Tyndall will be holding a Policy Forum on the topic Poverty on Wednesday, April 16th. Click here for a poster with information on attending: policyforumtyndall.doc
The event is free and open to the public. Horizons community members can also have their travel to attend this event reimbursed.
Milan Wall from the Heartland Center for Leadership Development shared ideas with communities about Marketing Your Community. Milan did a whirlwind tour of South Dakota presenting in Armour, Kadoka and Conde. See the video below for a snippet of his presentation.
Mike and Trevor at the Rural Life Census Data Center at SDSU have been working on a new publication about community development. They have given us some statistics about the regional market size needed to suport local business development and retention.
Interesting reading and good information for your community as you make decisions about economic development. Click the graphic to follow the link to the SDSU Coomunity Innovation & Leadership publications page.
Visit their website at http://sdrurallife.sdstate.edu/ for more information.
Not sure how many are aware of this site, so I thought I would pass it along…
It is a searchable database of grants available in our area, and nationwide. The database is managed by the South Dakota State Library. If your community is looking at finding grants, you can search by specific grants, fields of interest, keywords or specific grantor. Click the picture to follow the link to the website.
Estelline is the latest Blog of the Week! This prestigious award was given to the community of Estelline for giving their blogs a new jump start! We held a blog training on March 11th and had several new users get signed up. We have seen a lot more traffic and some new posts in the last week or two.
Thanks to technologically savvy Karl S. they have a shiny new header with images from Estelline and they added the minutes of their monthly meeting. New blogger Ron O. has also been putting in his 2 cents worth and Don G. shared some photos. Thanks for your renewed efforts and we hope to see lots more as you get some of your strategic plan projects started!
There was a great article in the Rapid City Journal this week about our Horizons I and Horizons II communities. Click here to read the article.
Here is a second article that was also printed in the Journal. Click here to read this article.
Presenting: Dr. Milan Wall, Heartland Center for Leadership Development
The Heartland Center in Lincoln, NE, helps local leaders respond to current and future challenges in their community by bringing people together to learn how to become better decision makers.
Milan Wall, Co-Director of the Heartland Center, is a management and communications expert with more than 30 years of experience in dealing with critical issues facing American society and culture. Milan will work with SD communities to discover stategies useful for marketing their areas to future residents and businesses.
Join us at one of the following locations:
We will begin each session with a free supper at 5:30 pm, followed by the seminar with Milan Wall. We will wrap up at 9:15 pm.
Please RSVP to Kari at 688-4946 or fruechte.kari@ces.sdstate.edu at least 3 days prior to the event for a meal count!
It was a little slow out on the blogs these last few weeks, so I am going to hold off on naming a BOTW. We would love to see your community showing of some photos from the digital cameras. Or maybe your ready to try some of your videography skills?
Show us what projects your community is working on or show your committees in action. I just sent the March Questions, maybe you can use the digital camera to record someone’s answer. I know a lot of communities are adding new bloggers too, so we may see some new and exciting posts in the next few weeks that are Blog of the Week material!
