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It is another beautiful day as we head east to Lakeview, our first stop in Lake County. Along the way, we stop briefly at the scenic RA Booth Memorial State Park about 13 miles out of town. It is a great little park featuring big trees and a nice area for eating.

Our meeting in Lakeview is at the Lake County Community and Senior Center in the center of town and across the street from a beautiful stone church. We meet Ronnie Lindsay of Lake County Development (among other organizations) who will be our guide of Lake County. Lake County Development helps small business get started and grow. Ronnie assists with technical assistance and provide information about grant programs for small businesses.

Apparently hospitality doesn’t stop at the County line because Ronnie arrived with mozzarella sticks, mini burritos and grapes for the group. We had another good crowd with about 25 people attending, including a reporter for the local Lake County Examiner. Hopefully, he will write about all the amazing work being done by the nonprofit community in Lakeview! The group represented an impressive mix of organizations including a crew from the local hospital, the Lakeview Community Foundation, the United Prevention Intervention Coalition, Lake County Resource, New Pine Creek Volunteer Fire, and the Lake County Renewable Energy Working Group.

We heard about some of the important issues in Lakeview, including health care and the ballot initiative to support the continuation of a local health district, the need for new equipment for the hospital, developing local energy sources like geothermal heating, and the importance of providing Lakeview’s youth with constructive activities after school. When we left the Senior Center, there was a chill in the air and talk of snow. We would like to thank everyone for attending our Lakeview meeting and sharing with us. We look forward to visiting you again in the future.

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