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Federal Reserve Bank Conference Focuses
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
On November 9-10, 2011 the Role of Small Business  and Entrepreneurship during an Economic Recovery conference was held in Washington, DC. Stephan Goetz was invited to serve on the Panel -Strengthening Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Urban and Rural Communities. Click here to view the presentation.
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben S. Bernanke of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System provided opening remarks and Carl J. Schramm, President and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation delivered a keynote address. In his opening remarks, Dr. Bernanke referred to rural cooperative extension offices as being one organization that offers "valuable technical assistance and training programs" to small businesses and entrepreneurs. View a transcript of his remarks at the conference. |
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SAVE THE DATE
2012 National Value Added Conference
The 2012 National Value Added Conference will be held June 24-26, 2012 in Traverse City, Michigan and will be co-sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center. The conference theme will be rural development, community building, and entrepreneurship.
More details and a call for papers will be released in January or February, 2012.
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Great Bay Project 
Nitrogen Hot Spots
The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GBNERR) is working with the UNH and other partners to better understand how nitrogen pollution flows into New Hampshire's Great Bay. The goal of this project is to generate and share the best science available on non-point nitrogen sources in streams and rivers that drain to Great Bay, as well as how the science can support local and regional decision-making. Contact Charlie French for more information on this project. |
 FY 2012 AFRI Project Director Meeting PresentationsPresentations from the AFRI-Small and Medium Sized Farms & Rural Development Project Director Meeting held in Miami, FL are available on NERCRD's website. Thanks to Dr. Kathleen Liang for providing these resources. |
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Foundations of Practice Class
Sustainable Communities This online course begins January 19 and runs through March 8, 2012. Click here for registration and more information.
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2012 NACDEP Conference
Capitalizing on our Assets Mark your calendar and save the date for this conference, held May 20-23, 2012, at the Marriott Hotel, Park City, UT. Click here for conference information and registration. |
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Food Environment Conference
The Effects of Context on Food Conference
NIFA's FY 2011 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational Program funding is supporting this conference to be held May 30-31, 2012, at Tufts University in Boston, MA. More information about the conference and abstract submission can be found on the conference page.
Jointly hosted by:
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RDP 50
The Determinants of Rural Self-Employment: Insights from County-Level Data
Stephan J. Goetz and Anil Rupasingha
The sustained surge in rural self-employment since 2000 has largely gone unnoticed by policy makers and rural economic developers. This article documents the increase and identifies the variables associated with expanding self-employment using county-level data. The full paper is available on the NERCRD's website.
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Holiday Greetings
The staff at the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development would like to wish you a Happy Holiday and a New Year filled with peace and prosperity. |
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