Executive Director’s Monthly Activity Summary for October 2011
November 30 2011
Logan County Economic Development Corporation
Executive Director Monthly Activity Summary
October 2011
The following summary provides a highlight of the various monthly activities for the Logan County Economic Development Corporation (“LCEDC”). All activities are not described in the summary, but rather some of the more visual activities of the LCEDC are presented.
General Meetings:
Oct. 4 Executive Committee meeting
Oct. 4 Rich presented the LCEDC annual budget request at City Council
Oct. 5 Joint Committee representatives met with Randy Finley re: Woolworth Bldg.
Oct. 5 Rich attended State CCC ceremony at Plainsman Grill
Oct. 6 LCEDC held its regular monthly meeting
Oct. 11 SURA held its regular bi-monthly meeting
Oct. 13 I spoke on the CrossTalk radio program
Oct. 13 LCEDC board members met to kick-off our membership drive
Oct. 14 Rich attended physician recruitment breakfast at Sterling Regional MedCenter
Oct. 14 LCEDC hosted Business After Hours (BAH) at our office
Oct. 15 Rich attended NJC ceremony honoring scholarship donations
Oct. 16 Rich, Rocky and Scott Stump presented at Rocky Mtn Farmers Union seminar
Oct. 18 Rich and Brad met with two prospects at the office
Oct. 18 Rich presented at Sterling Women’s Connection dinner at Plainsman Grill
Oct. 24 Rich attended Colorado Community College seminar in Denver
Oct. 24 Rich participated in Progressive 15 conference call board meeting
Oct. 26 Rich attended SIFE update meeting as member of Advisory Board
Oct. 27 Rich, Loretta and Scott Stump attended NECO meetings in Sedgwick, CO.
Oct. 28 Rich, Kim Sellers and Laurie Jones attended CSU Regional Engagement Center
planning session at Sterling facility.
Economic Developments:
Project Green/New Industrial Park- UPDATE 11/1: Star Clean Oil, LLC, sent their Commencement Notice to Logan County Board of Commissioners to advise they are moving ahead with their rail development plans. There are planning to begin construction early in 2012.
State Prospect EP 11-0627- Blue Sky- LCEDC submitted our proposal on July 1 for this manufacturer of wind turbines. UPDATE 10/1: The State OEDIT has notified us that proposals from six Colorado counties have been reviewed by the prospect, but no further action has been taken. UPDATE 11/1: No progress to report.
State Prospect #11-831 Manufacturer of tree/brush cutting equipment- LCEDC submitted our proposal on Sept. 21. UPDATE 11/1: No progress to report.
Sterling Municipal Airport/ Crosson Field-. UPDATE 3/1: Joe Kiolbasa, Larry Fetzer and Rich O’Connell met with an airport operations consultant to discuss future development at the airport. UPDATE 11/1: Further discussions with operations consultants have been postponed until after new City Council members are seated.
Three Prototype Buildings- UPDATE 10/1: We have submitted our prototype buildings to the two State Prospects listed above.
East Cheyenne Underground Gas Storage- UPDATE 6/1: Merchant Energy Partners, LLC, held their ground-breaking ceremony at the Peetz site on May 23rd. Governor Hickenlooper attended and also visited the NextEra Energy wind farm developments. UPDATE 10/1: The construction phase is rapidly moving ahead with Manzek Construction on site and delivery of the large compressor installation. At final build-out, this will be a $300 million project with up to 20 full-time jobs. There are 100 construction workers on site and that work is expected to run 2011 through 2012.
Colorado Highlands Wind, LLC, project north of Fleming continues as a viable project and the developers continue to seek a power purchase agreement (PPA) with various electric utilities. UPDATE 8/1: Colorado Highland’s managing partners have re-submitted their project to a utility located outside the State. UPDATE 11/1: No progress to report.
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