Happy New Year and welcome back! I wish you all a prosperous and successful 2013. This year, I will be releasing an in-depth focus on the keys to economic success in today's society. One key will be focused on each month. Look for an overview of our ten keys in this month's newsletter!
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Keys to Economic Success
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Welcome to the New Year! As I was reflecting on the state of  things and contemplating a theme for this year's Entrepreneurial Communities Newsletter, I kept coming back to one thought - what are the keys to community development success in today's post-Great Recession environment? Everyone is searching for the right game plan that can help their community recover and move to a greater sustained prosperity. Beginning in January 2013, we will start a new conversation we hope can help you and your community find the optimal development strategy. We have identified our top 10 keys to economic development success. These are summarized in an overview paper, here. Then, each month we will focus individually on each of these keys. As always, we want to hear from you. Send your comments, questions and push back to me at don@e2mail.org.
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Secretary Vilsack Shares Tough Love: Few people love rural America more than Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
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Secretary Tom Vilsack
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He championed rural development as Governor of Iowa and now is doing so as the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Recently, Secretary Vilsack offered some honest tough love to rural America. We encourage you to read and reflect on what he has to say, here.
Maybe We Are Doing Better Than We Thought: A recent report from the PEW Charitable Trust, "Pursuing the American Dream: Economic Mobility Across Generations," is worth a read. I have read it twice and the margins are loaded with comments. Give it a look over and let us know your thoughts - don@e2mail.org.
Working with Entrepreneurs Professional Training: Again this year we are offering our webinar-based professional training series "Working with Entrepreneurs" focusing on business coaching. This year there will be two segments in the training series, with the first segment slated to start in Spring 2013 and the second slated for Fall 2013. For more information, contact Dana at dana@e2mail.org. E Communities Initiative: We have now worked in a wide range of communities from rural Rawlins County, Kansas to Missoula, Montana and Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. Our Entrepreneurial Communities Initiative provides a comprehensive and affordable road map and process for growing an entrepreneur-focused economic development game plan. For more information on how we can help contact Don at don@e2mail.org. |
