Fiscal Year 2010 Themes and Key Points
The past year marked a time of new and continued challenges but also one filled with amazing opportunities for southwest Minnesota. The recession created both an increased demand for SWIF’s program services and pressure on private and public revenue streams. Collaboration across traditional programmatic lines and practical use of process improvement tools helped SWIF focus on the best use of our resources while leveraging those available to the region.
This overview, as well as the recent edition of Looking Forward, Giving Back, provides a snapshot of SWIF’s work during Fiscal Year 2010 (July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010). The examples show how dedicated leadership and creative partnerships have helped entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, community leaders meet local needs, our youngest children become school ready, high school students connect to future workforce opportunities and southwest Minnesotans give back to the causes they care about most.
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