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Linda Lewis, the Galesburg entrepreneur behind the innovative line of Flipple baby products, will be competing in the Get on the Shelf Contest recently announced by Walmart Stores, Inc. The online competition, will accept video entries of entrepreneurs pitching their products until February 22, 2012. Online voting will then take place March 7 through April 4, 2012, at which point Walmart will name 10 finalists. Three finalists announced at end of April. Go to http://getontheshelf.com to vote.

City of Galesburg Mayor Sal Garza and Mark Blackburn, Chairman of the Galesburg Regional Economic Development Association (GREDA) have continued to meet to discuss community and economic development alignment points and possible collaborative initiatives.

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The city is accepting applications for a number of temporary jobs. Positions include maintenance, golf course workers, lifeguards and swim instructors, softball umpires and scorekeepers, recreation attendants and tennis instructors. Applications may be obtained on the city website but must be turned in at IDES by May 1, 2012.

Galesburg CILA Homes Partnership has asked that its bid for two city-owned tracts of land be withdrawn. The two tracts are located on West First Street and had received bids from an adjacent property owner in addition to the bids from Galesburg CILA Homes Partnership. Council had awarded the bids to Galesburg CILA Homes Partnership at its February 6 meeting. This item will be brought back to the full council for its reconsideration at a future regular council meeting.

City officials were contacted by CAT, late Tuesday via phone of its decision not to locate their manufacturing plant in IL. Mayor Sal Garza, while expressing disappointment in Caterpillar’s decision pointed out that, “This is a very competitive environment for projects like this.Galesburg’s proposal was very competitive, but in the end there were variables beyond our control at play. CAT’s decision in part was based on their desire to locate the plant close to its division HQ in N. Carolina."

Cross-Fire has been awarded an “acceptance letter” from the state of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection. This recognition of Cross-Fire is validation that Tom Maleck’s cutting-edge “thermal destruction technology” is becoming widely accepted – a technology that was created by a Galesburg native and citizen and allows him to work in Florida, an example of how Galesburg businesses are expanding their boundaries.

Aluminum Castings Corp., a sand mold aluminum casting foundry specializing in high quality green sand and air set aluminum castings, is expanding in Galesburg. The company is adding an 11,500 square foot addition to its South Street facility, and investing $2,000,000 in the project. The addition means 16 – 26 new jobs over the next two years. The expansion project is currently underway and expected to be completed by March 15, 2012.

An appreciation and invitation letter to Caterpillar, Inc. This letter ran as a full page ad on Sunday, February 5, 2012 in the Peoria Journal Star newspaper.

The city of Galesburg will run a full page Letter of Appreciation and Invitation to Caterpillar Inc. in Sunday’s Peoria Star Journal. The letter will detail the many assets and advantages a Galesburg site would offer Caterpillar as it conducts a search for a small track type tractor and mini excavator manufacturing site.