Wall Economic Development Efforts Receive Support from GW
By: Jody Bielmaier, Customer Services Mgr.
Wall Economic Development Committee receives a $5,000 economic development donation from Golden West Telecommunications. Pictured from left to right are Tawney Clark, Judy Olney, and Dave Hahn -Wall Economic Development Committee Members, George Strandell–Golden West General Manager/CEO, Kent Jordan and Dick Johnson–Wall Economic Development Committee Members and Rod Renner–Golden West Board of Director.
Wall, SD—The Wall Economic Development Committee started off the year on a positive note with a $5,000 economic development donation from Golden West Telecommunications.
The funding was made available as part of Golden West’s annual economic development program created to target funds toward projects and programs within its service areas that help enhance or generate local employment opportunities. The 2007 contribution brings the total received over the past decade by the Wall Economic Development Committee to $40,000.
“We’ve said on many occasions that our future as a company continues to rest upon the success of communities like Wall and that’s why we’re excited to help fund this type of project,” said Golden West General Manager/CEO George Strandell.
The project submitted by the Wall Economic Development Committee will see the funds used to assist the Wall School District in any costs with remodeling the Power House (located in the old school facility) that houses the new weight training and cardiovascular equipment accessible to students and community members.
Golden West began in 1916 as a stock company providing telephone service between the communities of Quinn and Interior, SD. The Company has grown over the years to become the largest independent telephone company in South Dakota and the 35th largest telecommunications company in the nation. The Company now employs nearly 350 people statewide offering services ranging from local and long distance telephone service, high-speed and wireless Internet, cable television, 24-hour answering service, Internet help desk, networking services, wholesale Internet services, paging and business phone systems to digital video recorders and security monitoring.
