ABCDE
Monday
May
5, 2008
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the one
hundred thirteenth edition of the Monday Messenger. Its purpose
is to bring you current information about the ABCDE project and
area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Jack
has assisted 27 businesses in Eastern Cowley County since ABCDE
joined QUAD in July of 2006.
Business
owners and those with business ideas in Eastern Cowley County have
access to a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack
Newcomb and he is available for free, confidential advice and he
will even come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have
joined the QUAD EF project and have access to their business
coach. Many local banks, businesses, individuals and Cowley
First assisted to pay the QUAD membership fee through December of
2008. For more information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
Cowley
County Tourism Alliance
The
Cowley County Tourism Alliance (CCTA) will meet on May 20th
at 11:00 a.m. at the Little Hooker Café.
The group is working on a Cowley County Tourism Guide.
Please feel free to join us.
Website
Development on a Dime
If
your organization doesn’t have a website, it’s almost as if it
doesn’t exist! Kansas Arts Commission Program Manager Sarah
VanLanduyt and Communications Manager Robyn Horton will show you
how to create and maintain simple, eye-catching websites with
almost no money.
Wednesday,
May 14, 2008
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Room B6, Memorial Auditorium
503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg
Fee: FREE
Thursday, May 15, 2008
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Meeting Room, McPherson Opera House
221 S. Main, McPherson
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
May
20
Cowley County Tourism Alliance, 11:00 p.m.
Little Hooker
June
2
ABCDE Monthly Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Dexter
June
12
QUAD Meeting, 5:00 p.m.
Eureka
July
12
Dexter BBQ
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com.