Coles Together

Coles Together is a non-profit economic development organization for Coles County, Ill. It was founded in 1988 by a partnership between the public and private sectors to provide full-time economic development support for new and existing industry in Coles County.^[1]

Coles Together provides the business tools residents need to start a business or a development within the community. This includes marketing, finance and project packaging.^[1]

The organization has been active in garnering local support for FutureGen, a public-private partnership to build the world’s first near-zero emissions coal-based power plant in Mattoon, Ill. The plant will help boost the local economy and bring jobs to the region.^[2]

The president and CEO of Coles Together is Angela Griffin, with Anthony Pleasant serving as vice president.^[1]

In 2009, the America’s Power Factuality Tour interviewed Angela Griffin to report on FutureGen’s potential impact on the local economy and its role in generating electricity in the United States.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "About: Coles Together". http://www.colestogether.com/aboutct.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
2. ^ "Coles Together seeks prospects with 280 jobs, leaders tell councils". http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2009/06/24/news/doc4a418fb83d20c932469238.txt. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
3. ^ "Video interview with Angela Griffin, CEO and president of Coles Together". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrenksZrt0Y&feature=player_embedded. Retrieved 2009-09-23.