MCEDC
40/40 Notice
It’s always nice to be mentioned. Thanks to Jeff Kenney for the shout-out and quote in the June 16th issue of the Culver Citizen. This was an article concerning Jennifer Laurent and Andrea Cook regarding their Forty under 40 recognition, previously discussed here. Congratulations again to Andrea and Jennifer for receiving the honor.
2011 Forty under 40
Images taken from the Tribune Business Weekly, May 30, 2011
Leadership Marshall County Graduation 2011
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the graduation ceremony for Leadership Marshall County Wednesday evening at Culver Academies Legion Memorial Hall. The Executive Directors for two boards I serve on, Kathy Clark for the Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund (LMEF) and Jennifer Laurent for the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) were in the graduating class.
As part of the graduation ceremony, Leadership Marshall County presented a Leadership of the year award to Dr. Ronald May of Ancilla College. He spoke on the relationship between being a community servant and a community leader referencing the Robert K. Greenleaf essay The Servant as Leader. He related his childhood experiences growing up in southern Indiana that taught him these lessons before finding the Greenleaf essay that so eloquently expressed them. His presentation was entertaining and informative.
It was interesting to see the cross section of Marshall County represented by this class. I know many people that have been through the program, most of them rating it as a positive experience. I learned of the existence of a Youth Leadership Marshall County which takes eighth-graders through a similar program. I was unaware of that program and think that is a huge benefit to the community!
Several of the projects that were completed as part of this class sounded quite fascinating. The projects completed by Kathy and Jennifer both have the potential for a lasting effect on our county. It will be interesting to see how many of the projects survive into active programs once the class projects that started them are complete.
Congratulations to all who participated in the program. Congratulations in particular to Jennifer and Kathy! Good luck serving as leaders!
Marshall County Economic Development partners with Small Business Develoment Center
Marshall County Economic Development is pleased to announce that in partnership with the North Central Indiana Small Business Development Center, free, confidential, one-on-one business assistance will be available at our Plymouth office on Miller Drive once a month beginning Wednesday, March 23rd.
Individual appointments to meet with Alan Steele, ISBDC Business Advisor, will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. This opportunity is open to entrepreneurs considering starting a business and those new to business ownership. But it is important to note the wealth of information and support services that SBDC can provide to ANYONE making critical decisions about how to improve their small business – particularly useful for existing strong Marshall County businesses facing new challenges brought by the digital-global-information age!
See the range of services provided below and at the SBDC website at http://www.southbendbcg.com/ for more information on how SBDC can help you succeed in taking your business to the next level.
PIDCO 2011 Annual Meeting
Last Week the Plymouth Industrial Development Corporation (PIDCO) held their annual meeting, the highlight of which was the presentation by Stu Summers on their Destination Downtown initiative to invigorate Plymouth’s Core. (They also discussed how horrible the existing PIDCO website is. Ugh!)
