Licking County Community Capitalism

Education Community Support Group

2010-08-30T16:12:00.000-07:00

The Education Community Support working group plays a vital role in Licking County. This group works to educate communities on the value of public education and the vital role that local taxpayers play in funding local education. With five Licking County school districts with levies on the ballot on November 2, the Education Community Support group will work those districts and their levy campaigns to pass those levies. The Education Community Support group also calls upon elected leaders to help understand school funding and stay abreast of the latest educational issues at the state house.

The Education Community Support group will meet again on:
Wed, Sept. 22 and Wed, Oct. 20 from 5:30-6:30p.m. at OSUN in theSleight Room.

Please consider joining this group and supporting local public education!

Free Strategic Planning Seminar in August

2010-07-27T08:18:00.000-07:00

The Small Business Development Center of Newark and Licking County will provide a three-session seminar on strategic planning for businesses at the Newark Library at 101 W. Main Street in August. Attendees will be provided with materials to create and finish a strategic plan on an issue of their choosing. Explanations will be provided on each step in the planning process, and time given to fill out planning templates for a strategic issue. The workshop dates and topics are:

-2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on August 5: Learn about the strategic plan process and how to apply it any time to any business/issue.
-2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on August 12: Select a strategic issue specific to your business/issue.
-2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on August 19: Finish a first draft strategic plan for your business/issue.

Participants must attend all three sessions. Seating is limited to 25 participants. To register for this FREE opportunity, call Director Randy Morgan at 740-670-5215 or email him at rmorgan@lcounty.com

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2010-06-27T15:53:00.001-07:00

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Steering Committee Meeting June 28

2010-06-27T15:51:00.001-07:00

The Steering Committee will meet on Monday, June 28 at 11:30 a.m. at Roosters on 21st Street in Newark.

Learn more about Licking County from the Chamber

2010-06-27T15:49:00.001-07:00

http://www.chatwiththechamber.com/2010/06/did-you-know.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Industry Tours by STEM and The Works

2010-06-08T11:25:00.000-07:00

Learn why businesses are important to your community on Industry Tours led by STEM and The Works! Once every month, visit an important Licking County Industry site and learn what it does and how it works. Sponsored by The Licking County Chamber of Commerce and Business Community Advisory Council.

http://www.attheworks.org/ClassesCampsAndPrograms/STEMEducation/STEMIndustryTours.aspx

Accomplishment Review & Phase II Meeting

2010-05-24T10:05:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the daily grind and forget the good things happening in our own communities. Often, there is success right in front of us, but we are too busy to see it, or not aware of what success looks like. Tomorrow, May 25, Community Capitalism will try to slow down for an hour or so to celebrate the successes of more than a year of grassroots community efforts. Many people worked diligently to make sure that their own communities, and Licking County as a whole, continue to prosper. Please consider joining Licking County Community Capitalism at its Accomplishment Review/Phase II meeting on Tuesday, May 25 at 7:00 p.m. at C-Tec's Adult Education Center (Rm. 4005) to celebrate community success and preview the good work to come. C-Tec is located at 150 Price Road, Newark, Ohio 43055.

Save the Date: May 25 at 7:00 p.m.

2010-05-07T12:37:00.000-07:00

Licking County Community Capitalism will gather as working groups and community and business members for an Accomplishment Meeting on May 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Adult Education Center at C-TEC in Newark. Please save this date and plan to attend this engaging meeting. More details to come at a later date.

Steering Committee Meeting on May 5 at La Paloma

2010-04-22T07:52:00.000-07:00

The Steering Committee will gather again on May 5 at La Paloma in downtown Newark at 4:30 p.m. to finish up its mission and vision statements and accomplishment report to date. The Steering Committee has recently decided that Community Capitalism will be moving into a new phase, 2.0, and in this new phase, will meet with all working groups at least twice per year. Working groups will also be asked to report back to the Steering Committee all relevant news and information on a quarterly basis, if not sooner.
The Steering Committee will serve as the information conduit for Community Capitalism 2.0 and its working groups. The Steering Committee will also function as the asset inventory manager while we explore our strengths and weaknesses in all Licking County cities, townships, and municipalities. Some of this work has already been completed, but some of it needs to be refined and reflected upon for Community Capitalism's purposes.
Please feel free to contact Cindy Zaino with any and all questions regarding the Steering Committee. We are open to ideas and suggestions.

Steering Committee Meeting on April 14 at C-TEC

2010-03-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

The Community Capitalism Steering Committee will meet again on Wednesday, April 14 at 4:15 p.m. in the C-TEC library. This meeting will last for approximately one hour.

Education Community Support Group

2010-03-29T08:20:00.000-07:00

The Licking County Community Capitalism Education Support Group is always busy finding new ways to reach out to community groups and taxpayers to explain the value of public education. This May, there will be at least five school levies on the ballot. These will include: C-TEC, Lakewood, Heath, Northridge, and Southwest Licking Local Schools. The Education Community Support Group reaches out to the individual districts and their levy campaigns to provide needed assistance and support. This may come in the form of door to door campaigning, phone calls, mailings, or other assistance. The purpose is to mend relationships between communities and schools and provide more opportunities for all Licking County residents.

Education Support Group Meeting this Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

2010-03-08T06:35:00.000-08:00

The Community Capitalism Education Community Support Group will be meeting this THURSDAY, March 11, in the Sleight Room on OSU campus, at 6p.m.

(At our last meeting we scheduled Wed, March 10, but the Sleight Room is not available that day.)

Quick Overview of Last Meeting with Rob Montagnese CEO of Licking Memorial
-Rob feels that LMH shares their value message with the community through grassroot efforts of word of mouth.
He encourages his employees and especially the leaders to get involved in community groups.

-In order to get, The Advocate, to be more supportive he said they did a couple things.
1. Started advertising with them more. 2. Invited their publisher to be on one of the boards or committees at the hospital.

-Rob also said the value message began internally.
He tries to get to know staff and show them they are valuable by giving awards and having special activities for them.
Ex. Dinner with the Stars, Breakfast with Rob, etc.

We look forward to seeing as many folks as possible at the meeting on Thursday!

Steering Committee Meeting on March 11

2010-03-03T12:54:00.000-08:00

The Steering Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 11 in the Sleight Room inside the Warner Center on the campus of Ohio State University - Newark. This meeting will begin at 4:15 p.m. and finish by 6:00 p.m.

Steering Committee Forming

2010-02-22T11:55:00.000-08:00

Licking County Community Capitalism is entering a new phase: Community Capitalism 2.0. Some of the goals in entering this new phase are to reflect on the accomplishments of Community Capitalism in Licking County in the last year, and decide what the vision will be moving forward. Thus far, the Steering Committee is made up of one or two inspired members from each of the original working groups. These members will bring their ideas to the table to help construct the vision, and eventually the mission statement for CC 2.0. The Steering Committee would like to find a long-term, workable infrastructure for CC 2.0. The next meeting of the Steering Committee is Monday, February 22 at 4:15 p.m. in the Sleight Room on the campus of Ohio State University - Newark.

Opportunity Links to Sponsor Job Fair

2009-09-08T05:32:00.000-07:00

The job fair will be held on September 23 from 1-5 pm at Opportunity Links, 998 E. Main Street in Newark. The job fair is free & open to the public. Participating Employers Include: Abercrombie & Fitch, Adecco, Atrium, Gummer Wholesale, Harry & David, Licking Memorial Health Systems, MetLife, MPW, Plumbers, Pipefitters & HVAC Equipment Service Local 189, Speed FC, Stanley Steemer International, State Farm Insurance and more employers to be announced. Attendees should bring thier resumes, dress for success, & be prepared to interview!

September 3 Education Support Group Meeting

2009-09-01T08:13:00.000-07:00

The Community Capitalism Education Community Support Group initiative would like to invite you to a special meeting with Representatives Jay Hottinger and Dan Dodd. This is an open meeting to the public to discuss and answer questions regarding funding and mandates related to HB 1. At CTEC, Adult Education Center, 150 Price Road, Newark - September 3, 2009 5:30 - 7:30 pmRead More

Licking County Levy Survey Results

2009-07-30T06:51:00.000-07:00

The Education Support Group conducted a Licking County Levy Survey recently via The Advocate recently. You may click here to see the statistics. While the results are not statistically significant, the information is meaningful and a good first step for further work. At a minimum, the findings should promote meaningful dialogue about NCS and the levies.

Education Community Support Meeting

2009-07-30T06:20:00.000-07:00

The Community Capitalism Education Community Support meeting will be next Thursday, Aug. 6 at 5:30p.m. in the OSUN Sleight Room. The group will look at the survey results more in depth and develop an action plan for what to do with the results. (Healing the relationship between communities and schools.)

Licking County Complete Count Committee

2009-07-29T11:14:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Census is coming up fast and it is very important to get the word out to all citizens of Licking County. Click on the photo to get involved!

Survive & Thrive Seminar

2009-07-23T11:39:00.000-07:00

Click below to read about this free seminar:

Community Capitalism Group Meeting

2009-07-20T09:55:00.001-07:00

Those interested in learning more about the Community Capitalism initiative met last Tuesday to hear about the accomplishments and future of the groups. It was an informative meeting - thanks to everyone who attended.

An article was written in This Week Licking County newspaper. You may read it by clicking here:
http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/lickingcounty/stories/2009/07/19/0716lsnews5.html?sid=104.

Community Capitalism Meeting Tonight

2009-07-14T06:23:00.000-07:00

Join us tonight at the Firehouse Church on Maholm Street in Newark for our Accomplishment Review. You'll hear what all of the working groups have been doing since the last meeting and get an update on what's to come. This will be an informative meeting and a great opportunity to network.

Picture: inside the Firehouse

2009-07-14T06:06:00.000-07:00

Career & Finance Fair

2009-07-03T07:29:00.000-07:00

Opportunity Links will sponsor a Career & Finance Fair at Indian Mound Mall on Friday, July 27 from 1 - 6 p.m. Attendees may meet with professionals regarding: job search strategies, resume writing & Interview tips, career transitioning, adult education, investment & retirement advice and mortgage questions. Local businesses will be able to exhibit and recruit for job openings at a cost of $20 a table. ($10 for non-profit) Businesses interested in getting involved may click here for registration.

Community Capitalism Review Meeting

2009-07-03T06:24:00.000-07:00

Be sure to join us Tuesday, July 14 at 7 pm for the Accomplishment Review Meeting. We will meet at The Firehouse, located at 71 Maholm Street in Newark. You'll hear what the working groups have accomplished since the last meeting, and see what the next steps should be to continue this initiative. Click on the photo to download the invitation and sign up to attend!

Survey

2009-06-12T07:40:00.000-07:00

The Young Professional/Talent Group has created a survey to learn more about Licking County's residents needs and wants. You may Click Here to take survey . Look for the results in a few weeks.

Thanks for your input!

Community Capitalism Working Groups making great strides

2009-06-05T11:38:00.000-07:00

The following article was published in The Advocate today. Congratulations to all working group members who've had a hand in the accomplishments thus far.

We are writing today to explain the Community Capitalism initiative and the accomplishments this devoted group of volunteers have obtained in just a few short months.

The Community Capitalism effort began last fall when community members read the book of the same name about the economic successes in Kalamazoo, Mich. Grassroots meetings were held and working groups were established in six areas to look at ways to keep Licking County growing and prosperous.

The following is a synopsis of the group's accomplishments and goals thus far:

Education Support: They concentrated first on passing local levies. Keith Richards, Newark City Schools superintendent, and Damien Bawn, Johnstown superintendent, both credit the Community Capitalism efforts with helping to pass their levies. They organized talks, hosted walking tours and coordinated a letter writing campaign. Now they are working to learn more about the perceptions that Licking County residents have about their local schools. They will be meeting with local school boards and superintendents to see how relationships between the communities and schools can be improved.

Higher Education: They have four subcommittees that are working on establishing an internship clearinghouse, a one-stop database of all college scholarships for local students; "Adopt a School Program" between Denison University and Newark High School students that need extra tutoring; and working toward literacy development and the critical role parents play in reading development.

Talent/Young Professional: The Talent Group is focused on recruiting, retaining and developing young professionals. Along with their main focus, they also have been asked to help promote and develop a young professional group. They currently are surveying young professionals to inquire about their wants and needs from the community. Once the survey results are compiled, the data might be useful in retaining local talent and make a long lasting difference in the Licking County work force.

Infrastructure/Capital: Their main goal is to structure a process for innovative business opportunities. This includes creating a review committee to look at business opportunities; have a matrix of services and progression like available space, contacts, utilities (one-stop) and a list of all vacant properties for future business; focusing on funding for businesses -- identifying venture capital firms, capital sources, SBA loans and bank loans; in addition offering a competition for students to create business plan models, and the winner receives $5,000 in cash and services to start up their business.

Downtown: They are working on cleaning up, as well as bringing more students and entertainment venues, to the downtown area. This group wants to bring Wi-Fi to the entire downtown area to bring in more traffic, and it has looked at the idea of workspace sharing.

Marketing: The main goals of this group are to "market" Licking County and our communities and to assure good communication among the Working Groups to assure that their efforts and accomplishments are visible to the public. This group has established a blog, www.lc3blog.com, for group updates as well as meeting times and minutes. There is a social-networking site on LinkedIn, www.lc3network. com, where news items and questions are posted. This group also is establishing talking points of positive development and success stories that will be available this summer as a slide show on various Web sites, such as the Chamber, CVB, City of Newark and County -- called Get "IN" LickINg County. The goal of this marketing is to show a united front to all viewers who surf these sites, such as someone looking to move a business here or relocating. Upcoming events include a networking event June 13 and a review meeting July 14.

These successes and goals are an impressive start to achieving great success for our community. Although we've accomplished a lot so far, we have a lot to do. And we always are looking for additional volunteers. If you're interested in helping to better the community and have time to commit, please take the next step, and get involved!

For information, call Jennifer McDonald at the Chamber, (740) 345-9757 or log onto www.lc3blog.com for a schedule of events and attend an upcoming meeting.
The Community Capitalism Marketing Working Group is composed of: Jennifer McDonald, group leader; Racie Young, Rick Platt, Bob Cullen, Cindy Hollis, Susan Fryer, Anne Spray, Ralph Devine, Mike Blowers, Barry Connell, Steve Layman, Wes Humble and Jerry Nethers

Infrastructure/Capital Mission & Goals, by Bart Weiler, Group Leader

2009-06-01T06:06:00.000-07:00

Our mission is to develop promote and facilitate resources and services for innovative business opportunities in Licking County.

Our goal is to create a consistent predictable process in helping an individual with an idea of starting a business, succeed in Licking County.

We are creating a review committee which is made up with SBDC, SCORE, Tech Columbus, and the County Economic Development team so far. The purpose of this committee is to meet on a regular basis at a set time and place which they are able to meet with potential business prospects and help them be successful or the committee can follow up on business opportunities in the pipeline.

We also have committee members developing a matrix of services and progressions that is similar to a flowchart which is designed to help new business startups succeed in Licking County. We are also in the process of gathering a list of all vacant properties to accommodate those businesses looking for space.

The committee is identifying venture capital firms already doing business in Licking County, other capital resources such as the Early-Stage Capital Fund announced by the Heath Newark Licking County Port Authority, and financial institutions specializing in SBA loans. This will create a one stop shop where everyone is working together for the potential new business with the purpose to succeed in Licking County.

Our committee is also considering the creation of a business plan competition for any student in licking County, where the student creates a business plan model and receives a prize of cash and service to start up their business in Licking County.

Industrial FAM Tour

2009-05-27T17:26:00.001-07:00

The Industrial Familiarization Tour was held today -sponsored by the Licking County Chamber of Commerce. This tour featured the Advanced Material Manufacturers in Newark and Hebron. The tour began at the McMillen Industrial Park, with a stop at Arboris. It was interesting to learn that Arboris is the world's leading producer of sterols. Sterols are derived from pine trees and used in healthy foods to lower cholesterol. Rob Klinger, Rob O'Neill, Rick Platt and Tom Denison spoke about the numerous manufacturers located in McMillen Industrial Park, COATC, Mid-Ohio Industrial Park and Newark Ohio Industrial Park. Of interest, Rick explained that the new bridge under construction at the COATC Base will directly connect to James Parkway to the Industrial Parks in Hebron, opening up all of the manufacturing corridor and furthering the opportunity for future development. He reported that $3 million will be spent in improvements and they are using 12 local companies to complete the job. Once we arrived in Hebron, the group toured Bayer Material Science. It was evident that Bayer is on the leading edge of technology by producing polymers and high-performance plastics that help their customers stay competitive and fresh.

2009-05-22T07:33:00.000-07:00

Be sure to join us Saturday June 13 for the Community Capitalism Picnic at Tony Campolo's farm. There will be wagon rides, bon fire and cookout. This will be a great time to network and learn more about the working groups. Please rsvp by clicking here.

Marketing Working Group by Jennifer McDonald

2009-05-18T19:27:00.000-07:00

The Marketing Working Group will be meeting this Wednesday, May 20 at noon at the Chamber office. We have compiled talking points and will be working to refine the details of these points. We plan to feature these points in the Get "In" Licking County weblinks yet to debut on local websites this summer. These talking points will be available for community leaders to borrow from and plan to offer in a powerpoint for those interested. Other items on the marketing group agenda include press coverage, further development of this blog, community scavenger hunt, and more. Please feel free to join us on Wednesday - we are always looking for new members.

Ohio Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting - by Jennifer McDonald

2009-05-15T06:58:00.000-07:00

Cheri Hottinger and I attended the Ohio Chamber's Annual Meeting this week. The Chamber gave a legislative briefing. You may read the entire briefing, by clicking here. They have a great staff and work very hard at advocating in these areas: taxation, education & workforce, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, environment, energy, health care, small business and grassroots. They are also working with the Ohio Department of Development to institute an internship program that will help develop our state’s next generation of entrepreneurs while helping to ensure that some of Ohio’s brightest and most promising students remain in the state after graduation.

The panelist session brought together a handful of intriguing entrepreneurs. The moderator, John Huston is the Principal of USPrivate Companies, LLC who launched the Ohio TechAngel Fund, did a great job of leading the discussions. Of interest: Baju Shah, President and CEO of BioEnterprise, a business acceleration initative that supports the growth of bioscience companies. Since 200, it has helped more than 80 Cleveland companies that have collectively attracted more than $850 million in new funding. In addition, Bob Kington, the CEO of Toobla (available this June) explained how his new company has created a platform for users to discover, save and share any and all pieces on the Web, save it on Toobla and then share it with Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. (A site I hope to be able to use soon) And finally, Pamela Springer, President of ECNext has been recognized as an industry pacesetter within the online media space having created Manta.com, the ninth largest business information site on the web. Manta provides information on small businesses and lists many Central Ohio businesses. If you own a small business, it would be smart to get yourself listed on this site.

Outcomes By Bob Cullen - Education Support Group Member

2009-05-08T11:08:00.000-07:00

Hallelujah! The election is over. While some schools were successful with their levies (3 winners, maybe 4), others were not (2 losses). I think that our work group should take time to celebrate the victories and reflect on the losses.

Personally, I think that the Community Capitalism Imitative, and our
Education/Community Support Work Group, contributed significantly to the successes.

We need to ask ourselves what was done that helped our schools win -- and what could we have done, or done differently, to help the others.

There are two documents that reflect, in part, the impact of our efforts.
1. A list of letters of support that were published by The Advocate, WCLT and ThisWeek Community News. Some of these were the direct result of our WG, others were influenced by our efforts. I know more letters were written and published by other papers, but I did not track those. While letters are written for every levy election, I don't think the list has ever been this long or this diverse.
2. One of the columns written by The Advocate that supported the levies. I included this one, because it clearly shows impact of our Work Group efforts.
3. Recent article in This Week talking about the impact of the Community Capitalism group.

I am sure that others can expand this list. I think we should take time to talk about our success and document what we have done -- and the impact.

2009-04-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

Community Capitalism Synopsis

Over 1,500 “Community Capitalism” books were distributed to business people in the Licking County area. The book, by Ron Kitchens tells the true-life tale of how the citizens in Kalamazoo, Michigan made bold plans to revitalize and move forward in a failing economy. In Kalamazoo, the leaders realized that talent would come if the community is vibrant and infrastructure is in place, that availability of capital provides a fertile environment for growth, and that great educational opportunities lift the entire region.

The book was given out, not to duplicate the actions of Kalamazoo, but to bring leaders together to discuss how the model may work for Licking County. The open dialogue in the meetings brought out many opportunities for the future of this area, and working groups have been established. See a re-cap of each committee and goals here.

If you want to get more involved, click here for the working group meeting dates. A social networking group has been established, and many group members have joined the group and posted news items and discussions. If you are interested in learning more about this group, join in at www.lc3network.com