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One hour. One day. One dollar. One lifetime.

Written on: April 19th, 2010 in Guest Posts, Helping Our Neighbors

Guest post by First Lady Carla Markell This week, we are building on last year’s Weekend of Service and the ongoing efforts of https://volunteer.delaware.gov to hold Delaware’s first annual Week of Service. There are so many needs and so many ways to help – I hope you’ll join me to help our fellow citizens of […]

DSHA: Opportunity for First-Time Homebuyers

Written on: April 15th, 2010 in Effective & Efficient Government, Guest Posts

I invited Anas Ben Addi, Director of the Delaware State Housing Authority, to update us on a program that we launched a few weeks ago. We want to create jobs, foster a healthy housing market and help families. By making loans available in a tight credit market, we stimulate the economy while facilitating homeownership for Delawareans. – Jack Markell […]

Governor Jack Markell’s Update

Written on: April 15th, 2010 in Effective & Efficient Government

Thank you and welcome to the first issue of Delaware Forward! PBF to put Delawareans back to work — Company announces purchase of the Valero Refinery. Delaware was ranked first — and will receive $100m — in the national “Race to the Top” competition to improve our schools. Connect with us through social media and […]

Reopening the Doors to Good Jobs

Written on: April 14th, 2010 in Job Creation

These have not been easy economic times for our state or our nation. From December of 2008 to November of 2009, we in Delaware were hit particularly hard by three events. Our state’s Chrysler plant closed that December and our General Motors plant closed a few months later. And last November, we were told that […]

Thank You and Farewell to Tom Eldred

Written on: April 7th, 2010 in Recognizing State Employees

Delaware lost an important voice, an outstanding journalist and an incredible person recently in Tom Eldred’s passing. Journalism is not an easy job, but it is one that Tom loved. He recognized how important his work was to our state and how important an active press is to our democracy. He chose his career in […]