Chamber and CEDC
Launch $5,000 Maverick Business Plan Competition for Students
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This fall CEDC and the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce are excited to present The Maverick Challenge – High School Business Planning Competition. This competition will focus on area high school and home schooled students who are juniors and seniors in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
Students will compete individually or on a team of up to three students for a chance to win a grand prize of
$5,000...(more)
Wall Street Journal Calls Columbus, Indiana an "Export
Powerhouse"
Much of the world may be struggling with the economic downturn, but life has been getting better in Columbus, Ind., Kingsport, Tenn., and Waterloo, Iowa. These out-of-the-way places have become trade hot spots as U.S. exports, fueled by the dollar's fall, continue to provide a rare spark in an otherwise gloomy economy. While many economists expect a recent snapback in the value of the dollar and a spreading global slowdown to soften that growth, exports have become a key to greater local prosperity more than at any time in
decades...(more)
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