city. Our faith community, our church community, really works tirelessly to cooperate and collaborate with us, and our chamber of commerce is extremely active, and they’re willing to be a key partner with us to make sure that everybody’s moving in the same direction and doing what we can for our community.” Looking ahead, Becker is committed to smart growth, with a focus on business attraction, infrastructure expansion, and community enhancement. “Our staff comes up with some really creative ideas and ways to make this happen, through relationships and building these partnerships,” Mayor Kolbinger remarks. “Our road map is to keep being really good at communicating and building partnerships with businesses and community groups, and just to continue to work as hard as we can to make our community as good as it can be.” PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n SEH www.sehinc.com SEH is an employee-owned, multidisciplined professional services company with 900+ engineers, architects, planners, scientists, and dedicated professionals. Founded in 1927, SEH serves public and private clients in the buildings, infrastructure, environmental, transportation, and water markets across the United States and several Canadian provinces. Our employeeowners are personally invested in our clients’ satisfaction and share a common purpose: Building a Better World for All of Us®. Ebensteiner conveys. “There’s nothing better than explaining to a resident that the sky isn’t falling, we have a plan, and here’s the data set that supports a lot of our assumptions.” STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY TIES AND SHAPING TOMORROW Mayor Kolbinger highlights the important role of community organizations in shaping Becker’s vibrancy.“We have incredible partnerships with our nonprofit sector,” he says. “We have over 40 nonprofit organizations in the 10 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 04
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