by lcsiAdmin | Sep 8, 2015 | News
(KPLR) – Today on the Pulse of St. Louis, the topic is freight and jobs. Government and regional officials think the time is right to expand the St. Louis regions freight capacity and have created freight district in response.Officials want make the St. Louis...
by lcsiAdmin | Sep 8, 2015 | News
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Metro East Startup Challenge (MESC), a regional business plan competition for entrepreneurs and startups, officially announced its three cash prize winners today.The top teams of the nine finalists presented their winning...
by lcsiAdmin | Sep 8, 2015 | Media Alert
COUNTY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS AND PARTNERS TO KICK OFF WORKFORCE CAMPAIGN TO LINK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THOUSANDS OF HIGH-PAYING JOBS OPENING UP IN MANUFACTURING AND THE TRADES WHO: Don Vichitvongsa, SunCoke Energy, Chair of the Leadership Council’s...
by lcsiAdmin | Aug 21, 2015 | News
The executive committee of the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois today announced that the Council’s Executive Director for the past three years will be retiring this fall. Ellen Krohne, who took the reins of the economic development organization in July of 2012...
by lcsiAdmin | Aug 21, 2015 | News
By Joseph BustosBelleville News-DemocratThe Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois on Thursday held a forum on the “State of Freight” in the St. Louis region. Mary Lamie, who is leading the regional freight district initiative of Bi-State Development, said the area...