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Longtime SSG Client, Falls City, Named 2009 Nebraska Community of the Year-
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Smart Solutions Group worked with Falls City to organize the newly-formed public-private Falls City EDGE (Economic Development Growth Enterprise) organization in 2006 and has assisted EDGE with a wide variety of organizational and marketing challenges since its inception. “SSG played a very significant role in helping Falls City and EDGE achieve this Community of the Year status,” said Kevin
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Des Moines Diocese Completes Marketing Plan-
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Smart Solutions Group developed a marketing plan for the Des Moines Catholic Diocese Schools. Smart Solutions worked with vounteers and school administrators to assemble the first ever marketing plan for the diocese schools. Smart Solutions Group used their experise in working with regional economic development groups to outline how to find common marketing goals that all 14 schools in the
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Burt County Completes Diagnostic-
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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Burt County Economic Development Corp in Nebraska recently took advantage of the BEST PRACTICES Diagnostic tool developed by Smart Solutions Group. Smart Solutions Group took each point from BEST PRACTICES and identified what is being done well and what could be improved. Patty Pluge with Burt County Economic Development Corp stated, "You exceded my expectations! You can quote me on that, too.
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Building a Skilled Workforce in Advanced Manufacturing-
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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Smart Solutions Group is assisting Opportunity 2 , an Iowa eight-county economic development organization, in the development of a project to up-skill the region’s workforce in Advanced Manufacturing. The major components of this project are: 1. Resource Mapping – Analyze demographic and workforce information and review available workforce studies (Laborshed, Needs Assessment, etc.
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Kearney Missouri Area Development Council Retains SSG for Planning-
Friday, January 16, 2009
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The Kearney Area Development Council has selected Smart Solutions Group to assist them in the preparation of a strategic Roadmap for their overall community economic development efforts. A group of community leaders will be meeting with SSG over the next few months to draft the plan.
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City of Blue Springs Retains SSG for Unique Facilitation-
Friday, January 16, 2009
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SSG will be facilitating sessions to improve communication and understanding between members of the Blue Springs City Council, City Staff and volunteers. The sessions, to be held in late February, will identify issues, opinions and perspectives which will influence the direction and vision of the City. This effort is another example of the continued growing understanding of the importance
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Six Counties Team to Accelerate Growth-
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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(September,16 ), 2008 – Regional economic development leaders in Cherokee, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and Sioux counties today presented a new collaborative marketing and sales strategy to attract, retain and grow business investment and workforce to the six-county region. Leaders also displayed the region’s web site and position-driven theme line – Northwest Iowa, Beyond Expecta
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Mid Iowa RegionGrowth Partnership Picks SSG-
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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SSG is pleased to announce that Mid Iowa Growth Partnership has chosen Smart Solutions Group to update their marketing plan. Through a collaborative, consensus-building process, SSG will facilitate a process to assist Mid Iowa in reviewing and updating a comprehensive, results-driven regional economic development marketing and sales strategy. SSG will also reveiw and make reccomendations
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SSG Partners are Featured Speakers-
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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Partners Irv Jensen and Clark Smith have been invited to speak at the Nebraska Economic Development Association Conference and the Kansas Economic Developement Alliance Conference respectively. Irv will be talking about the four M's: Mission, Management, Money and Marketing. Clark will be presenting on how to effectively use LocationOne Information System.
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