Get out your 2008 calendars and mark down these important dates:

• April 16-18, 2008: Administrators Spring Training in Bloomington, IL.
• September 10-12, 2008: Fall conference in East Peoria, IL.

Long time IEZA member and Economic Development colleague Mike Pierceall has moved employment from The Alliance of Edwardsville/Glen Carbon to Carbondale. The Alliance’s loss will be Carbondale’s gain. Mike’s accomplishments couldn’t have been stated any better than in the article written by Kerry L. Smith in the “Illinois Business Journal.” The article (follows just below) is a great tribute to Mike, and after receiving permission we decided to put the article on the IEZA web page. I hope you will enjoy it as much as we did. Mike, you will always be a part of our group and we look forward to continuing to work with you!
Betty Steinert, President, IEZA

At the end of July, the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon community said "so long" to one of its most valuable professionals and wished him the very best as he headed further south to continue his economic development and planning career in Carbondale.

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JACKSONVILLE, IL – Jacksonville Mayor Ron Tendick, Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corporation (JREDC) President Terry Denison, and AGI Media Plant Manager Matt Dickman are very happy to announce another expansion at the AGI Media facility.