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 This meeting will be held at the Mason City Limits Comedy Club
located at 114 E. Chestnut St, Mason City, starting at 7:00 p.m.
The IC/ED Zone is a new regional group focused on the economic
health of the Illini Central District and beyond. The organization,
though in its infancy stage, has a mission of working on a
collaborative effort among community members to identify and combine
area resources, but also work together to deal with the weaknesses
of the economic picture in the district communities.
Misty Bell, with The Jacob Project, has made the rounds to Mason
City Council, Village Board of Easton, and the Village of San Jose
formally inviting them and their community members to attend this
kick off meeting and to encourage involvement throughout the
district.
In 2005 and 2006, San Jose and Mason City each went through MAPPING
the Future of Your Community process with the help of the Illinois
Institute of Rural Affairs.
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 “MAPPING
is a strategic visioning and planning process for rural communities
to create long-range vision for the economic development of their
community and a plan of action for achieving it,” as explained on
their website at www.mappingthefuture.org. Gisele Hamm, the Program
Manager, will be on hand to present on MAPPING at the November 2
meeting, as the IC/ED Zone starts the ground work for this process
once again as a district wide initiative.
This meeting and community group is open to anyone in the community
who has an interest. Further information contact Bell by email at
thejacobproject2@yahoo.com or by calling (217) 871-0388.
[IC/ED Zone news release] |
