What: Collaborative Economic Development Summit: Building Momentum with Lean Resources
When: Thursday, July 28, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Organizers say this event will fill up quickly and advise early registration.
Where: Center For Economic and Workforce Development, 2990 Innsbruck Dr, Redding
Cost: Free!
On July 28, economic developers will have the opportunity to join 1,000 likeminded professionals in Redding as part of a statewide effort to collaborate and work creatively in generating economic growth.
Building Momentum with Lean Resources is the theme of the first of three collaborative economic development summits, to be kicked off in Sacramento, and simulcast to Shasta County featuring localized discussions on ways to create economic opportunity in the area.
The summits will be hosted by California Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) in partnership with the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) as part of the series goal to reach 1,000 economic developers across the state over summer 2011.
The event was designed to showcase out-of-the-box initiatives and ideas already proven successful in economic recovery efforts around the country through collaboration and pooled resources.
“Our local region has established a solid collaborative network of economic development practitioners and the opportunity to participate in this summit will not only provide for opportunities to enhance and improve upon the services currently provided but to learn new best practices that can be implemented, to the gain of our region.”
-Brad Banghart, Dean of Economic and Workforce Development at Shasta College
Keynote speaker Nancy Lublin, founder of Dress for Success and CEO of DoSomething.org, will speak on how economic development professionals can leverage existing creativity and pool resources by taking lessons from each other. Lublin, the author of “Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business,” speaks throughout the country to entrepreneurs about how to grow businesses and organizations while spending zilch.
“What makes this summit series so exciting is that the program will reach more than 18 communities through broadband streaming and never impact city and county travel budgets,” said California SBDC Chair Kristin Johnson. “Rural and metropolitan economic developers and partners don’t typically have many opportunities to work together or share ideas and the California SBDC is proud to facilitate the interaction.”
Representatives from the governor’s Office of Economic Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce will take part in a panel discussion on regionalized best practices to generate economic growth using minimal available resources.
Classes fill up quickly, so register early at www.californiasbdc.org/collaborative or for more information, please call (530) 242-7630.
-from press release
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