2008 Power & Progress
The Columbus Telegram's Annual Power and Progress section focuses on Going
Green, Technology, Leadership and Agriculture. Click on the links below for
a comprehensive look into the Columbus area.
Most communities have at least one resident visionary who recognizes the potential of evolving technologies.
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Information on virtually any subject is just a click away with today’s technology.
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For many new business ventures from real estate development to golf courses or even the development of private farms, consideration of potentially adverse impacts on the environment need to be carefully considered.
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If the construction trend is going green it is slow building momentum in the Columbus area.
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When you use a coin-operated machine, the circuit board helping to operate that equipment may have been assembled in Columbus.
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Flooding along the Shell Creek Valley last spring may have lowered yields in some farm fields, but it didn’t slow a trend of area farmers planting more acres of corn to take advantage of high prices.
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From learning computer basics to developing industrial automation skills, technology at Central Community College-Columbus is helping people gain the abilities to succeed today.
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Alan Circo gives a thumb’s up to Jim sitting at the wheel of a forklift, busy hauling electrical products around the EGS Electrical Group/Appleton plant, and stops to chat with Phyllis, an award-winning pie baker in her free time, walking across the production floor.
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Columbus area recyclers have a variety of outlets and opportunities throughout the year to lessen their impact on the environment and help the city’s financial bottom line at the same time.
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Farming is not for the faint of heart. Farmers can be meticulous in crafting their production and financial plans for the year only to have Mother Nature throw them a curveball. A rainy spring planting season or searing summer heat can waylay painstakingly laid plans.
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If you are looking to make purchases that are more environmentally friendly, look no further than local supermarket shelves.
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Claude Chatterton is most recognized in Columbus as the president and CEO of Columbus Community Hospital (CCH), but few people here know the man who has turned many corners throughout his life.
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Cargill Meat Solutions in Schuyler serves up new technology on the production lines at the company’s Schuyler plant on a regular basis.
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Fuel efficient vehicles are helping to drive the local vehicle market, but price and scarcity, not environmental consciousness, are limiting the number of potential consumers.
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Heather Buttaro’s household motto growing up has served her well in her position of director of Keep Columbus Beautiful.
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COLUMBUS — Seed selection once consisted of farmers collecting seeds from the current crop for next year’s planting.
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The main office of one of Columbus’ most successful global businesses was housed, until recently, in the typical bedroom of a teenager looking forward to college in the fall.
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