Kuwongolera: M'nkhani yapitayi, gulu la Caster Concepts Corporate Impact Award linadziwika molakwika kuti Michigan Public Service Commission.MPSC, woyang'anira boma pazantchito ndi matelefoni, sanachite nawo mwambowu.Michigan Public Works Board idapereka mphothoyi limodzi ndi Bwanamkubwa Gretchen Whitmer.
Awa ndi mawu omwe Bill Dobbins amasankha kukhala Purezidenti wa kampani yopanga zopanga za Albion ya Caster Concepts.
Yakhazikitsidwa ndi bambo ake Richard m'ma 1980s, kampaniyo imapanga zodzigudubuza za mafakitale ndi mawilo osiyanasiyana.Zomwe zidayamba ndi ogwira ntchito atatu okha m'malo ogwirira ntchito a 6,000-square-foot m'tawuni ya Palma zakula mpaka antchito 120 ndi ma workshop angapo, kuphatikiza malo a 70,000-square-foot-foot kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa mzinda wa Palma.
Kukula kwakukulu kwa kampaniyi kwatanthauzanso kukula kwa Albion, pomwe a Dobbins amayang'ana kwambiri kuyika ndalama pazaumoyo ndi thanzi la ogwira nawo ntchito, maphunziro a ana ndiukadaulo, komanso kukonzanso anthu ammudzi kuti apititse patsogolo chuma cham'deralo kudzera m'manja mwa kampaniyo, Caster Cares.
Pozindikira zoyesayesa izi, Bwanamkubwa Gretchen Whitmer ndi Michigan Public Works Board posachedwapa atcha Caster Concepts Wopambana Mphotho ya 2022 Corporate Impact.
"Kwa dziko, pozindikira kuti izi ndi zapadera, ndikuganiza kuti zimalimbitsa zomwe tikuchita," adatero Dobbins."Ndikuganiza kuti ndizofunikira.Kuzindikiridwa sikumatherapo.Kuzindikiridwa kumatsimikizira kuti tikuchita zoyenera pamalo oyenera panthawi yoyenera. ”
Kampaniyo inali m'modzi mwa anthu 45, mabizinesi, ndi osapindula omwe adalandira kuvomerezedwa mwantchito yawo mdera lawo pamwambo wa mphotho wa Novembara 17 ku Fox Theatre ku Detroit.
"Michigan ikuchita bwino chifukwa anthu aku Michigan akuchita zonse zomwe angathe kuti atumikire madera awo ndikulimbikitsa ena," adatero a Gov. Whitmer m'mawu ake.Kupereka kamodzi kokha kungakhale ndi chiyambukiro chachikulu. ”
Atakhala ku likulu la kampaniyo pamtambo wa Disembala m'mawa, Dobbins adavomereza kuti Albion adakumana ndi mavuto azachuma.
"Sizosiyana ndi mizinda yambiri ku Midwest, kumene mizinda yotukuka imapanga chuma kudzera m'makampani oyambirira opanga zinthu, ndiyeno (makampani amenewo) amasamukira kunja, kusintha, kusamuka kapena chilichonse pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana," adatero Dobbin.S. anati."Albion anali asanakonzekere kutha kwake ... katundu wamba m'deralo anali atapita, chifukwa chake ndalama m'deralo zidatha."
Kufalikira kwa anthu ammudzi komwe kunakhala Caster Cares kudayamba m'chilimwe cha 2004. Pozindikira mwayi wopuma moyo watsopano m'deralo, banja la a Dobbins mosavomerezeka linalanda gulu la Victory Park Band Shell, kukonzanso nyumbayi, ndikuyambitsa Swingin' pa. mndandanda wa makonsati aulere a Shell.
"Kwa zaka 18, zinali chabe 'Hei, tikuganiza kuti titha kuchita izi,'" Dobbins adatero za zoyesayesa za kampaniyo.“Kodi pamapeto pake zidzapita kuti?Sindikudziwa, ndikungoganiza kuti zibweretsa zotsatira zabwino.
Pazaka zisanu zapitazi, mgwirizano wa Caster Concepts wasamuka ndikutsegula mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono asanu ndi awiri ku Albion, kuphatikiza malo ophika buledi, Foundry Bakehouse ndi Deli ndi Superior Street Mercantile, msika wodziyimira pawokha kwa ogulitsa m'deralo.
Kampaniyo yayikanso ndalama m'nyumba zatsopano, kuphatikiza Peabody Apartments ndi Brick Street Lofts, kuti akope anthu atsopano ndikukweza mitengo ya katundu.
Mu 2019, kampaniyo idakhazikitsa INNOVATE Albion, bungwe lophunzitsa zaukadaulo lopanda phindu, kuti lipange payipi yaukadaulo ndi uinjiniya wamabizinesi aku Michigan.Kampaniyo idagula ndikukonzanso Kachisi wa Masonic wazaka 100, wokhala ndi nsanjika zitatu kuti akhazikitse pulogalamuyi, ndi makalasi apamtima kuyambira chilimwe cha 2020.
Caroline Herto, mwana wamkazi wa Dobbins komanso wamkulu wa INNOVATE, adati zopanda phindu, zomwe zimakhala ndi mapulogalamu omaliza kusukulu komanso makalasi achilimwe, cholinga chake ndikuwonetsa ophunzira a K-12 ku ntchito zosiyanasiyana zapamwamba komanso zapamwamba.ku Albion.
"Cholinga chomaliza ndichoti ndikhale ndi chibwenzi ndi wophunzira ku sukulu ya kindergarten ndipo ndili ndi maphunziro omwe angapitirize kuphunzira komanso zomwe angapitirize kuchita nawo mpaka atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale," adatero Herto.yemwe amagwiranso ntchito ngati nthumwi ya anthu.za Caster Concepts.
Zopanda phindu zikupitiriza kuwonjezera makalasi, zakhala zikuyenda bwino pothandizira magulu a robotics a pulayimale ndi apakati pakali pano, ndipo akukonzekera kuthandizira magulu ambiri, kuphatikizapo kusukulu ya sekondale, posachedwa.
Kupyolera mu Albion Community Foundation, INNOVATE Albion iperekanso ulendo waulere kwa ana onse a giredi 4 ku Marshall Public School.
"Ngati titha kupeza mwana kuti apite kumunda ndikuwapangitsa chidwi, ndiyeno kutumiza kunyumba zidziwitso za INNOVATIVE Albion kapena robotics, tikuyembekeza kuti adzabweranso kudzagwirizana nafe pulogalamu yakunja kapena yachilimwe," adatero Herthor.anati ."Atha kulowa nawo gululi ndikupitiliza kulumikizana ndi akatswiri azamakampani ndi gulu lathu la alangizi kuti aphunzire za ntchito ndi ntchito komanso momwe zilili."
Ngakhale akupitilizabe kuyika ndalama zambiri m'gulu la anthu, Caster Concepts akudziperekanso kulimbikitsa thanzi ndi moyo wa ogwira nawo ntchito.
Kuti izi zitheke, kampaniyo nthawi zonse imagula matikiti opita ku Boma Theatre ndikugawa kwa antchito ndi mabanja awo.Imagawiranso ma voucha a mabuku a $50 ku malo ogulitsa mabuku a Stirling Books & Brew ndipo imalimbikitsa thanzi ndi thanzi pogula zinthu kuchokera kwa alimi am'deralo ndikugulitsa msika waulere wa alimi okhawo.
"Chomwe ndimakonda pazomwe Caster amachita ndikuti amabweretsa anthu onse pamodzi ndikutibweretsa pamodzi m'njira yapadera," adatero Herto."Ma vocha ndi ma vocha amakanema omwe ndi abwino kwa mabanja ... kuwapatsa mwayi wogawana ndi kusangalala limodzi."
Kampaniyo ikuperekanso makadi a gasi opitilira $40,000 kwa ogwira ntchito mu 2022 kuti athandizire kuchepetsa kukwera kwamitengo yamafuta, ndipo ogwira ntchito akuthandizira madera mwakufuna kwawo kukonzanso mapaki, ma positi ofesi komanso maholo amzindawu.
"Mukapeza zambiri, ziyembekezo ndi zazikulu kwa inu," adatero Dobbins."Ndikuganiza kuti abambo anga amayembekezera kuti ife, bizinesi yomwe adapanga ali ndi zaka 67, tipanga cholowa chotengera malo antchito abwino, malo otetezeka, malo omwe mungakwaniritse maloto anu (ogwira ntchito)… ... adzasangalala nazo zonse.”
Nthawi yotumiza: Feb-02-2023