The Committees
| Job Retention & Expansion |
Focus: To retain jobs while expanding the opportunity to create more jobs and increase the income levels for the population of our county.
- Industrial/High Tech jobs
- New Business Recruitment
- Local Expansions
- Attracting and assisting entrepreneurs
| Culture, Arts & Leisure |
Focus: To enhance, support and promote county wide cultural activities, recreation and entertainment.
- Create programs to elevate young peoples interest in culture & arts
- Designate a weekend to focus on all arts in Effingham county
- Encourage field trips for students to view art exhibits
- Meet the artists events
| Community Values |
Focus: To embody the spirit and values that make Effingham County a great place to live and enhance those elements that contribute to a healthy, productive and thriving community.
- Spass Mit Gute! (Fun with Kindness)
- Utilize media and county wide presentations to promote values and attitudes
- Recognize acts of kindness
- Be cheerleaders of community growth projects?
| Education |
Focus: To build a culture in Effingham County that encourages residents to become lifelong learners.
- Creating interest in education
- Building life long learning opportunities
- Creating the community as a classroom through effective utilization of resources
- Developing facilitation among all educational institutions, including grade school, high school, community college, universities (EIU, U of I), vocational education
- Creating drug free school environments
- Increasing parental education and involvement in school systems
- Creating and encouraging curriculum to meet the current and future needs of our community
- Creating and implementing business & entrepreneurial curriculum
- Incorporate vocational education curriculum?
| Retail & Tourism |
Focus: To promote Effingham County's retail shopping and tourism opportunities and to make Effingham County a destination for shopping, tourism and fun.
- Promote an atmosphere of cooperation among the retailers and tourism community
- Work with county groups to promote and improve festivals, historic sites and events
- Create a major county-wide festival?
| Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Governance |
Focus: To improve Effingham County's infrastructure, while protecting our natural resources, which will enhance the quality of life for citizens in Effingham County.
- Improve the 9-1-1 system in Effingham County through better signage and education programs
- Review the process of county land use planning which will promote economic growth and influence the quality of life for county residents?
| Health Care |
Focus: To make Effingham county a place where healthy lifestyles dominate and are the norm with a wellness and fitness culture throughout.
- Effingham County as a regional healthcare destination
- Effingham County communities actively encourage exercise, nutrition and healthy lifestyles