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Data That We Track, January 2020
  Communities We Serve   The Census provided the 2019 population estimates and so in the November 2019 dataset below, you can see which counties…
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Data That We Track, December 2019
  Communities We Serve   What the October data is showing in terms of jobless rates: Both Michigan and Wisconsin had a one-tenth decrease The…
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Why Give To Northern Initiatives?
I have consistently been charged with stewardship campaigns throughout my church-going life. The message is pretty simple, “if we all do what we can, it…
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Shop Small, Give Back – Holiday Gift Guide
Tis the season for generous gifting, from your mother to the mail carrier, consumers tend to spend the last few weeks of the year frantically…
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Cause Marketing
As the information age has changed business practices, the concept of corporate responsibility has become a factor in the way business owners make decisions about…
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Data That We Track, November 2019
  Communities We Serve   Based on the most recent census data, September was another strong month for the counties we monitor. Jobless rate estimates…
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25 Years of Impact Investing
Twenty-five years ago I was among a group of people, some of whom are still in the field who went to the White House for…
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Data That We Track, October 2019
  Communities We Serve   Summer finally arrived..........   What would have been expected for the summer months finally showed in the August numbers. Every…
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Thin Places
Recently, I heard an NPR story about correspondent Jacki Lyden’s hometown, of Delafield, Wisconsin.  She talked about her memories of that place and particularly the…
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