Posts Tagged ‘illinois’


  • gredf-entreprenuership-center-growing-businesses-in-adams-county-il

    Calling All Entrepreneurs

    May 20th, 2013 | Featured, News

    So you want to start a business… Have you ever thought about starting your own business? Do you have a skill or hobby that you would like to market? Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Officials which serves Adams, Brown, Pike and Schuyler Counties, is trying to find individuals in the communities it serves who [...]

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  • Workforce, Highways, River Adams County Illinois Collage

    Communicating Our Strengths

    April 17th, 2013 | Featured, News

    Site Selection Priorities and Our Messaging For the past 27 years, a leading site and facility planning publication, Area Development, has surveyed corporate decision makers regarding their location and expansion plans. Although not the final word in new facility development, the survey results provide excellent insights into key factors that influence site selection decisions. Let’s [...]

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  • Marcel W. Wagner, Jr, CEcD

    GREDF Welcomes New President

    March 11th, 2013 | Featured, News, Uncategorized

    The public is invited to a press conference to meet Marcel Wagner on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 9:00 am in the Lobby of the Oakley-Lindsay Center. The Board of Directors of the Great River Economic Development Foundation, announced the hiring of Marcel W. Wagner, Jr. as the new President of the organization. An eleven-member [...]

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    eDevelopments: Developing a Stronger Community

    February 11th, 2013 | Featured, News

    Quincy Grade School Receives International Recognition for Efforts Quincy’s Blessed Sacrament Grade School has become the first Catholic institution in the United States to be named a Lighthouse School, the highest level of The Leader in Me – Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Program. Only 28 other schools worldwide have achieved the same status. The “Seven [...]

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  • Life is Good GREDF 2013 Annual Meeting Collage

    2013 GREDF Annual Meeting in Review

    January 16th, 2013 | Featured, News

    Last week GREDF celebrated our partners in economic development at our 2013 Annual Meeting. We saluted and thanked the people, organizations and businesses that are involved in projects and efforts that drive economic development in our region. We thought it was appropriate to highlight many of the partnerships Jim Mentesti spent his career building on [...]

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