Development partnership gives away $500-$1,000 office furniture sets to Logan County businesses

[April 11, 2012]  The Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership, in coordination with the 21st Century Infrastructure & Entrepreneurialism Committee of Logan County 2.0, recently received a generous donation of chairs, desks and cubicles. The donation came from ATS of Peoria and consists of 38 workstations valued between $500 and $1,000 each.

The committee and the development partnership have decided to give away a portion of this gift to Logan County businesses. If you are the owner of a business and have an interest in a workstation, go to www.lincolnlogan.com and fill out the online application form. Applications will be reviewed by the 21st Century Infrastructure & Entrepreneurialism Committee of Logan County 2.0 for completeness, impact and size of request. Applications will be accepted until April 27, with the intent that recipients will be notified by May 4.

The other half of the furniture will be used to help establish the development partnership's business incubator. This project will help promote and foster new business in Logan County.

The collaborative expresses its sincerest thanks to the volunteers who worked to move the office furniture from ATS in Peoria to Lincoln. It was estimated by a professional furniture company to take three days of work. Through the hard work and dedication of the volunteers, the entire lot of office furniture was disassembled, packed and stored in two days. Volunteers were Mark Houpt, Bob Pharis, Murray Doolin, Patrick Doolin, Tyler Kirk, Brenton Finchum, David Wilmert, Cole Awe and Jeremy Todd.

The Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership is a nonprofit charitable organization with the goals to develop new business, retain current business and enhance the quality of life in Lincoln and Logan County. The 21st Century Infrastructure & Entrepreneurialism Committee is a part of the Logan County 2.0 initiative, which is the implementation of the Logan County Economic Development Master Plan. This grass-roots effort is aimed to implement the county master plan through the engagement of communities countywide.

[Text from file received from Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership]