Who will you see at the McDonough CEO Trade Show on May 5? Meet Anna Dixon and her business Grandma’s Homemade Ice Cream! Anna is a high school junior at Trinity Academy and her ...

Mark your calendars 🗓️✨ CEO Trade Show is only 2 weeks away! Come shop, support, and see all our hard work! 📍 Spoon River Community Outreach Center 🗓 May 5 | 5–7 PM

“What looks little from the outside is a big network on the inside.” We also had the opportunity, recently, to visit McDonough Power Cooperative. We learned more about the cooperative ...

One of the key cooperative principles is ‘concern for community’ - and McDonough Telephone Cooperative - MTC demonstrates that through a lot of initiatives - including investment in ...

A business with a mission: Cole Street Coffee House house doesn't just pour coffee, it pours back into the community. Every month, a new beneficiary is chosen to receive the tips ...

It started with a vision to create a space for local vendors - to be shopped year-round. 309 Marketplace truly is the “key to something local”, as we learned during a visit to this ...

Schuld/Bushnell, aka Bushnell Tank: grain bin manufacturer, and host of McDonough County CEO's last home base during the year. Since early March, we've been using their community room ...

Want to help Carlee get a few more followers for her sourdough bread business? Go check out her page!

No April fools in CEO - just awesome students pitching their businesses. What a great morning! Today, McDonough County CEO had the privilege of hosting our area's 4th annual Regional ...

We had a great time hosting this year’s Regional Pitch Competition!

When you get invited to join another CEO Program for a visit - you go! Thanks to Hancock County CEO Class for welcoming us over, and to the Huls family for showing us just how ...

Banker Day: a key component of the CEO Program, and an important step toward the trade show. Business plans have been drafted, edited, and refined. Numbers have been crunched. These ...