"You're My Heroes"

From the Constellation of Starke Facebook page:

With Rik Rtzler, Larry Wickert, Dennis Estok, Martin Lucas, Robert Aloi, 

Jeff Berg, Jodi Coblentz, Jacque Ryan, Kristina Pitts and Andrew Rowe.

This may look a little silly but there is a story behind this picture (no we didn't wear these costumes for our whole presentation)

One element of the Stellar process was securing matching funds to ensure that we would be able to realistically support the major projects we were proposing in the Regional Development Plan.

While a good portion of those funds were provided though commitments from the local leaders in our incorporated municipalities, there were also substantial donations offered by philanthropic citizens.

One of those residents from Bass Lake sent Starke County Economic Development Foundation Executive Director Larry Wickert a gift with these and a note that read 'you're my heroes'

As a bit of a shout out to her and all our other donors and supporters we donned the capes and masks after the presentation and snapped a quick pic.

We were honored to have a chance to represent the Constellation of Starke and expand on the RDP in the final step of the Regional Stellar Communities Designation program. The only thing left to do now is eagerly await the announcement on December 5th!