by Weston White | Apr 28, 2022 | Blog, News
The Metro East Levee System, which consists of five levees in Madison, St. Clair, and Monroe Counties, has been given its final letter of accreditation from FEMA for the 100-year level. In August of 2007, FEMA announced its intention to de-accredit the levees, which...
by Weston White | Jan 7, 2022 | Blog, News
The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Kyle Anderson to the position of Executive Director, effective February 1. Anderson is CEO of the Greater Gateway Association of REALTORS®, where he oversees and manages...
by Bruce McLaughlin | Aug 18, 2021 | Blog
I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” – Rabindranath Tagore “You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.” – Samuel Beckett “Life is either a...
by Bruce McLaughlin | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog
“Failure is not an option” – Gene Krantz (Chief Flight Director during the Apollo 13 crisis) “You must accept that you might fail: then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a...
by lcsiAdmin | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog
Illinois Extension’s Local Government Education program has, for over a year, partnered with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Illinois Office of Broadband, and the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, in outreach aimed to extend critical...
by lcsiAdmin | Jun 28, 2021 | Blog
The Covid 19 virus has resulted in many parents and educators concerned that our children have lost a year academically because of school and other closures. As a response to those concerns, the Illinois Ambassadors of the “Learn the Signs, Act Early” program (an...
