Greetings and welcome to Friday and welcome to March!   A huge thank you to the Directors that could make it to our March in-person Board meeting at the PAC (and to Marshall for Zooming in from Salem!). The food, created by the Raised by Wolves food truck, was amazing. [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday and welcome to the last day in February. Today is also the nationwide consumer blackout - it’ll be interesting to see what impact that will have. The EDALC team is planning to hold back their online and big box spending today - a little pebble [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! Today marks Sarah Buddingh’s 3-year Anniversary with EDALC (over 1.5 million minutes!)! She started in February 2022 as a lowly Project Associate and now walks with a swagger in her step as EDALC’s Rural Economic Research and Engagement Manager. Way to go!! If you are [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! Today is Valentine’s Day - are you prepared? Do you go all out or just grab a heart-shaped box of waxy Russell Stover chocolates?    Today is also the 96th anniversary of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre - the murder of seven members of Chicago's [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! It’s SuperBowl weekend, so grab those avocados and pretend that you can make some tasty guacamole. It’s also the one time of the year when the commercials can actually be worth watching! Go (insert name here) team!   Thanks to all who could make it [...]

Greetings and welcome to a rainy, windy Friday (and weekend) and welcome to the last day in January! Christmas decorations are down and here come the red Valentine hearts and the Leprechaun fedoras - you have been warned!   Here’s our team update for this week:   Partner Support/Community Support  [...]