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Where's Gary - December 1st to December 17

Submitted by gperkins on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 9:26am

This week I’ve been working with Pineville as Economic Development Ready Community working on inventorying Pineville’s strengths and weaknesses.  The city of Pineville will hold a town-hall style public meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Pineville City Hall as part of the city's community assessment for Louisiana Economic Development's Louisiana Development Ready Communities program. We would love to have both public and entrepreneurial representation as we create a road map to improve the business climate for Pineville and Central Louisiana.

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Where’s Gary – Nov 2 – Nov 13

Submitted by gperkins on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:20am

Last week I worked on helping individuals affected by the International Paper Pineville Plant Closure. We are scheduling a workshop on Nov. 19 and 20 at the mill.

La Econ. Dev. (LED) selected 12 cities to participate in their Development-Ready Community Pilot Program. Pineville was one of the communities selected. We are gathering the pertinent economic data and preparing plans to remediate deficiencies identified through data assessment. This is a comprehensive program, focused on Business Retention, Job Creation, and Industrial Recruitment.

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Where's Gary: Week of 10/26/09

Submitted by gperkins on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 2:05pm

I met with a local Bank President to explain the ELS program so he could help us identify mentors and ELS Program participants.  This led to a mentor interview in Winnfield.  I also signed up an entrepreneur in Grant Parish and a technical company that exports outside the United States and attended an eight hour QuickBooks class taught by the “Great” Keith Rabalais.

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Where's Gary - Update Week of October 19th

Submitted by gperkins on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 1:18pm

Dr. Greg Lichtenstein, the Founder of ELS is in town this week, as we prepare for the Plenary Session and work on exciting new programs for the coming year. Items under discussion are: Addition of classroom technical training such as Human Resources, Operations, Financial Management, Accounting, Marketing, Microsoft Application Programs and Web Marketing Skills. Please give your coaches suggestions for courses.

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Where's Gary - Update Week of 10/12/09

Submitted by gperkins on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 12:28pm

This week I will be visiting all of our ELS participants to discuss ELS program changes for next year, and to touch on their individual business plans. Items for discussion will include budgeting, expansion, increased profitability, etc.

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Where's Gary - Weekly Update - 10/6/09

Submitted by gperkins on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 1:56pm

Last week I attended the LA College Medical School presentation, which was very interesting. It is an ambitious project, and their long-term vision is to incorporate a medical research facility in downtown Alexandria. They are working with the state to use existing buildings on the grounds of Central Hospital. Their goal is to have 440 students at the medical school, which should increase enrollment for Pre-Med students at Louisiana College.
 
We are currently finalizing plans for our Entrepreneur’s Resource Fair!  This time, we will have:

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Where's Gary ?

Submitted by gperkins on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 8:34am

Last week I met with several teams and worked on finalizing details for our Entrepreneur Resource Fair, to be held on October 8th at the Business Incubator. FULL DETAILS

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Where's Gary?

Submitted by gperkins on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 9:36am

Last week, to help with our regional economic initiatives, Jim Clinton and I made presentations to form CAP Advisory Councils in Grant & LaSalle Parishes. While there, I talked about our ELS programs and ways we work with up and coming entrepreneurs. These folks help us identify entrepreneurs who are excited about participating in the ELS program. I also met with ELS Founder, Gregg Lichtenstein, and we worked on defining ELS skill levels and ways to improve techniques to move participants from one skill level to the next.

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CenlaBiz - Gary's Notes - Get'n Started

Submitted by gperkins on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 5:19am

What we have here is a work in progress. As entrepreneurs, we are comfortable starting a project before it is perfect, then improving it as we go, and you can be part of this journey. This is both exciting and confusing for my limited computer skills, but I am excited about learning. It takes us old dogs a little longer, but we catch on... This web site can be a great asset if we all work to make it a tool in our struggles for success.

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