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July 14, 2021 • Community News - St. Charles County • www.mycnews.com
Voting for Cuivre River Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors and a bylaw proposition opens on July 19 Voting for candidates to fill four, three-year term seats on Cuivre River Electric Cooperative’s (CREC) Board of Directors, and voting on a cooperative bylaw proposition opens on July 19. Candidates are as follows (incumbents have an asterisk following their name): • Lincoln County District 3: David R. Henke Sr., Michael “Mick” Burkemper*, John T. Waddell • Warren County District 2: David Avis, Steve Coffey (no incumbent in this district) • St. Charles County District 1: Bruce Miller, Mark Schulte* • St. Charles County District 5: David Schuler, Dale Anderson*, Darrell Dechant Also on the ballot is a proposition to amend the co-
operative bylaws to allow the board to specifically retire capital credits of inactive members. The voting process is being handled by the independent firm of Survey and Ballot Systems (SBS), based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Candidate bios are available when voting via a secure internet site, by paper ballot, or in person. Bios are also be published in the August issue of Current Times/Rural Missouri. Members may vote online until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 23, or by paper ballot which must be received at SBS by the close of business on Aug. 23. Members also have the option to vote in person at the CREC’s Annual Meeting at 4 p.m. on Aug. 26 at the cooperative’s headquarters in Troy. While members are welcome to attend the Annual Meeting, the meeting will also be streamed live online to view. To access, please visit cuivre.com on Aug. 26. A reminder for members who choose to
attend the meeting in person – the format of the meeting, which was modified in 2019 – means that there will not be any food, entertainment, or registration gifts. However, all members who cast a vote (online, paper, or in person) will be entered into a drawing for free electricity. Attendance at the meeting is not required to be eligible for voting participation prizes; the winners of these prizes will be announced in the week following the meeting. The complete slate of winners will also be posted in CREC’s monthly newsletter, Current Times, on the CREC website, social media channels, and in CREC Connections, the cooperative’s e-newsletter. “There is still an opportunity to win prizes – if you vote,” said Chris Ryan, manager of member services and IT. “Members do not have to attend the annual meeting to win. They simply need to vote.” For further information, contact Ryan at 636-6954831/email cryan@cuivre.com
Milestone opens new corporate headquarters in St. Charles Milestone Equipment Holdings, a national leader in transportation equipment leasing solutions, announced the opening of its new corporate headquarters in the vibrant Streets of St. Charles complex effective June 21. This custom-built office features abundant natural light, an open floor plan and flexible workspaces to support the collaborative culture of the local team. Additionally, it features spacious training and meeting facilities to support the company’s learning and development initiatives and other needs of team members throughout its nationwide branch network. “We are very excited about the move to our
new office and our ability to design it from the ground up,” said Don Clayton, Milestone’s chief executive officer. “We have experienced tremendous growth the past few years, and this move allows us to better meet the current and future needs of our entire team and our customers. Just as importantly, the dynamic environment at the Streets of St. Charles provides a convenient and productive experience for visiting team members and guests, while furthering our efforts to be an employer of choice in our local market.” The address of Milestone’s new corporate headquarters is 1520 S. Fifth Street, Suite 270, St. Charles.
Dardenne Prairie receives prestigious international economic development award The city of Dardenne Prairie recently received the Community Impact award from Business Retention and Expansion International (BREI). BREI has members throughout the United States and Canada whose mission is to, “strengthen the connections between companies and the community while encouraging each business to grow in the community.” The award for Best Business Retention Program for a city under 20,000 residents was awarded to Dardenne Prairie during BREI’s 2021 Annual Conference. The program earning this honor is “Retention Through Relocation” program. “Retention Through Relocation” has successfully gained the trust of many Dardenne Prairie businesses as a problem-solving resource for retention and expansion. The organization measures success by the number of businesses retained or working to find solutions within the community. In addition, they focus on tangible evidence such as follow-up meetings between landlords, city staff, and business owners. Sig-
nificant effort is being expended to identify and categorize possible sites for relocation for effected businesses, along with the network of contacts for each site. “Businesses are always in a state of change and evolution,” explained John Gotway, Mayor of Dardenne Prairie. “To be successful in retaining existing businesses in our community, Dardenne Prairie becomes a team with our local business owners and offers them solutions to their needs. When our community businesses are successful, Dardenne Prairie will remain successful.” Ryan Kelly, Executive Director of Business Retention and Expansion International (BREI), states, “We are very proud of the city of Dardenne Prairie for their work with the ‘Retention Through Relocation’ program. Retaining and growing local businesses is critical to any community, but especially in a post-COVID. Dardenne Prairie exemplifies how economic developers are excelling in supporting their local communities.”
