Adams County Works Transition Planning team in partnership with the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the next quarterly lunch workshop. Parts of our workforce is now working remotely from home, and the transition can be difficult. Watch the recorded seminar and learn how to manage working from home with a local expert, Diana Mast, Business Solution… More

Dear Friends,   Thank you for your continued support for each other during these past months. As your community partner organizations, our local business and residents remain at the heart of everything we do. At this time, COVID-19 continues to impact on our region and communities around the nation.   One way we are working… More

Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF), along with community partners, hosted an informational Zoom call to launch Quincy Concierge Services. The program works in conjunction with overall workforce development strategies and aims to provide another tool to attract and retain top talent by providing an ongoing community on-boarding process.   “As a transplant from Chicago,… More

Illinois workNet Center, Workforce Innovation Board of Western Illinois and Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) are partnering to host an ongoing Virtual Job Fair for area employers. Applicants can find information on open positions online at www.illinoisworknet.com/virtualjobfairs/ as well as on www.gredf.org. The virtual job fair live event was held on GREDF’s Facebook page… More

Join members of our team here at GREDF as we take the Mask Up #21DayChallenge! Help our community stay safe and healthy. Help our community stay open together. Join forces as a community to help keep each other safe. Together, we could make a huge difference in the current spread of the virus. It takes… More

The Adams County Works Transition Planning team welcomed guest speaker Julie Boll, Dare to Lead certified facilitator for the lunchtime seminar, which took place on Wednesday, July 22. In the training, Julie states, “We all have our go-to shame shields when we are faced with difficult situations.  The three shields identified in Dr. Brené Brown’s research are:… More

We were pleased to have Latonya Brock, executive director of the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce speak with our Adams County Works Transition Planning team, along with other community leaders on Increasing the Bottom Line Through Inclusive Culture. The lunchtime seminar took place on Wednesday, June 24 via zoom with nearly 30 attendees. Latonya was hired… More

To our partners,   We write you today in solidarity, speaking out against systemic racism and discrimination that continues throughout our nation. In the midst of global frustration and anxiety due to the pandemic, the world witnessed another horrific act by a white police officer that led to the death of a black man. This… More

GREDF, The District and Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce went out to visit our businesses to distribute Opening Up Together toolkits to the community! If you need a toolkit, please let us know. Phase 3 is here and we want to make sure all organizations & businesses are properly prepared with signage and resources! Adams… More

It’s been a crazy few weeks. What has Your GREDF Team been up to? These past weeks, your GREDF team has been working with several partners and organizations on the Adams County Together Task-force. As a community, we launched the Adams County Together Fund through United Way of Adams County, Inc. (Adams County, IL) to… More