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Elma Area Community Foundation
Mailings to P.O. Box 1176Waterloo, IA 50704
Phone: 319-287-9106
Fax: 319-287-5015
Website: http://www.cfneia.org/Affiliates/ElmaArea/Grants.aspx
Fax: 319-287-5015
Email:
The Elma Area Community Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization established to make grants available which support Elma Area projects, now and in the future.
Visit our site to learn more about our committee members, grant opportunities and past projects funded in the Elma area.
The BRIDGE Organization, Inc.
P.O. Box 15Elma, IA 50628-0015
Phone:
Fax:
Website: http://www.elmaia.com
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Email: BRIDGE
FOR SALE @ 20 ISCOUNT: Commemorative items from Elma's 125th celebration. Antique car banks, etched glass photo frames, playing cards, ceramic bells, crocks. Receive a 40 iscount if all 5 items purchased!! A limited number of polo shirts are still available also. Contact us at elmaia@mchsi.com or visit with an employee @ Peoples Savings Bank 641-393-2301 to inquire.
The BRIDGE Organization, Inc. is a non-profit community betterment corporation founded in 2005 with a tax-exempt 501c3 status to assist the Elma community in obtaining grant funding from outside sources.
BRIDGE consists of five committees with a chairperson and vice chair of each. These committees, their function and their chairpersons are as follows:
Executive Committee (Conducts the monthly meetings, records minutes, sends meeting notices out, oversees finances of the organization.)
Dale Roethler, President
Roger Meirick, Vice-President
Bruce Weigel, Secretary/Treasurer
Economic Development (Assists in the development of new Elma businesses, serves as liaison with Howard County Economic Development.)
Bruce Weigel, Chairperson
Rob Hughes, Vice Chairperson
Marketing & Promotions (Develops and maintains elmaia.com website, monitors elmaia@mchsi.com e-mails, creates & maintains BRIDGE Organization databases, promotes Elma , assists the Events committee and liaisons with Howard County Economic Development.)
Callie Weigel, Chairperson
Jim Wallace, Vice-Chairperson
Community Services (Coordinates all community programs for citizens of Elma, specifically recruiting staff for these programs and assists in program development. Liaisons with the City of Elma, Elma Park Board, the Events committee and Marketing committee.)
Currently seeking a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
Community Development (Assists in seeking outside funding opportunities for Elma area businesses and programs, seeks community development programs to improve Elma. Liaisons with the City of Elma.)
Larry McGee, Chairperson
Currently seeking a Vice-Chairperson
Events (Coordinates Old Roundhouse Trail Days, liaisons with Marketing and Promotion committee.)
Dale Roethler, Vice-Chairperson
Currently seeking a Vice-Chairperson
BRIDGE also has two members who serve as Elma representatives at the Howard County Economic Development meetings.
BRIDGE membership is $100 annually and is open to any Elma business or individual. Annual membership dues benefit the growth and well-being of the Elma community as well as assists in the promotion of Elma businesses/organizations and supplements Old Roundhouse Trail Days costs.
Past projects achieved through The BRIDGE Organization, Inc. include:
Housing programs, Elma welcome signs, new Christmas decorations, downtown Elma revitalization, creation of Elma welcome baskets for new residents, assisted in the Elma Park improvement projects providing partial funding, developed and sponsored elmaia.com website, established Old Roundhouse Trail Days annual festival and is the major sponsor of this annual event, funded and created Elma databases (including purchase of BRIDGE laptop computer and printer), assisted and provided partial funding of the Elma Early Childhood Center, sponsored annual Girl Scout flower barrel planting and partially sponsored various Boy Scout Eagle Scout projects.
Current and future projects include assisting with the Elma Memorial Hall improvements, assisting with the extension of the recreational trail, pursuing avenues to re-open a doctor's office/clinic in Elma, and Depot Museum improvements.
BRIDGE has monthly meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of most months in the back community room of Peoples Savings Bank and are open to the public.
