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▶️Does your community need a helping hand celebrating? Reach out to us today by emailing kelsey@kandiyohi.com. ◀️ KCED is here to help your community celebrate. Earlier in the summer Marketing and Communications Specialist, Kelsey Olson, helped at Kandi is Dandy Days 🌞 Kandiyohi Community Club (pictured below) and also has helped with planning for New London WaterDays 🌊
Reminder: Listening Session for Family Child Care Providers Tomorrow, Thursday, June 11th What: Provide feedback on proposed new child care licensing standards Who: Providers, Parents, Employers and Business Owners! The availability of child care effects everyone. Hear concerns to support providers When: Thursday, June 11th | 5 pm (dinner) 6 pm - 8 pm (listening session) Where: MinnWest Technology Campus in the Sibley Auditorium. To access the Sibley Auditorium, please park in Lot L and enter the 1800 Building through door #2. See details for map You do not need to be present the whole time. Registration encouraged, please register if you'll be having a meal. You can still attend if not registered. Register now:
KCED Joint Powers Board has offered the Executive Director position to Patrick O'Rourke, with negotiations to follow. Read the full story, written by the West Central Tribune, here:
A few weeks ago, KCED staff attended the annual Economic Development Association of Minnesota (EDAM) summer conference held in St. Cloud. A final 'annual' picture with economic development friend, Paul Gorte, soon to be retired Economic Development Director from the City of East Grand Forks, MN. Thanks to Paul for his service in economic development and to everyone who helped organized the EDAM conference!
Members of the public are welcome to attend a Meet and Greet and the interviews of the candidates for the KCED Executive Director position. When: Monday, July 8 😎 What: Meet & Greet at 8:00 - 9:30 am Interviews begin at 1:15 pm Where: Galleries 1 and 2 of the Willmar Conference Center at 240 23rd Street SE, Willmar A bus tour with invited stakeholders and the candidates will take place in between the Meet & Greet and Interviews.
Southwest Minnesota child care providers and child care champions, please register by July 3 to attend a listening session and share your feedback on the draft licensing standards for child care providers. Details online at http://swifoundation.org/listening-sessions-for-draft... 💻VIRTUAL Child Care Centers: noon to 2 p.m. on Monday, July 8, 2024 Family Child Care: 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, July 8, 2024 🚘IN-PERSON Child Care Centers: Granite Falls, 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Family Child Care: Worthington, 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, 2024 *Family Child Care: Willmar, 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 11, 2024* For in-person events: Registration at 5 p.m., Dinner at 5:15 p.m., Program begins promptly at 6 p.m. Please note that you do not need to arrive before 5:45 p.m. if it doesn’t work for your schedule. Dinner is optional. *Thank you Southwest Initiative Foundation for this original post*
