Founded in 2010, Choose New Jersey`s mission is to encourage and nurture economic growth throughout New Jersey, with a focus on our urban centers. Through our integrated marketing and business attraction and retention efforts, we stimulate job creation and capital investment. We collaborate with the State`s universities to encourage research, discovery, and innovation. Privately funded, Choose New Jersey is supported by a prominent group of leaders from many of the State`s Fortune 500 and other top companies, labor organizations, associations, and higher education institutions. These organizations represent 1.25 million people, or nearly one-quarter of the State`s private-sector workforce.
For more than 35 years, NeighborWorks America has created opportunities for people to improve their lives and strengthen their communities by providing access to homeownership and to safe and affordable rental housing. In the last five years, NeighborWorks organizations have generated more than $24.5 billion in reinvestment in these communities. NeighborWorks America is the nation`s leading trainer of community development and affordable housing professionals.
Friends of the Children breaks the cycle of generational poverty by giving children facing the highest-risks the ability to create a new story. This brings life transformation to the highest-risk children and tremendous economic impact to our community. Our model is courageous, unique, and proven. We provide each child with a salaried, professional mentor, who we call a Friend, from kindergarten through graduation. 12 ½ years. No matter what. Moving mentoring out of the volunteer realm ensures the quality, consistency, and commitment needed to help the child create a new story and break the cycle of poverty.
A bit of old fashioned small town charm describes our Merrill Community: population 9,651. We are located in North Central Wisconsin in Lincoln County: Mother Natures own bit of place perfection. The four seasons are fully appreciated and offers not only outstanding beauty, but abundant outdoor opportunities. Clean air and water and the natural environment makes Merrill a wonderful place to call home. Our community enjoys a diverse industrial and manufacturing base that includes metals, window, door, packaging and footwear productions. Merrill has new distribution centers as well, due to the location of our infrastructure. We also are home to Church Mutual Insurance Company, the largest insurer of worship centers and Reindl Printing, one of Wisconsin leading printing companies. We have a diverse base of business and welcome your business to the Merrill Area. The City of Merrill Administration is progressive in businesses development and together with the organizations Merrill Area Development Corporation and Lincoln County Economic Development (LCED) they would like to help you locate your business here. LCED Executive Director Bill Bialecki offers free and confidential assistance in the area of financial packaging, site planning and business planning and workforce development to businesses located in Lincoln County and to those seeking to do business here.
Opera Company of Philadelphia is a Philadelphia, PA-based company in the Non-Profit sector.