Each year, the Austin Daily Herald publishes its biggest issue of the year — the one in which we highlight all the positive happenings in Austin and Mower County.

It is never difficult to find those positives and today’s edition is proof of that: No less than 25 stories are included that highlight everything from a new dermatology clinic planned at The Hormel Institute and a renovation of St. Augustine Catholic Church, to a visit with Vision 20/20, to the growth of the Austin Area Commission for the Arts.

And all of this content highlighting the growth of our community is contained within the pages of a new design.

Smaller and more compact, the new Progress will rest easy in your hands as you read through all of the accomplishment happending around us.

Join us, as we take a look at all the good things our communities are doing, and the people who are driving the effort.

Look for our annual Progress issue in today’s Austin Daily Herald and if you don’t get the Herald but still want to pick up this annual section, stop into the Herald offices.