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Newsletter 
February 2014 
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New Website
Other Center News
Field News
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At the Center, we want to continue sharing our insights in fresh ways. In this newsletter, we introduce you to our newly updated website and our newest book on energizing entrepreneurial communities. We also share the first chapters from our Transfer of Wealth book for free!
Check out our new website!
We have a new look! The Center's website has undergone a makeover. It's our way of making it easier for you to understand what we do and the impact we have. You'll be able to easily connect to staff within the Center to explore specific Solution Areas to help you seize opportunities and address challenges. And, we've given the site a voice, sharing video clips from some of our key partners, talking about the work we do together and the difference it's making. We're committed to adding new content and new voices over the year ahead. Please explore at energizingentrepreneurs.org and let us know what you think! Email our Communications Team Leader, Ann Chaffin, with any thoughts or questions. 
Other Center News
 
Don Macke will be in...
  • Wichita, Kansas on January 27-28 conducting an Energizing Entrepreneurship (e2) Institute.
  • Sept-Iles, Quebec on February 3 conducting an e2 Webinar.
Deb Markley will be in...
  • Burke County, North Carolina on January 29-30 participating in an economic development value chain discussion with community leaders.
  • Denver, Colorado on February 14 co-presenting a session on Entrepreneurship in Rural Places: Revitalizing Towns and Economies with Locally-Based Strategies at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference.
Craig Schroeder will be in...
  • Philips, Sedgwick and Grand Counties in Colorado on January 27-30 doing youth assessment and action planning.
Watch for the release of our new book, Energizing Entrepreneurial Communities: A Pathway to Prosperity, this month!

 

The Center welcomes three new board members and says goodbye to three founding members in this news release.

 

Read the first and second chapters of Transfer of Wealth in Rural America: Understanding the Potential, Realizing the Opportunity, Creating Wealth for the Future published by the Center in 2011.

 

Listen to one of our partners talk about the impact of the Transfer of Wealth analysis.

 

Did you miss a Key to Success? Get all 10 Keys to Economic Success in this newly compiled booklet.

Field News
  • Making Meaningful Connections between Community Colleges and Artisan Entrepreneurs, February 20, 2014 conference on Entrepreneurial Rural Community Colleges - click here to learn more.
  • Learn how Los Alamos National Labs is rebranding to improve regional economic development in the face of declining federal dollars.
  • Read about the expanded Innovate North Dakota program for entrepreneurs.
  • Check out EDA's new report on
    The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University.
  • What two small towns are on the Worldwide Innovators list? Find out here!
  • Learn how Wyoming is taking the lead on protecting water
    and producing energy.
  • Read how the town of DeWitt, AR and other partners, including alt.Consulting (whose Executive Director is Center Board member, Ines Polonius), are launching a new wave of bio-fueled entrepreneurial energy in the Arkansas Delta.
  • Read an inspiring story of how you can go home again...and become an agri-preneur!
  • Check out the latest insights from EntreWorks Consulting.
  • Learn how community leaders across eastern Kentucky are hoping to help the region SOAR.
  • Rural areas keep losing jobs. Learn more here
  • Access SBA research reports from 2013 here.
  • Make the most of your anchor institutions - learn how here.
  • Learn from the Orton Foundation how to practice inclusive engagement in their Top 10 Tips.
For more information about anything you've read in this newsletter, please contact 
Deb Markley, [email protected].