NEW EVENT! Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit
SAVE THE DATE!
Join the Center and partners for a summit to explore innovative ways to build a stronger local economy through entrepreneurship. With practitioner round tables and an EntreCamp (think "unconference"-style, deep-dive breakouts on topics of your choice), the Summit is designed to open discussions and enrich conversations around what it takes to build a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Speakers:
Emily Breedlove, Creative and Small Town Ventures Entrepreneurship Initiative, North Carolina
Linda Fowler, Regionerate, Maryland
Dell Gines, Tammy Edwards, Federal Reserve Bank, Nebraska
Penny Lewandowski, Lowe Foundation, Michigan
Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Nebraska
Deb Markley, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Nebraska
Maria Meyers, U.S.SourceLink, Missouri
Jill Nichols, Rice County Kansas
Erik Pedersen, NetWork Kansas
Ines Polonius, Communities Unlimited, Arkansas/Tennessee
Bruce Seifer, University of Vermont
Bill Sproull, Richardson Chamber of Commerce, Texas
Dane Stangler, Kauffman Foundation, Missouri
Tammy Nemecik Sweet, GrowFL
Tom Walker, the Backyard Effect, Columbus
Dennis West, Northern Initiatives, Michigan
Chuck Wolfe, Claggett Wolfe Associates, California
Red Cloud Nebraska
Don Macke will be providing training and technical assistance in support of Red Cloud’s Heritage Tourism Initiative associated with author Willa Cather and the Cather Foundation. He will also be giving the keynote for the annual Red Cloud Fund Friday night with the theme of “Thriving in Our Times.”
e2 Institute at New Mexico State University
Don Macke is providing a weeklong e2 Institute for graduate students in NMSU’s Economic Development Program. This is part of the program’s summer study institute.
