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The 4 P’s People, Planning, Priorities, Progress

 

People-

¨      Changing of the guard, 2001 . . . your officers are:

             Chair- Tom Hesselmann, Mercy Medical Center        

             Vice Chair- David Burrell, Banker

            Vice Chair- Tom Myers, Mount St. Clare College     

             Secretary- Karen Vickers, Clinton Community College

Treasurer- Tom Fullerton, Clinton National Bank      

Past Chair- William Venema, Central Bank Fulton

President- Hugh LaMont, CADC

Board Members

Peter Clausen – Clausen Companies

Robert B. Holesinger – Quality Concrete Co.

Al Loeffelholz – Data Dimensions

Kevin McKee – Firstar

Sister Mary Ann Phelan – Mount St. Clare

Kurt Rouse – Ralston Purina

Harry (Bud) Rutenbeck – Retired

Stacy Sagar – Iowa American Water Co.

Thomas D. Soenksen – Citizens First Bank

Lewis Todtz – Clinton County Board of Supervisors

John Totten – Clinton Engineering

Brigham Tubbs – Gateway State Bank

Gary Williams – Alliant Energy

LaMetta Wynn – Mayor of Clinton

¨      William Strauss from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago was the featured speaker at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Clinton Area Development Corporation held in December.

¨      Thanks to IPSCO who voluntarily increased their membership investment by 100%.

 

Planning- 

¨      A planning retreat, organized by Sister Mary Ann Phelan, was held in January at Mount St. Clare College.  This year, no one stole Hugh’s dessert!

¨      Planning continues for the Mayors Economic Development Summit to be held in Washington, DC, May 1-4, 2001.  CADC encourages members to get on board.  Contact the CADC office if you can make the trip and be a part of this results oriented group.  The last two summits have resulted in over $4 million being returned to the Clinton area for various projects.

 

Priorities-

¨      Support of the Iowa Illinois Highway Partnership continues to be a high priority with the CADC.

¨      Industrial land acquisition also continues to be a high priority.  Thanks to the city of Clinton, Greater Clinton County Future Foundation and Alliant Energy for help in building a land acquisition fund.

 

Progress-

¨      Facilitated in keeping the Swiss Colony credit operation in Clinton at their new location on 4th Avenue South.

¨      Continue to facilitate the location of Hampshire Pet Products to the Clinton / Camanche area.

¨      Five board members of CADC joined the Clinton delegation for the trip to Des Moines to discuss Clinton area needs with the Iowa legislature.

¨      The Laborshed CD ROM has been distributed to CADC members and regional human resource departments.  The study will also be used as a marketing tool to targeted industries outside the area. 

¨      CADC industrial team visits, designed to support our area industries, continue on a monthly basis.

 

Check out our web site at www.clintondevelopment.com

 

First Quarter Newsletter, 2001