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Wellmark’s Healthy Hometown Initiative   Meetings have been held since last summer at the Sanford Clear Lake Conference room with DADi as the organizing agent, but the volunteers are implementing the tactics.  This group is compiled of 10-15 people who have joined the mission.    Their Vision Statement is:  “Clear Lake is an attractive community that celebrates the outdoors and healthy behaviors where individuals can safely be physically active and socially connected.”  Tactics include implementation of Healthy Concession Options Vegetable gleaning in summer month to share with public Increase Water Access for children & adults Promoting cooking demos and instruction Enhancing programs with the Community Garden Establishing community and arts program...

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Deuel Area Development, Inc. May 19, 2020 These Times; They Are'a Chang'in

Deuel Area Development, Inc. March 30, 2020 Our Small Businesses I do not know about you, but I am seriously on information overload.  I’m grateful for Facebook because resources and news is coming at us, however at too great rate of speed.  So I have the option to turn it off.  Some of it’s accurate and some of it is slanted.  But I still feel overloaded.  I also realize the disaster relief that comes out of this and our government is designed to help all business in general.  The politicians are hashing it out as whose businesses are too big or small an...

Can’t We Love Both? I was with a group of women recently discussing local and talking about the size of our community back 30-40 years. It was sad to hear them talk how much change there has been in our particular 'rural' community. Now, compared to the 50's-60's our community of 1300 was around 2400 at that time...a thriving metropolitan “rural” community. I did not know the community in which I live, then, since I am a transplant. I would love to have seen it in its heyday. I can only imagine now. The women commented that there were farms everywher...

Deuel Area Development, Inc.   GIVING THROUGH FACEBOOK   Did you know next week is Giving Tuesday on December 1st.  By the time you read this giving ‘on that day’ will be over, but a person’s chance to be a philanthropist is not. Giving to Non-Profits is huge especially now during COVID because they rely on people’s donations and memberships to continue.  I have mentioned it to you before as our website has a way to give for alumni and others.  You can any day of the year.   Did you know however that you can still give to DADi on Facebook.com under Deuel Area Developmen...