2tsbank.comTREYNOR COUNCIL BLUFFS MACEDONIANamed #1 in High Performance inthe State of Iowa 2 Years Running** According to the Iowa Banking Magazine am<strong>on</strong>g all C-Corporati<strong>on</strong> banks in Iowa and in the asset size of $100 - $250M.MEMBER FDIC
3Since early October, the ec<strong>on</strong>omic developmentactivities of the Alliance have been moving at a quickpace. On November 8th, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Plumrose</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>USA</str<strong>on</strong>g> broke ground<strong>on</strong> a <strong>$70</strong> milli<strong>on</strong> state-of-the-art, LEED certified,coldcut slicing and packaging facility. The new facilityis located at South 32nd Street and 21st Avenue andwill be their sec<strong>on</strong>d plant in<strong>Council</strong> <strong>Bluffs</strong>. The openingfor this building is plannedfor October of 2012 and willbring over 100 new jobs toour community. In additi<strong>on</strong>,Terry Bailey and I have beenfollowing up with severalother manufacturing and ITcompanies looking at <strong>Council</strong><strong>Bluffs</strong> as a place to set up theiroperati<strong>on</strong>s. We are workingwith the State to developincentive packages that will helpprospects in their decisi<strong>on</strong> toWILLIAM STAZZONIVice President ofEc<strong>on</strong>omic Developmentlocate here.This new activity coupledwith our existing businessplanned expansi<strong>on</strong> haspushed our Workforce Development Team to movequickly and look for training soluti<strong>on</strong>s to fill the levelof technical jobs these companies require. We arelooking into using the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Career Readiness TestCertificate as a gauge to help potential employeesidentify their skill sets and to help the companiessearch for qualified employees that match these skillsets to the job. We c<strong>on</strong>tinue to work with our K-12schools and Iowa Western Community College tocreate training programs to fill these and future need.All of this is <strong>on</strong> the heels of a very intense summeras the river waters threatened our levee system. Withthe hard work of city officials and staff al<strong>on</strong>g withhundreds of volunteers, we were able to keep ourdoors open for business and as a result, <strong>Council</strong> <strong>Bluffs</strong>was named the #2 Iowa Tourism Community for 2011.According to Kathy Fiscus, Director of Special Projectsfor the C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> and VIsitors Bureau, our hotel/motel occupancy rate was up 2.7 percent, and thatSmith Travel Research reports that equates to a $44milli<strong>on</strong> lodging industry in <strong>Council</strong> <strong>Bluffs</strong>.Sincerely,Chamber AnnualMeetingWednesday, January 25, 2012THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS:Presenting:Gold:Audio Visual:Folder:Awards:Black Hills EnergyLund Ross C<strong>on</strong>structorsSnyder & Associates, Inc.US BankBaird Holm LLPSAC Federal Credit Uni<strong>on</strong>The Schemmer AssociatesRed River Waste Soluti<strong>on</strong>s, Inc.Cee Bee Ambassadorssay “Thank You”The Cee Bee Ambassadors placed 6 bannersthroughout <strong>Council</strong> <strong>Bluffs</strong> as a way to show theirappreciati<strong>on</strong> for every<strong>on</strong>e that c<strong>on</strong>tributed to the floodpreventi<strong>on</strong> efforts.The banners are located at the City FleetMaintenance Building, <strong>Council</strong> <strong>Bluffs</strong> Water Works, theNati<strong>on</strong>al Guard, City Hall, Heartland Properties, and atthe Chamber office.William Stazz<strong>on</strong>iMemory Mescher, CBSHome Real Estate andMarge Leaders, NP Dodge Real Estate
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