.
Holt County Economic Development is
realistic that some of the graduates will
never return, but the invitation asked them
to consider where their mailbox will be but
to always remember that there is a home and
opportunity right here in Holt County.
Holt County had 172 seniors graduating
this year from Chambers, Ewing, O'Neill
Public, O'Neill St. Mary's, Stuart and West
Holt High Schools.
The mailbox project was sponsored by
Holt County Economic Development, O'Neill
Community Foundation and also in part by a
grant funded by from the Nebraska Department
of Economic Development administered by the
Nebraska Rural Development Commission
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Registration Is Now Open For the 2008 Rural
Philanthropy Conference
The Nebraska Community Foundation is once
again a hosting a Rural Philanthropy
Conference, September 10-12, 2008 in
Nebraska City. The 2007 conference was a
huge success.
At this conference attendees will
explore how charitable giving can be a tool
for revitalizing rural economies and
restoring home, will discover how the
intergenerational transfer of wealth is
being used as a call to action in Nebraska
and in many other states and will learn how
to craft strategic grant-making policies
that lead to long-term, high impact
community improvement.
If you are interested in attending,
register quickly, as the 2007 Conference was
such a huge success and this one is
projected to fill up quickly.
A limited number of tuition scholarships
are being offered, thanks to the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation.
For more information please contact
Sheri Hink at (402) 323-7347 or email at
shink@nebcommfound.org. |
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