Horizon by Tony Armagno
Someone recently posed a question to me concerning if my becoming a member of Horizons had anything to do with my running for the office of Mayor of Montrose, after thinking about it, I found that being a Horizon member had played a very large part in my running for office. I considered that being in a position of trust, with help from the the community we could make our town a better place for all. This community has a very great story to tell and we as members need to work together to keep our community vibrant and keep our young people from leaving, we can only accomplish this by forgetting the sometime pettiness of things that bother us and start thinking of how things were, how things are now, and how we want Montrose to become in the future. Montrose is a fine community to live in and raise a family, we have a very fine school, swimming pool, daycare center, parks, RV park, we have much to offer and now we must get the word out. WE ARE MONTROSE ON THE MOVE
April 21st, 2008 at 10:00 am
Another fine way to be involved in your community in a POSITIVE way.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Great Going Tony! Montrose is lucky to have you in your new leadership role. There are a lot of great, caring people living in your communty and the positive attitude is truly making Montrose Move forward.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Tony:
Thanks again for coming to Forestburg to speak to our Sanborn Central group about the Hometown Competitiveness conference.
Regarding our youth–I think it is important for them to attend college, so maybe our focus should be on getting them to return to our communities once they have their degree. Recently, Governor Rounds spoke to a group of graduating seniors and reminded them that even though they could move out-of-state and earn alot of $$ there are many other things to consider, like the cost of living and quality of life here in South Dakota.
I don’t know if you are familiar with the Dakota Corps Scholarship program. It was created to encourage students to attend college in South Dakota, remain in the state upon completion of their education and contribute to the state by working in a critical need occupation. My daughter received this scholarship so of course I think it’s a wonderful program! You can find out more by going to:
http://www.state.sd.us/dakotacorps/default.html
Dawna
May 9th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Good luck Mayor. with your enthusiasm, foresight and of course training from Horizon II you will do great