Volunteers are the backbone of any community that is thriving and progressing. I look around at the projects that West Frankfort has taken on in the last few years and I am simply amazed. Young and old, skilled and unskilled, business and churches have come together to accomplish projects not for themselves but for others. […]
On Collaboration and Connect SI, by Rex Duncan
Permit me to speak from the heart. I love this collaboration stuff, and I don’t mind sharing that sentiment with the world. The Southern Illinois Coal Belt Champion Community was formed in 2002 when we learned that our communities weren’t going to become an federal empowerment zone. Disappointed? Of course! We busted our butts on […]
Denning Township: A Trip Back in Time by Nancy Bundy
Recently I attended a meeting of an area group, the Southern Illinois Coal belt Champion Community, which was held at the Orient No. 2 property north of West Frankfort, on Route 37. The SICCC is, in my opinion, one of the best groups in this area for uniting the efforts of counties and communities of […]
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