From jleonard at minnesotaruralpartners.org Thu Jul 14 09:18:11 2005 From: jleonard at minnesotaruralpartners.org (Jane Leonard) Date: Thu Jul 14 10:25:53 2005 Subject: [Mn-Rural-Summit] Rural Summit Early Bird deadline today Message-ID: <011301c58887$406aa2e0$6401a8c0@janelaptop> Dear Colleagues: This is a reminder that today, July 14, is the last day to register at Early Bird rates for the upcoming 2005 Minnesota Rural Summit (July 28 & 29, 2005) - the Great Reconnect: Bridging Rural & Urban Resources for Community & Economic Success.. Please encourage your colleagues, friends, neighbors, to come to the Summit this year. We have a fine program, including: --Tom Stinson (the state economist) and Tom Gillaspy (the state demographer) opening the Summit with their forecasts on Minnesota's Changing Economic and Demographic Landscape --Grassroots Panel moderated by Bernadine Joselyn of the Blandin Foundation, representing the diversity that is Minnesota today. --Ken Meter, president of Crossroads Resource Center, a non-profit organization that helps rural and urban communities through the use of tools and strategies for self-determination, including regional economic indicator studies and creation of a regional investment fund to help build local wealth. --20-plus Connection Stations that will present emerging and best practices from across the state in alll areas relating to community and economic development, and just as many exhibitors with lots of good information and resources --Newly-added event --- fresh-off-the-Special Session Legislative Update with legislators, followed by a picnic supper to Meet & Greet candidates for elected office, co-sponsored by Minnesota eDemocracy. --Long Arm of the Small Town Storytelling Contest State Finals --Half Day session on elements of a new economic framework that blends online planning and decision-making tools with on-the ground knowledge and connections. --Bonus session after the Summit on Rural Development Telecommunications Opportunities. We want to thank our sponsors thus far: The Blandin Foundation, the Initiative Foundation, Iron Range Resources, the Freeman Forum, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, the Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow program, Onvoy, University of Minnesota Extension Service, the University of Minnesota College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, the Regional Sustainable Development Partnership, Land O' Lakes, Minnesota Power Economic Development, The Minnesota Association of Cooperatives Education Foundation, Mid-Minnesota Mississippi River Resource Conservation and Development, and the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation. Register at http://www.minnesotaruralpartners.org/2005_summit/ --- Use the "friend" code for a special buddy rate for those of you who read this email this far (and be a buddy to others and pass it on. When the registration online ask for any codes, type "friend" there (without the quotation marks). This buddy rate will last through to July 27. --jane Jane Leonard President, Minnesota Rural Partners, Inc. 1533 Grantham St. St. Paul, MN 55108 phone 651-645-9403 fax 651-646-3818 wireless 651-303-5263 jleonard@minnesotaruralpartners.org www.minnesotaruralpartners.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mapnp.Geeks.ORG/pipermail/mn-rural-summit/attachments/20050714/17e2decd/attachment.html From jleonard at minnesotaruralpartners.org Thu Jul 21 15:25:35 2005 From: jleonard at minnesotaruralpartners.org (Jane Leonard) Date: Thu Jul 21 16:28:13 2005 Subject: [Mn-Rural-Summit] 2005 Rural Summit update Message-ID: <003701c58e3a$bff18110$6401a8c0@janelaptop> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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