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Please take a look at this very important email Robert Swetz received from VIRACON Glass Company in Owatonna Minnesota

I received this email yesterday from Sandy Tidball at VIRACON in Owatonna Minnesota.

This is going to be some serious (Exposure) for me as a Professional Photographer and this is the (Third) company to contact me asking permission to use my photographs from the MGM "City Center" Project in Las Vegas Nevada.

A special "Thanks" goes out to the Activerain Network, (Localism) and the World Wide Web!

Bob,

Viracon is an international glass fabricator www.viracon.com located in Minnesota (I see you have spent some time in Minnesota as well). Viracon supplied the glass for The Harmon project. We are looking for existing photography to feature this project in the Viracon Portraits 2010 40th Anniversary Brochure and find several images (a couple examples attached) with your reference as the photographer. We would be interested in obtaining licensing and fees for high resolution images.

Viracon's usage of photos would include (no 3rd party):

1) Annual building products brochure "Portraits"

2) Advertising and publicity in trade magazines

3) Trade show displays

4) Website

5) Product flyers and brochures (including case studies)

If you have questions about Viracon, please visit out website at www.viracon.com and see our Project Gallery.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sandy

Regards,

Sandy Tidball | Marketing Assistant

Viracon | 800 Park Drive | Owatonna MN 55060

507.444.3641 p | 507.444.3061 f

Visit us on the web at: www.viracon.com

P Please consider the environment before printing this email.

Post & Pics by Robert Swetz (Vegas Bob) 2-2-2010

Photos © Robert Swetz. All Rights Reserved

What's Going on in Owatonna Minnesota in February?

2/6 Cabela's Saltwater Experience Cabela's

2/6 Express Hockey Game Four Seasons Centre

2/6 Valentine's Dinner & Dance Elk's Club

2/9 - 3/4 Ham Radio license class Owatonna Fire Department

2/11 SHRM - Recruitment & Applicant Tracking

2/12 Romance with the Past Dinner Village of Yesteryear

2/13 Neil Diamond Impersonator Owatonna Arts Center

2/13 Express Hockey Game Four Seasons Centre

2/13 Habitat for Humanity Art Auction Elk's Club

2/13 Dad's Belgian Waffle Brunch Elk's Club

2/13 Romance with the Past Dinner Village of Yesteryear

2/13 St. Olaf Choir Concert Trinity Lutheran Church

2/18 3^rd Thursday Networking Roosevelt Community School

2/19 Little Theater Production Little Theater of Owatonna

2/19 Section 1AA and 1A High School Girls Hockey Championships

2/23 Business After Hours Torey's Restaurant

Lynn Johnson, CRS, GRI

Owatonna Real Estate Pros (with real estate partner Chad Hacker)

Owatonna's Real Estate Leaders

Broker/Owner

Coldwell Banker Home Connection

Owatonna, MN

Lynn and Chad are knowledgeable, real estate professionals focused on providing their clients with a top notch real estate experience. Put our expertise to work for you.

507-390-6109

ljohnson@owatonnahome.com

www.cbhomeconnection.com

www.myowatonnarealestate.com

It seems that potential homebuyers may not be aware of the tax credit for repeat buyers. I hear this consistently from agents and homeowners alike. Current homeowners who may be buyers just haven't gotten the message that there is now an opportunity for them to capitalize on an expansion of the tax credit offerings.

To help get the word out I sent an e-postcard today to over 100 people in my e-database. I've been consistently posting information on Twitter and Facebook (Owatonna Real Estate Pros page) to get the word out. We sent out a newsletter in November with the info and will keep working to get the message out to those who can take advantage of it.

With inventory, interest rates, incentives and prices all aligned to provide the perfect homebuying experience we need to be a source of information for all homebuyers. Please share what you're doing to let folks in your area know about the tax credit availability.