There’s an “underground” organization in Temple with the sole mission of making their community a more beautiful place to live.

Keep Temple Beautiful (KTB), an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful, works tirelessly to ensure that Temple citizens can be proud of where they live. Often, their work takes place behind the scenes, as they coordinate with the city, the state, and community action groups to battle litter, educate on recycling and environmental impact, and create privately funded programs for beautifying our public spaces.

KTB challenges citizens to get involved. Their redesigned Keep Temple Beautiful website and Facebook page provide a link between residents and what the organization is doing. KTB’s programs are funded entirely by donations.
Find out more about what citizens are doing, and what you can do in Temple. Fresh off the press is the Interactive Temple Community Profile published by CommunityLink in cooperation with the Temple Chamber of Commerce.

Community Profile, Temple, Texas

As community marketers we get to work with people from all over the country, and we’ve found that there are interesting people everywhere. The people you see every day on the bus, in the grocery store, and even in your own home are each unique in their own way and have unique experiences to share. More than anything else, it’s the combination of these distinct characters and their experiences that make a community special.

But sometimes you have to look hard and listen closely to find these great stories if you’re looking in from the outside. Occasionally, you’ll hear one from a stranger at a coffee shop when you’re passing through, but let’s face it, unless you spend all of your time there, you aren’t really going to hear many of the great stories that these communities have to tell.

That’s why we’ve created the CommunityLink CLOUD. Unlike a cloud in the sky looking down from high above or the puff from a Montecristo that can sometimes fog the view, Our CLOUD (CommunityLink Online Uber Directory) provides a ground level look at communities to give you a clear view of what they have to offer. We have thousands of resources relating to communities throughout the U.S. and we’ve taken all that data, including up-close stories in many cases, and put them together in an information cloud on the World Wide Web.

Included in the CommunityLink CLOUD are articles of interest, community publications in digital form, weather, demographics, photos, videos, current news, twitter feeds, relocation information, links to resourceful community websites, points of interest, maps, and other useful information. Not only does our CLOUD respond to your computer queries, but if you are on your mobile, you can still have the luxury of viewing the same information. And best of all, if your community isn’t in the CommunityLink Cloud yet, you – or anyone – can add a resourceful link and it will begin appearing.

Without further ado, we introduce to you the CommunityLink Cloud – Check it out!

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Community Profile, Stories, Tennessee

Summerville acquired its name because plantation owners and Charleston residents escaped to the region’s pine forests and dry, sandy ridges to avoid summer’s scorching temperatures, swamp fevers, and insects. Summerville’s climate gained worldwide attention in the late 1800s when physicians attending The Tuberculosis Congress in Paris named the town one of the two best areas in the world for the cure of lung and throat diseases. Several inns and vacation homes sprang up to accommodate those seeking the cure. The region’s Pine Forest Inn served as something of a winter White House for Presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. (more…)

Community Profile, Stories, Tennessee

Portage County, WI Community Profile & Relocation Guide

Technology and industry in Central Wisconsin benefit from the area’s commitment to economic development and an exceptional education system, including Mid-State Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The UWSP Small Business Development Center is key in helping new businesses get started in the region and existing businesses make decisions that help them grow and prosper.

Businesses in Central Wisconsin also benefit from the region’s close proximity to major urban areas — Chicago, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Green Bay are each within a half-day’s drive. But there are several more reasons business and industry leaders choose Portage County and the surrounding area:

Central Wisconsin has a dedicated and skilled workforce. The region has one of the lowest cost of living indices in the country. UW-Stevens Point ranks consistently in the Top 10 Public Universities in the Midwest, according to U.S. News and World Report.

Growing Industries. Once dominated by the paper industry, Central Wisconsin has diversified and become a prime destination for companies in the technology, environmental, health care, and manufacturing fields.

Statewide, wind energy is a growing industry. Wisconsin manufacturers produce and supply more than 7,000 components required to make a wind turbine. Wisconsin is also a leader in the plastics industry. The emerging medical devices sector is a big part of Wisconsin’s biotechnology and health care sectors.

Of course, the stalwarts of Central Wisconsin’s economy are the agriculture, food processing, and forest product industries. Wisconsin’s forest product industry employs more than 70,000 people, while Wisconsin’s dairy business generates a much greater economic impact than the citrus industry in Florida and the potato industry in Idaho.

Find out more about Portage County and Central Wisconsin in Portage County’s Chamber of Commerce Community Profile and Relocation Guide. Published by CommunityLink.

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