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Council Accomplishments
 Formed the Community Improvement
Corporation, an entity which approves industrial
revenue bonds (1964);
- Helped initiate the Western Reserve
District of the Ohio Industrial Training Program,
a state-funded organization which assists in the
training of industrial employees (1980);
- Started the SBA 504 loan program
which provides low-cost, fixed rate loans to Lake
County businesses (1983);
- Initiated discussions leading
to the formation of the Lake County Economic Development
Center, created to develop and preserve employment
in Lake County (1984);
- Formed a Lake County chapter of
SCORE (Service Corporation of Retired Executives),
a nonprofit association which provides free management
counseling (1985);
- Initiated the Lake County Visitors
Bureau, designed to attract greater tourism to the
area (1987);
- Initiated the Community Development
Corporation formed to build homes for moderate income
people (1993);
- Initiated workforce development
efforts (1985);
- Created the Annual Legislative
Breakfast held in February and the Economic Forum
held in October;
- Provided seed money for forming
the "Center for Land Use Education" (CLUE),
a resource for development decisions (2000);
- Initiated a county microloan program
with the Economic Development Center and the Board
of Commissioners (2001);
- Created the International
Folk Festival held at Lakeland Community College
(2003);
- Granted funds to the Lake Metroparks Foundation (2004);
- Granted funds to the Lake Communities Corporation for housing rehab (2005)
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