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Coles Together

Angela Griffin, President & CEO

400 Airport Road

Mattoon, Illinois 61938

Ph: (217)258-5627 or (217)348-5627 - Fax:( 217)235-9492

Email: angela@colestogether.com

 

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Bagel Plant 'Unchanged' by Aurora Foods Bankruptcy Plan

Consolidated Buys Texas Firm

Donnelley facility merger could bolster Mattoon business

New TIF Bill a Boost for Coles Development

SHINY FUTURE

Crowd Celebrates ICTC Purchase

U.S.Senator Dick Durbin stresses importance of infrastructure

 CMR to add up to 50 part-time sales agents 

 Jonesboro Trailmobile to reopen / Great Dane has no immediate plans for Charleston Plant 

 Lumpkin's group regains ICTC 

Yosts take over Cougill Manor 

Report on the Healthcare Industry in Coles County

Local scientist developing batteries for military

Departure of passenger service didn’t hurt airport

Biotechnology Program Opens At Lake Land College This Fall

Mattoon Endorses Study of Tax Incentives for Proposed Hotel/Convention Center

Coles Together president: E-commerce will eventually change lives

Coles Population grows more than projected

EIU ranked third lowest in Illinois crime report 

Life of enterprise zones extended by 10 years

Lake Land College Center for Business and Industry Establishes Manufacturing Skills Lab

Planning commission recommends 18 residents for solid waste advisory committee

Some Legislators Working to Extend Enterprise Zone Program Life

Mattoon City Council Accepts Strategic Plan

Coles County Board Accepts Strategic Plan

JG/T-C, Coles Together show off area industry

Strategic Plan, Landfill Study Set for Discussion

Henderson Discusses TIF Law

Aurora Foods First Day of Lender's Ownership

Studies Agree: 1000N Best For Interchange

Former TruServ Distribution Center Sells for $2.9 Million

Coles Together Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

Soybean Processors Purchase Former Vogel Popcorn Facility

HONORS

2003 BESI winner - Mooney Motors

Local company earns Army research award

Boske Named Citizen of the Year by Chamber

Red or Gold the apple goes to Charleston

Madigan Adds Outstanding Citizen to Her List of Awards

Howell Asphalt, Howell Paving get Urban Improvement Award

Gary Barnett, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center President & CEO receives Community Service Award

Mattoon’s Lew Stiff re-elected to the Rural Partners Board of Directors

East Central Illinois Development Corporation BESI Awards

Area Receives Economic Development Award from Gov. Ryan

Local Groups Honored By CCI

Joyce Madigan Receives Woman of Achievement Award

DeBuhr Receives Mattoon Chamber’s Civic Award

Lair Named ‘Outstanding Citizen’ of the year by Chamber

Eugene Bauer  County Board Chairman Resigns

Business Appreciation Day

ECIDC Honors Four Businessmen

Charleston Stone Co. Gets $550,000 State Loan

Charleston Receives Competitive Community Status

Unit 2 Schools Receive Firm's 'What Parents Want Award'

ECIDC Receives $20,000 Marketing Grant

House Bill Includes Funds for New I-57 Interchange

School District Receives "Blue Ribbon" Designation

Coles Together Honors Retiring Board Members

New Business News

Governor Visits Rural King to Announce Expansion 

R R Donnelley & Sons Construction not affected by economy

Convention bureau part of proposed TIF district

Owners of Stoner Products to build facility on Charleston's Rt. 130 

Donnelley's Expanding - $48 million expansion will be one of Mattoon facility's biggest, could create 100 new jobs

The statistics make it clear: Agriculture is big business in Coles Co.

McLeodUSA to Add 100 new positions

U .S. Soy closes deal with tofu maker

Wholesale distribution center under construction at Coles Business Park

Coca-Cola holds open house at Coles Business Park

Wave Graphics Moving Into High Gear with Construction of Large New Facility

Developers Buy Shrine Farmland / Coles Centre Development

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Plant Expansion /

Martha  Stewart Living Magazine Publication 

Rural King Ribbon  Cutting Ceremony

 Forty New Jobs Expected at 

Mattoon Precision Manufacturing 

Coca-Cola Company Moving Distribution Center

Governor Edgar Breaks Ground at Lake Land College

New Building Announced at Coles Business Park

Vesuvius USA Announces Plant Expansion

Consolidated Market Response Opens New Facility

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Expands Work Force

Used with permission from the Mattoon Journal Gazette and the Charleston Times-Courier 

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Coles Together
400 Airport Road
Mattoon, Illinois 61938
(217) 258-5627 FAX (217) 235-9492