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Great River Region announces LoveToHaveYouBack.com
For the Daily Gate City
The Great River Region's Love to Have You Back Web site at www.LoveTo HaveYouBack.com explains why Lee, Des Moines, Henry and Louisa counties, also known as the Great River Region, is a great place to live.
The Web site, which also invites former residents back home again, includes information about job opportunities, support for entrepreneurs, the education systems and much more.
Testimonials from individuals who have moved home to the region also are featured on the site, along with a calendar of upcoming Young Professionals events.
Take the Conn siblings for example.
Third generation Keokukians Tony, Mary Pat and Jimmy Conn all moved back to the Great River Region this fall to pursue new endeavors.
Their story is featured on the LoveToHaveYouBack Web site and highlights the opportunities and quality of life that help individuals make the decision to move back to the Great River Region.
The Conn kids spent their elementary and high school years in Keokuk, then moved away to college and careers elsewhere.
Their mother, Mae Conn, longtime Keokuk business woman and Conn matriarch (there are seven children total), has her children home for the holidays this year without the travel.
Tony Conn returned home to take the reins of his mother's business, Conn Communications, with offices in several Tri-State Area cities.
Having graduated from Cardinal Stritch in 1980, Tony graduated from St. Ambrose College in Davenport and then entered Officers Candidate School.
After serving as an officer in Korea and Germany, he returned to Fort Leonardwood, Mo., as company commander.
Tony recently moved to the Keokuk area from Johnston, where he was working in technical sales for a chemicals manufacturer.
Since his school days, he has remained in contact with good friends from Keokuk, and is delighted that his new career allows him to live closer to family and friends.
Mary Pat Conn is in the process of opening a new business, The Alley Cat, Keokuk's newest full service salon for men and women.
Having previously owned a salon in Keokuk, Mary Pat moved to the Quad Cities some years ago. Now back home in Keokuk, her “new” building, 14 S. Fourth St., located in Keokuk's Historic District, has been renovated for her new business.
Mary Pat has moved back to the same Keokuk neighborhood she lived in when she was in school.
She has always loved Keokuk and the Mississippi River and is delighted to be able to, once again, call Keokuk “home.”
Jimmy Conn and his wife, Jennifer, are the most recent members of the Conn family to move to the area, having previously lived in North Liberty. Jimmy will manage Mae Conn's retail operations - The Mayfly in Nauvoo, Ill., and the newly opened Samuel's, 1020 Broadway, in Hamilton, Ill.
Jimmy and Jennifer are graduates of Iowa State University. The couple and their two children are very nature oriented, and all four enjoy hiking in the great outdoors.
Individuals who access the LoveToHaveYouBack Web site are invited to request more information be mailed to them. When they request information, they'll be entered into a drawing for a Welcome Home gift. Gift winners will be announced Jan. 5.
Anyone with loved ones who have moved away also are invited to visit the site and ask for information to be sent to someone they'd love to see move home.
Those who are interested in further discussing opportunities in the Great River Region are invited to contact a representative of the Great River Region using the following contact information: Great River Region Partnership, 610 N. Fourth St., Suite 200, Burlington, IA 52601; 319-752-2731 ext. 5385; 319-759-3225; or lovetohaveyouback@greatriverregion.com.
This campaign is sponsored by the Great River Region and the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
The Great River Region's Love to Have You Back Web site at www.LoveTo HaveYouBack.com explains why Lee, Des Moines, Henry and Louisa counties, also known as the Great River Region, is a great place to live.
The Web site, which also invites former residents back home again, includes information about job opportunities, support for entrepreneurs, the education systems and much more.
Testimonials from individuals who have moved home to the region also are featured on the site, along with a calendar of upcoming Young Professionals events.
Take the Conn siblings for example.
Third generation Keokukians Tony, Mary Pat and Jimmy Conn all moved back to the Great River Region this fall to pursue new endeavors.
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The Conn kids spent their elementary and high school years in Keokuk, then moved away to college and careers elsewhere.
Their mother, Mae Conn, longtime Keokuk business woman and Conn matriarch (there are seven children total), has her children home for the holidays this year without the travel.
Tony Conn returned home to take the reins of his mother's business, Conn Communications, with offices in several Tri-State Area cities.
Having graduated from Cardinal Stritch in 1980, Tony graduated from St. Ambrose College in Davenport and then entered Officers Candidate School.
After serving as an officer in Korea and Germany, he returned to Fort Leonardwood, Mo., as company commander.
Tony recently moved to the Keokuk area from Johnston, where he was working in technical sales for a chemicals manufacturer.
Since his school days, he has remained in contact with good friends from Keokuk, and is delighted that his new career allows him to live closer to family and friends.
Mary Pat Conn is in the process of opening a new business, The Alley Cat, Keokuk's newest full service salon for men and women.
Having previously owned a salon in Keokuk, Mary Pat moved to the Quad Cities some years ago. Now back home in Keokuk, her “new” building, 14 S. Fourth St., located in Keokuk's Historic District, has been renovated for her new business.
Mary Pat has moved back to the same Keokuk neighborhood she lived in when she was in school.
She has always loved Keokuk and the Mississippi River and is delighted to be able to, once again, call Keokuk “home.”
Jimmy Conn and his wife, Jennifer, are the most recent members of the Conn family to move to the area, having previously lived in North Liberty. Jimmy will manage Mae Conn's retail operations - The Mayfly in Nauvoo, Ill., and the newly opened Samuel's, 1020 Broadway, in Hamilton, Ill.
Jimmy and Jennifer are graduates of Iowa State University. The couple and their two children are very nature oriented, and all four enjoy hiking in the great outdoors.
Individuals who access the LoveToHaveYouBack Web site are invited to request more information be mailed to them. When they request information, they'll be entered into a drawing for a Welcome Home gift. Gift winners will be announced Jan. 5.
Anyone with loved ones who have moved away also are invited to visit the site and ask for information to be sent to someone they'd love to see move home.
Those who are interested in further discussing opportunities in the Great River Region are invited to contact a representative of the Great River Region using the following contact information: Great River Region Partnership, 610 N. Fourth St., Suite 200, Burlington, IA 52601; 319-752-2731 ext. 5385; 319-759-3225; or lovetohaveyouback@greatriverregion.com.
This campaign is sponsored by the Great River Region and the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
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