About FAEDC
Everybody Knows this is Somewhere
5 Nov 2020
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Double-digit unemployment — that’s where my career in economic development began.
As the country struggled to pull itself out of the Great Recession, I spent my days in workforce and economic development activities ranging from assisting displaced workers to providing resources to businesses to aiding communities in creating a better tomorrow.
I was fortunate to cut my economic development teeth in East Central Indiana, between the state’s largest and third largest cities (Indianapolis and Fort Wayne). The area’s largest city is Muncie (pop. 68,000), home to Ball State University, and the smallest is Jonesboro (pop. 1,600).
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Faulkton Area Foundation Goal has been met
Oct 7 2020The foundation board and its stakeholders were recently successful in completing their challenge of raising $200,000. Because of many donors and SDCF’s matching grant, over $250,000 is permanently held at SDCF for the benefit of local charitable causes.
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