The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the Executive Director of the Christian County Economic Development Corporation, at their weekly meeting at the Taylorville Moose Lodge on Tuesday.

Dick Adams was hired February First of this year as the new Executive Director, succeeding long-time Director Mary Renner who retired.  Adams, a former 2-term mayor of the City of Taylorville, gave a history of the organization dating back to the late 80’s when the county organized a committee to ultimately attract the prison to the county.

Adams said the organization’s current efforts are to put together a plan with the support of some 70 volunteers in several different categories of business in the county, asking for their help with economic development efforts.  Part of this will be marketing the new Taylorville Industrial Park, the Pana Industrial Park, and all communities large and small in the county, with the goal of attracting more jobs.

Adams said enlisting local industries to ask their suppliers to locate here, was a winning formula in the past, and he wants to follow that template again.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.