I work at Lexia Learning (now part of Cambium Learning Group) and read Bob's book about the founding/early days when I first started at the company.
The roots of the Lexia are a classic 'Lincoln' story. The story goes that once he decided that he needed to find a way to help his son learn to read, he discussed ideas on his train commute with friends/colleagues who worked in tech, business, finance, education, psychology, etc. That mind-meld led to initial product ideas taking advantage of early technology and the know-how to get a startup off the ground. What followed was a huge EdTech success story, not only in terms of business, but more importantly for the impact on early reading skills. With the pandemic and the need for schools to find online learning resources, the number of students and schools using Lexia reading and english-learning products has just exploded, to more than 20,000 schools and over 5.5 million students. -Bob On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 2:48 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > I had recently shared an article from a 1984 land use conference > publication. > Bob Lemire was a critical participant and authored a piece on Lincoln’s > land conservation and planning efforts and the formation of the Rural Land > Foundation. > He understood how to build a partnership between the public and private > sector to achieve community goals. > It was innovative then, and still is today. > > I have a copy of the article, if any are interested. > The title of the publication, still available, is: > > https://www.amazon.com/Land-Saving-Action-Russell-Brenneman/dp/0933280238/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= > > Thank you, Bob. > > Sara > > > > ------ > Sara Mattes > > > > > On Jun 13, 2022, at 10:35 AM, MARY ROSENFELD <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bob Lemire - conservation giant... > > Bob Lemire had a vision for Lincoln's conservation and rural > character back in the fifties and acted on it. At the time state monies > suddenly became available to buy land for conservation. Lincoln was an > agricultural town at the time and land values were reasonable. Bob acted > quickly. He went to his fellow citizens who had larger tracts of land and > asked if they would give or sell part of all of their land to conservation > - often with the proviso they could still farm their land. > From his efforts a large amount of land was conserved in Lincoln - a > major factor in the beauty, ecology, and rural character of Lincoln > today. > He wrote about this in his book "Creative Land Development" - still a > major resource for saving land, while balancing it with the needs of the > landowners. > Now there are many pressures on Lincoln's lands. Let's remember what > Bob and his fellow citizens originally did to conserve Lincoln's natural > lands - and what an amazing legacy that is to continue to preserve today. > > Mary Rosenfeld > > > > > > > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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