LDF BDC breaks ground on Eighth Fire Communications

Those attending the Eighth Fire Communications groundbreaking are, from left, Dion Reynolds, chief operations officer for the Lac du Flambeau Business Development Corporation; Manuel Vazquez, chief executive officer for the Lac du Flambeau Business Development Corporation; Sonny Smart, tribal elder of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; Jeff Seidl, president of Elexco, Inc.; Christina Rencontre, tribal resource specialist; tribal elder Ernie St. Germaine; Emerson Coy with the tribal planning office; tribal council members Jared Poupart, Patricia Zimmerman; tribal chairman John Johnson, Sr.; tribal members Louis St. Germaine and Paula Poupart; Jim Tuckwell, chairman of the Vilas County Economic Development Corporation and tribal council members Lyle Chapman and Joseph Wildcat, Sr. tribal council members. (Contributed photograph)