NFIB SAFE Trust
Easterday Construction has been a member of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) for decades. We continue to support their efforts to support small business. Through the SAFE Trust, we are pleased to support those political candidates that support small business.
Marshall County Vision meeting in Culver
Last week MCEDC had a Marshall County Vision Meeting in Culver with a select group of Culver representatives. Those representatives helped refine the message and selected a date for a Town-wide meeting. MCEDC hopes those representatives will also help get the word out to assure a good turn out. The message we’re sharing is a call to action. The more people that hear this directly from the source, the more clearly the message will be recommunicated. Invite you friends and neighbors. This is important to us all.
Thank you to Rich West and the Culver Cove for hosting!
MCEDC Appointment
Kevin L. Berger was reappointed as Culver’s representative to the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) Board of Directors. Berger has represented Culver since the corporation’s inception in 2007. Berger commented, “I am pleased that the Town Council continues to have confidence in my representation. I attend nearly every Town Council, Plan Commission and Redevelopment Commission meeting, to stay aware of what is going on in Culver. Through my involvement, MCEDC has been instrumental in updating Culver’s Tax Abatement program, bringing industry to the table to pursue Culver initiatives, moving the Entry Level Housing Task Force forward and most recently helping to put Culver initiatives into the Northern Indiana Regional Cities proposal and then following through to help assure our region was selected as a Regional Cities recipient.”
State of the Union – Two Empty Seats
I wrote about my distaste for the State of the Union address last year at this time in a post here. This year is shaping up to be no less the embarrassing spectacle. Listening to the Sunday morning news shows yesterday, I heard that President Obama is planning to leave two seats empty, to which I say, “Good Start!” Maybe if they were all empty this sham would be recognized for what it is and it would be the last one we had to endure.
The quote to the right is from an article by Kevin D. Williamson, written for the National Review, titled Great Caesar’s Ghost. If you’re interested in reading it, I’ve linked it here. It’s a couple of years old, but still worthwhile.
Regional Cities Initiative on WNIT’s Economic Outlook
From the right: Regina Emberton – President and CEO of The Michiana Partnership, Jeff Rea – President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Diana Lawson – Executive Director of the Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Jerry Chavez – President & CEO of the Marshall County Economic Development Corp.
MCEDC‘s President, Jerry Chavez, was on Economic Outlook last month discussion the Regional Cities Initiative and Marshall County’s role in it. As previously discussed here, Marshall County, St. Joseph County and Elkhart County form one of three regions in Indiana that were awarded $42 Million in State grant money. Check out the video link here.
