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2017 | In Focus | November 2017
Pride in its Past, Faith in its Future
Waseca County, MN

Waseca County, with its population of close to 19,000 people, is comprised of the four cities of Janesville, New Richland, Waldorf, and Waseca. The county seat of Waseca has a population of approximately 9,500. The county is situated in the Southern Minnesota Lakes Region in south central Minnesota and has the U.S. highways 13 running north to south and 14 running east to west. Highway 14 intersects with Interstate 35 at the city of Owatonna, seventeen miles east of Waseca. The Interstate 35 takes commuters to the state capital of Saint Paul and its adjacent most populous city Minneapolis, about an hour from Waseca.

2017 | In Focus | November 2017
Small Town, Big Vision
City of Siloam Springs, AR

by Robert Hoshowsky

The City of Siloam Springs, in Benton County, Arkansas, located in the very Northwest corner of the state, has a storied history going back almost two hundred years and continues to be a thriving center for business, residents and tourists long after its founding in 1835.

2017 | In Focus | November 2017
Authentic Florida
City of Fort Myers, FL

by Jessica Ferlaino

The city of Fort Myers in the state of Florida is known as the “City of Palms.” It has approximately eighty thousand residents, while Lee County has approximately six hundred and sixty thousand residents. However, Fort Myers is projected to have at least two hundred thousand residents by the year 2037, making it one of the fastest growing municipalities in the United States.

2017 | In Focus | November 2017
A Global Destination for Everyone
City of Kissimmee, FL

by Pauline Muller

Contrary to how amorous the name may appear at first, Kissimmee’s roots are firmly buried in the Native American language of the famous Seminole tribe of Florida. The exact meaning has been debated for many years, but what we do know is that the city was named after the Kissimmee River – its lifeblood and the gateway to southern Florida before the railways were established.

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