Includes ABC Award and Forces Under 40 recognitions
The public is invited to join Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community for the third annual Community Appreciation Night event to be held Tuesday, March 28, at 7 pm at the Greene County High School Performing Arts Center.
Doors open at 6:30 pm for hors d’oeuvres served by Ram Restaurant culinary arts students.
The evening will feature some highlights from Main Street in 2022, updates on local happenings from Abby McConnell with experiencejeffersoniowa.com, Teresa Green and Brett Abbotts on the Greene County Career Academy, Jolene Peters with Art on the Fly and her 2022 Challenge Grant, Margaret Hamilton with the Greene County animal shelter, and Shirley Haupert with Greene County ARC food pantry and its new solar project.
A new addition to the evening will be “Forces Under 40”, a recognition of community leaders under the age of 40 who were nominated by fellow citizens. The inaugural class will be made up of Bonnie Silbaugh, Tracy Deal, and Philip Heisterkamp.
The finale of the night will be the announcement of the 2022 Above and Beyond the Call (ABC) award winner, presented by last year’s winner, Sid Jones. Following the announcement there will be a dessert reception in the Commons to congratulate and celebrate the new ABC Award winner.
The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to park in the south parking lot and enter the south doors.
