Clarence Hulse, Executive Director of the Economic Development Corporation of Michigan City
Recognized as a visionary leader in the community and economic development profession, Clarence Hulse is known for his passion and talent in implementing and executing a community’s vision. His diverse background includes achievements in performance management, affordable housing, strategic planning, redevelopment, business recruitment, project financing and building community partnerships. In his current role as the Executive Director of the Economic Development Corporation of Michigan City IN, he is spearheading the revitalization in the area. Working with the current Mayor of Michigan City, Ron Meer, over $1billion in public and private investments have been completed and/or initiated in Michigan City.
As the former Director of Economic Development in Jeffersonville IN, he was instrumental in creating 3,500 new jobs and $300 million in capital investment. In creating the Jeffersonville Neighborhood Leadership Institute, he improved the city’s neighborhoods and won recognition by the Indiana Planning Association winning the 2011 Outstanding Community Initiative Award. He also served as the Executive Director of the Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Association implementing strategies to assist small businesses on Mainstreet, promote tourism and augment historic preservation in the downtown.
Clarence earned his BS at Harding University, AR in Public Administration, magna cum laude and an MS in Economic Development from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is also a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute. In his spare time, the native of Belize keeps up with current events-global and national, travel, art and music festivals, Roman and Greek history, biographies, golf and fishing.
Would you like to be part of making Christmas a little bit merrier for 1000 US Sailors and Marines Aboard the USS Arlington this holiday season?
Then support Operation Christmas at Sea.
The USS Arlington is an amphibious floating Dock built from the repurposed metal from the Twin Towers that were attacked on 9-11. She is a proud reminder that we will never forget! And we won’t forget the 1000 sailors and Marines that will be deployed on her this Christmas far from home. Help make it special by putting together a get them a Christmas shoebox filled with practical and fun items that will remind them that those at home think about them and thank them for their service. Include a self addressed post card and a personal note telling the recipient that you support their efforts. (A list of suggested items is available here.)
Final collection of boxes will be Veterans' Day November 11 at these drop off locations in La Porte:
Bethany Lutheran Church, 108 G Street.
Best Western Hotel, Pine Lake Avenue
Civic Auditorium (8am to 4pm M-F)
Suds on State Laundromat, 600 Clay Street
Can't make a shoe box? Cash donation will be appreciated and every penny will go to creating and mailing these 1000 Christmas boxes for those serving in dangerous waters this Christmas. Donate at GoFundMe.com by clicking here.
Marty Corley, who is both a Michigan City Police officer and president of the Rotary Club, presented the Service Above Self Award during a special luncheon in Henderson’s honor at the MCPD on Thursday September 27th.
“The work ethic that Detective Henderson has, giving more of himself for the betterment of the community, goes hand in hand with the Rotary Club motto of ‘Service Above Self,’” Corley said. “He is a great recipient for this award, and I am proud to have him as a colleague.”
For more on this story from the Michigan City News Dispatch click here.
An estimated 40.3 million people around the world live in slavery involving either sexual exploitation or forced labor. A new partnership with Freedom United is giving Rotarians a chance to do something to stop it. Rotary clubs of any size can sign up to form “freedom rings,” which raise community awareness of slavery while sharing information with one another through an online platform.
On a late evening in August, a family of eight migrants from Honduras arrived at the refugee shelter where 2010-11 Rotary Peace Fellow Giorgio Algeri was serving as a short-term volunteer in Tabasco, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala. They had been chased out of the place they were staying at machete point by the drunken son of the landlord, forcing them to leave all their belongings behind. Algeri writes about an increasing trend of violence against refugees and migrants and why we need to take action.
Click below to enter a tax deductible donation to the Rotary Club of Michigan City Foundation to help us provide Service Above Self for our community and world.
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Would you like to be part of making Christmas a little bit merrier for 1000 US Sailors and Marines Aboard the USS Arlington this holiday season?
Marty Corley, who is both a Michigan City Police officer and president of the Rotary Club, presented the Service Above Self Award during a special luncheon in Henderson’s honor at the MCPD on Thursday September 27th.
