With additional space, growth in the customer base
In Jalasjärvi's Pentinmäki, J. Rajamäki, a one-person company specializing in bodywork for cars, construction machines and motorcycles, is located. - Business activities include various sheet metal work, orthodontics, rust repairs, foundation work and painting. Making pictures and graphics is also possible, says entrepreneur Janne Rajamäki. Rajamäki, who studied surface treatment and car painting, started working as a part-time entrepreneur in 2013 and became a full-time entrepreneur a couple [...]
Young people as developers in climate matters
The young man visited several different destinations during the summer, e.g. on dairy farms. Photo: Sanna-Kaisa Nokso In the summer of 2022, the theme project "Climate wise - young people as developers" was implemented in the Liiver region, during which four associations hired young people for various development tasks. The background of the project was the changes caused by climate change and the need for measures to curb climate change. The young people have ideas that the project made it possible to put into practice. With the help of the project [...]
Mukula encourages working together
The Mukula event was organized in Jalasjärvi after a long break last August. Community spirit and working together have long traditions in Mukula's history, and the new organizers wanted to continue along the same proven line by involving local parties in the organization. The event will be organized this year as well. In the past, the Mukula event has been a nationally significant pioneer of children's culture, and at its best, the event has had up to 10,000 visitors. Event […]
Jenna Varjanto has started Liiver as a summer employee
The approaching summer can be recognized not only by the greening of the landscape, but also by the fact that Liiveri's office has a new summer employee. I'm Jenna Varjanto, this year's Liiver summer employee. I am studying business administration at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences for the second year. I specialize in marketing, but I also read digital business economics and management. In addition, I completed the event production specialist degree last year. In my free time, I work as a team gymnastics coach. Over the years, the work of a coach has brought a lot of knowledge. Specially […]
The young influencer was awarded the Ideas for implementation diploma
Eero-Pekka Hautamäki, 21, has worked actively as a developer in his home region. Hautamäki became interested in social influence at an early age. - When I was under school age, I watched the Itsevaltiaat series and asked at home what the parliament and the president meant, Hautamäki laughs. In junior high school, Hautamäki got involved in the activities of the student union board. Since then, the desire to develop and act for the benefit of the community has only grown. Hautamäki has worked in Ilmajoki's youth council since [...]
Fano helps with social media marketing
In 2019, when Mira Nyrhinen applied to Liiver for start-up support for a company focused on social networking services, she could not have imagined how quickly the company would grow in the following years. In a few years, Fano has grown into a company offering versatile communication and marketing services, with a goal of a million turnover during the fifth year of operation. Acting as an entrepreneur has been Mira Nyrhinen's dream since childhood. When the idea of someassari services […]
Seinäjoki airport as part of future air traffic
Airport Hub project expert Elisabet Kivimäki is creating important contacts for the future of Seinäjoki Airport. "Dronamics, the developer of unmanned cargo transport, hopes to have a drone base at Seinäjoki Airport," says Kivimäki. Rural airports on the wane? At least not in Seinäjoki, because an innovative new type of digital aviation activity is emerging at Seinäjoki Airport in Pojanluoma in the next few years. - Seinäjoki Airport has the conditions to grow into a cargo logistics center, says Airport Hub project expert Elisabet [...]
Speed to fiber optics? - Mikko is sparring!
The goal of South Ostrobothnia's Leader groups is to make fiber optic available to as many companies and residents in South Ostrobothnia as possible. At the end of 2019, 401 TP3T of the region's households were covered by fixed broadband (speed 100 Mbit/s) in South Ostrobothnia, while the figure for all of Finland was 641 TP3T. - Households and companies need a fast, high-quality and reliable data connection when the number of electronic services online increases. In addition, multi-location housing and [...]
Participation planner Noora Riippi activates young people
In April, FM Noora Riippi started as participation planner in the Participating young people project. Riippi, who lives in Seinäjoki, is excited about his new role in Liiver. Liiveri was already a familiar place for Riip, as he has been a summer employee at the association for two years. - Even then, I became enthusiastic about the versatility of development work. After graduating from university, I have secretly dreamed of getting back to Liiver, Riippi says. Riippi has previously worked […]
The voice of young people and internationality are important to Tarja Pienimäki
For Tarja Pienimäki, chairman of Liiver's board, the development of the countryside and her own region are matters of the heart. Pienimäki works in his civilian profession as a private consultant at Develop Train Oy, and he has served as Liiver's chairman since 2018. A lot has already been accomplished in his chairmanship, which started three years ago. - Operations have been booming. The Leader activity has been impressive in the region and thanks to it we have been successful [...]