Implementation Plans
2010 North Central Region Rural Convening Outline
National and regional USDA leaders, state agency leaders, and non-profit and business leaders from throughout the north central U.S. came together for two days of strategic planning around four crucial directions for this region:
- Broadband
- Small Business/Entrepreneurship
- Energy
- Food Systems
The summit was designed to share best regional and place-based practices and build strategic partnerships among state Rural Development offices and rural leadership organizations throughout the region.
The following documents are organized by:
- Conference materials
- Information from Learning Stations
- Planned initiatives, projects, and convening evaluation
- Pictures from the Convening
- Communications and follow-up
Conference materials
Conference program
Information on speakers
Breakout session PowerPoint, Energy - Dr. Chris Merritt
Ed Morrison's PowerPoint presentation link
Matt Kures presentation on Cluster Development as an Economic Development Strategy
Breakout session by Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild, Univ. of Nebraska - An Entrepreneurial Approach to Creating Our Future
Breakout session by Sharon Gulick, Executive Director, Missouri Rural Development Partners on Local Foods and Tourism as Economic Development
Learning Station Information
The Learning Stations were a theater of innovative rural initiatives, provided by the participating State Rural Development Councils in the North Central USDA region. Much of the information provided through the Learning Stations is linked below, according to topic and state.
Broadband
Wired Wisconsin - Wisconsin
Roadside Advertising - Minnesota
Small Business/Entrepreneurship
Small Town and Rural Development Concepts - Promising Strategies - Michigan
Promising Strategies Card - Michigan
Extreme Entrepreneurs - Nebraska
Hometown Competitiveness - Nebraska
North Dakota RDC Statewide Young Professionals Network Development
North Dakota Young Professionals, Map
Entrepreneurship Leadership Education - Nebraska
PK (Entrepreneurship) Partnership #2 - Nebraska
Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers - Nebraska
Southeast Nebraska Partners for Progress
Furnace/Harlan Economic Development Partnership - Nebraska
F/H Economic Development Partnership Map
Building Entrepreneurial Communities Act Grant Program - Nebraska
Energy
Food Systems
Community Crops - Nebraska
Nebraska Value Added Partnership
Heartland Nuts and More - Nebraska
Good Food Network
Agriculture Innovation and Value-Added Agriculture Grant Program - Nebraska
Trails to Success - Nebraska
Sweet Deal!
Driftless Food and Farming
Other
Housing Roundtable Overview - North Dakota
How to Start Computer Classes - North Dakota
Landscape Housing Map - North Dakota
The Geography of Innovation - Iowa
Clusters and Competitiveness - Iowa
Clusters and Competitiveness, Brief - Iowa
101+ Quips, Quotes and Concepts for Sustainable Small Town Development - Michigan
Listen and Learn Sessions - Nebraska
Projects and Initiatives
The second day of the convening was spent planning various initiatives. Most of these were around the topics of Broadband, Small Business/Entrepreneurship, Energy and Food Systems, but plans in other areas emerged as well.
Chart listing projects and participants
Pictures from the Convening
Click here for pictures from the convening
Communications and follow-up
Read the article on the project in the Daily Yonder written by Dr. Timothy Collins by clicking here.
Join the Upper Mississippi Valley Rural Partners group on LinkedIn
Join the Cultural Heritage, Food and Tourism Regions group on LinkedIn
Michigan folks - consider Leadership West Michigan!
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