The Brag Basket is open! This one is for June 16-18, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone.
What can you share in the Brag Basket?
- introduce yourself
- share some great news from this week
- celebrate progress, even baby steps
- congratulate a friend
- applaud for each other
- confess your undying love for rural places
Want to see some past Brag Baskets and read some past contributions? Here’s the archive.
How do you join in?
Below this post is the comment section. Add your good news there.
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Don’t like to brag? Just share some good news for someone you’re happy for. It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
A young man was recently in our store. He has worked for Fareway grocery store for many years. As we talked, he commented on how great our downtown looks. We did a major street renovation, new sidewalks, lighting, etc. in 2004. Still looking great today. And that’s what he commented on. He’s worked at 9 different smaller towns throughout Iowa, and he says ours looks great. 90% of our buildings are full, a diversity of businesses, great street scape and good looking buildings. I’m on the Historic Preservation Commission, and we had talked about a couple of buildings that desperately needed brick repair, tuck pointing. Shorter story, this project of maintaining, repair, and sprucing up is about to wind up in August of this year. So we are fortunate that these 15 businesses/building owners stepped up to the plate with their own money, and partnered with the CDBG grant money, along with City funds, and financial institutions – all to maintain our downtown business core and it’s buildings.
And then I mentioned to him and some others I talked with later – we need to remind ourselves, and see how we can tout this success story. I have started to tag some of my business Facebook posting with #BeCherokeeIowa.
Mick, I love the positivity that this shows! Congratulations on the many accomplishments you’ve stacked up.
Where is this town! When people put this in the Basket, please put the location. I would like to visit Mick’s town, but?????? Thanks and best wishes to all. Karen
Karen, thanks so much for your enthusiastic support. I love to see our people connecting and visiting. Mick hid the name of his town in code: #BeCherokeeIowa for Cherokee, Iowa.
Good point Karen. Yes Cherokee, Iowa. And another item I have been deeply involved in: CherokeeHistory.OnCell.com. You can take tours of our town through your smartphone, laptop, iPad or tablet, or desktop. Makes a great tool for driving around town, taking the downtown walking tour, or checking out our historic illinois Central railroad depot.
Mick Samsel
34 Years of Crafting Fine Signs and Screen Printing
Creative Services Signs and Screen Printing
221 W. Main St.
Cherokee, Iowa 51012
712-225-2175
Cell:712-261-3823
biz883@mchsi.com