[Vision2020] Register now for Emerging Trends in Economic Development conference

[Debbie Gray]

> EMERGING TRENDS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
> 
>  <http://www.ieda.biz/> Idaho Economic Development
> Association
> 
> Idaho Rural Partnership
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> March 8-9, 2007
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> Oxford Inn & Suites, Boise, Idaho
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> Register at:  <http://www.ieda.biz/>
> http://www.ieda.biz 
> 
> See the full agenda below
> Contact person: Sari David - 208-684-4397 - 
> <mailto:iedaadmin at cableone.net>
> iedaadmin at cableone.net
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> 
> Mark your calendars for the upcoming IEDA/IRP
> Training Conference. Keynote
> speaker Michael Shuman, author of Small-Mart
> Revolution, will detail dozens
> of specific strategies small and home-based
> businesses are using to
> successfully out-compete the world's largest
> companies. He shows how
> consumers, investors, policymakers, and organizers
> can effectively
> revitalize their communities by supporting local
> businesses.
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> Training sessions will include tracks on Emerging
> Trends in Economic
> Development, Business Retention and Expansion,
> Entrepreneurial Development,
> Professional Development, and Telecommunications
> Infrastructure. 
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> This event is a great opportunity for you to expand
> your knowledge base and
> network with your Idaho colleagues.
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> Register for the event at  <http://www.ieda.biz/>
> http://www.ieda.biz 
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> 
> AGENDA
> 
> Idaho Economic Development Association/Idaho Rural
> Partnership
> 
> "Emerging Trends in Economic Development"
> 
> March 8th & 9th
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> 
> Wednesday, March 7th
> 
> 12:00 - 5:30 pm Idaho Rural Partnership Board
> Meeting
> 
> 3:00 - 5:30 pm Idaho Economic Development Board
> Meeting
> 
> 5:30 pm No-host Reception (Invited Legislative
> Delegation to Attend)
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> Thursday, March 8th
> 
> 8:00 - 8:15 am Conference Kick-off, Governor Otter
> (Invited)
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> 
> 8:15 - 9:30 am Plenary Session
> 
> The Small-Mart Revolution
> 
> Michael Shuman
> 
> Michael Shuman details dozens of specific strategies
> small and homebased
> businesses are using to successfully out-compete the
> world's largest
> companies. He shows how consumers, investors,
> policymakers, and organizers
> can effectively revitalize their own communities by
> supporting local
> businesses.
> 
>  
> 
> 9:30 - 9:45 am Networking Break
> 
>  
> 
> 9:45: - 11:45 pm Plenary Session
> 
> Going Local - Creating Self Reliant Communities in a
> Global Age
> 
> Michael Shuman
> 
> Based on Michael Shuman's first book of the same
> title, this session will
> talk about how communities can reinvigorate their
> economies by "going
> local." A community can best strengthen its economy
> when it builds on its
> internal strengths. Going local does not mean
> walling off the outside world.
> It means nurturing locally owned businesses, which
> use local resources
> sustainability, employ local workers at decent
> wages, and serve primarily
> local consumers. It means becoming more
> self-sufficient, and less dependent
> on imports. Control moves from the boardrooms of
> distant corporations and
> back to the community, where it belongs.
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> 11:45 - 1:00 pm Lunch
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> 1:00 - 1:30 pm Remarks from Lt. Governor Risch
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> 1:30 - 3:00 pm Workshops
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> 
> Track 1: Business Development
> 
> How Main Street Programs Revitalize Communities
> 
> The cumulative success of the Main Street ApproachT
> and local Main Street
> programs has earned a reputation as one of the most
> powerful economic
> development tools in the nation. The National Trust
> for Historic
> Preservation's Main Street Center, now 25 years old,
> annually collects
> statistical information on economic activity in
> 1,900 local Main Street
> programs nationwide. In 2005, the net gain in
> businesses in Main Street
> communities was 72,387, and net gain in jobs was
> 331,417. The total amount
> of reinvestment in physical improvements from public
> and private sources was
> $31.5 Billion (average reinvestment of $12.5 million
> per community). A total
> of 178,727 downtown buildings were rehabilitated,
> 
> preserving the history and character of community
> centers. The return on
> investment in Main Street towns is significant: the
> average number of
> dollars generated for every dollar used to operate
> the local Main Street
> program is $28.31 to $1.00. Learn about the highly
> successful Main Street
> program from the national, state and local
> perspectives, including the Four
> Point Approach that balances business retention and
> recruitment, promotion,
> design/historic preservation and Main Street
> management. 
> 
> Moderator - Lorraine Roach, Hingston Roach Group
> 
> Panelists - Todd Barman, National Main Street Center
> 
> Mary Randolph, Wyoming Rural Development Council
> 
> and Wyoming Main Street Program
> 
> Timothy Bishop, Ellensburg Main Street (Washington),
> and former director of
> Walla Walla Main Street, a winner of the Great
> American Main Street Award
> 
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> 
> Track 2: Professional Development
> 
> Marketing & Communication
> 
> Every time you hand out your business card or answer
> your phone you are in a
> marketing mode. Learn how to understand your market
> and better focus your
> message to maximize results.
> 
> What you say, what people hear and what you actually
> communicate might be
> disconnected. Dale will lead you through the steps
> to be an effective
> communicator - making the most of every opportunity.
> 
> Moderator - Jan Rogers, SIEDO
> 
> Dale Dixon, Idaho Rural Partnership
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> 3:00 - 3:15 pm Networking Break
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> 
> 3:15 - 4:45 pm Workshops
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> Track 1: Business Development
> 
> The Next Generation - What Communities Can Do to
> Foster
> 
> Entrepreneurs Among the Youth
> 
> This is applied entrepreneurism! Trevor Shephard is
> the National DECA First
> Place Award Winner for Entrepreneurship Independent
> Business 2006. Trevor's
> story will be the start of a conversation about what
> works to get kids fired
> up about being an entrepreneur.
> 
> Moderator - Dale Dixon, Idaho Rural Partnership
> 
> Panelists - Trevor Shepard
> 
> Michael Finnerty, NxLevel
> 
> Chris Kuykendall, Clearwater Co. Economic
> Development
> 
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> Track 2: Professional Development
> 
> Economic Development: Idaho Style
> 
> Get your tools, tips, and tricks of the trade. You
> will be provided with
> materials to help you become even more successful in
> your economic
> development efforts. Key topics will include Board
> Management,
> Public-Private Partnerships, Lead Development and
> Follow-up, Client
> Relationships, and Setting Work Priorities.
> 
> Moderator - Linda Alden, Boise Valley Economic
> Partnership
> 
> Panelist - Gynii Gilliam, Bannock Development
> Corporation
> 
> Jan Rogers, SIEDO
> 
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> 4:45 - 5:00 pm Wrap up-Dale Dixon and Cliff Long
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> 5:30 - 7:00 pm Reception
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