At the end of every year, I always like to reflect on the past year’s economic activity. It’s my way to take a mental ‘deep breath’ before recharging the brain and entering the new year full steam ahead. Here’s my list of happenings over the past year
Director’s Desk
An archive of columns written for the Lincoln-Sentinel newspaper, From the Desk of the Executive Director of the Lincoln County Economic Development Foundation (LCEDF). Lincoln County Economic Development Foundation (LCEDF) Director Kelly Larson is pictured below.
We can all agree that economic development doesn’t happen overnight. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint”, as the saying goes. With the end of another year upon us, here’s a quick recap of the strides we have made in our marathon towards a stronger county.
A key to being successful in economic development is figuring out what makes us unique and capitalizing on it. We live in a beautiful part of the state with one of our most noteworthy features being our limestone buildings, fence rows, and structures. These are huge assets for us we can use to grow our economy.
A look back at this year’s economic activity in our little corner of the world.
First published in the Lincoln Sentinel, September 29, 2016 One thing abundantly clear is that we need more daycare providers in the county. Our need…
First published in the Lincoln Sentinel August 4, 2016 As the saying goes, ‘you only get one chance to make a first impression’ and that…
First published in the Lincoln Sentinel June 2, 2016 Being that Memorial Day was a couple days ago and tis the season for school alumni…
The LCEDF is applying to become an E-Community, a highly competitive process, as its focus is to grow and support local entrepreneurs.
(First published in the April 14, 2016, Lincoln Sentinel) Back in January there was an article in the newspaper about a new coalition, Live Healthy…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel on March 3, 2016 There are several different business and property development assistance programs that have been in the…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in December 31, 2015 With the end of another year comes another economic development ‘year-end review’ for the county.…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in November, 2015 Over the past year, a small group of amazing and wonderful and I-can’t-sing-their-praises-enough volunteers have spent…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in September, 2015 It’s been a year (almost) since the Countywide Strategic Planning Session was held to develop priorities…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in July, 2015 I have a story. It’s a good story. It’s the kind of story locals like to…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in May 2015 As I looked through the recent Class of 2015 section of the Lincoln Sentinel and read…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in January, 2015 As some of you may have heard, the LCEDF is looking into recruiting a veterinarian to…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in December, 2014 Being that it’s the end of the year and I’ve just surpassed my 6-month anniversary on…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in November, 2014 There is a joke among the many economic development and community development directors out there about…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in October, 2014 Have you ever seen the movie “What About Bob?” If you have, then you’re bound to…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in September, 2014 On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, the Lincoln County Economic Development Foundation (LCEDF) will be hosting a…
First printed in the Lincoln Sentinel in August, 2014 I moved to Lincoln in June to begin a new life and career as the Executive…