Recognizing teachers on National Teacher Appreciation Day!   Teacher appreciation and recognition was on Thursday, May 9 at 4:00 PM in the Oakley Lindsay Center lobby, 300 Civic Center Plaza, Quincy, IL. Workforce development partners on the Career Guidance Team hosted and award two area teachers with prizes from local businesses.   “Everyday, teachers are… More

The inaugural Small Business ConnectionFest was hosted Wednesday, April 17 from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM in the Kroc Center at 405 Vermont St. ConnectionFest was free, open to the public, and was a one-stop shop for small businesses and entrepreneurs to learn from industry leaders to achieve their new or next business adventure. Businesses… More

Adams County Works Transition Planning team is proud to present their next seminar on Wednesday, April 10 from 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM in the Quincy Public Library, 526 Jersey St. Quincy, IL 62301.   Guest speaker is Casey Ragar, United States Marine Corps, retired, with “14 Leadership Traits: Are you a leader?” as his… More

Goal Setting Kicks Of Adams County Works Quarterly Seminars   Adams County, IL – The first Adams County Works Transition Planning seminar was rescheduled to be held on Wednesday, February 13 from 11:45 am – 1:00 pm in the Oakley Lindsay Center Lindsay Room at 300 Civic Center Plaza, Quincy, IL. Guest speaker was Phil… More

The team at Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) welcomed all to attend their annual meeting on Wednesday, January 9 in the Oakley Lindsay Center (OLC), 300 Civic Center Plaza. Networking and cash bar was available in the OLC foyer at 5:15 PM with a brief program at 6:00 PM inside the Quincy Community Theater.… More

Quincy University’s Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Marty Bell will speak at the Adams County Works Transition Planning seminar on Wednesday, November 14 from 11:45 am – 1:00 pm at Tiramisu Restaurant (137 N 3rd St). For this seminar on mentoring, Bell will talk about developing a winning culture through effective servant leadership. Bell will… More

What can you look forward to at the 2018 Tri-State MakerFest? The full event happens Thursday-Saturday; November 1-3, 2018 inside the Oakley Lindsay Center at 300 Civic Center Plaza, with Friday reserved for tri-state high school students. Thursday and Saturday are open to the public.   Thursday, November 1 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM… More

Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) and its partners are celebrating Manufacturing Day and kicking off the 2018 Tri-State MakerFest. All were invited to a press conference and manufacturing facility tour on Friday, October 5 at 9:00 AMin the new Knapheide Manufacturing Facility – 1848 Westphalia Strasse, Quincy, IL.   This past year brought the… More

Planning for the 2018 Tri-State MakerFest is underway and this year, all businesses are welcome to register for the 3-day event, celebrating employment industries. The event takes place Thursday-Saturday, November 1-3 inside and outside the Oakley Lindsay Center at 300 Civic Center Plaza, Quincy, IL 62301.   Thursday evening from 4PM-6PM includes a B2B networking,… More

Guests joined Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF) and partners on Friday, September 7 at 9:00 AM inside the Oakley Lindsay Center foyer – 300 Civic Center Plaza, for a press conference and check presentation from the Heroes at Heartland Event. Heroes at Heartland took place on Saturday, August 11 with over 200 veterans, military… More