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Economic development is not limited to attracting
businesses from outside the region. National
experts and local successes will meet in Chico
on Octover 21, 2004 to share their
thoughts on how successful locally-focused business
models,
marketing, and financing can be the basis of
distinctive economic growth. The event will
be held at the Chico-based Sierra Nevada Brewing
Company, a prime example of local innovation.
Great Valley Center events
bring together individuals who hold diverse views
on a wide range of issues. The opinions expressed
by speakers or participants do not necessarily
reflect the views of the Great Valley Center,
its Board of Directors or staff.
Registration $35 through September 30, $45
thereafter, $50 at the door.
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
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Dr. Fred Kirschenmann
Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa
State University, Ames, Iowa
Don Macke
Co-Director of the Center
for Rural Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneur
in Residence for the Kauffman Foundation.
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PROGRAM highlights
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Iowa State University’s
Dr. Frederick Kirschenmann will headline
the all-day event that will include
presentations by speakers who have
given special thought to how the Sacramento
Valley can develop an “authentic
economy” built on its natural
strengths. The event will also feature
Don Macke, Co-Director, Center for
Rural Entrepreneurship (Lincoln, NE)
REPORT RELEASE: The
Entrepreneurial Sacramento Valley. The
first comprehensive look at the patterns
of entrepreneurship
and the impacts on regional economic
development in the Sacramento Valley.
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The Great Valley Center’s Sacramento
Valley Forum is an annual event focusing on the issues
and interests of California’s Sacramento Valley.
The forum brings together business and community leaders,
governmental officials, farmers, environmentalists
and individuals who have an interest in the future
of the region.
Topics have included:
How will growth change the
the Sacramento Valley?
How can we grow and keep the high quality of life
we value?
Connecting individual choices with regional
prosperity and well-being
Exploring Innovative uses for rice straw in the Sacramento
Valley
Bridging the Digital Divide
Playing the development lottery--hints for landowners
on development vs. conservation from the American
Farmland Trust
Past Featured Speakers:
Ben Starret,
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Thomas Dorr, USDA Rural Development
Charles Buki, Congressional Millennial
Housing Commission
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