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2008 EG Conference Steamboat: Don MackeTRANSCRIPT
National Economic Gardening Gathering
Steamboat Springs, COJune 13, 2008
GrowingEntrepreneurs
inRural America
About Us
Rural Myths & Reality
DevelopmentCapacityUrban/Rural
DevelopmentOpportunities
Development Capacity?
Ability to do Work!
Development Capacity Building Blocks
Right Strategy Organization/Staffing/Leaders Funding/Capital People Attraction Entrepreneurs
Most Rural Communities. . .
No Game Plan Dysfunctional Organization Under Capitalized
Unable to use the opportunitiesavailable to them!
Lack ofHope
Not All Rural Communities. . .
This need not and is not the case for all of rural America.
One story. . . . Valley County, Nebraska
Situation 2000
Very Rural & Very Small 4,500 Residents Depopulation No Development Plan No Development
Capacity Divided/Lacking Hope
Impact
Strong Development Plan 3 FTE - $750,000 Budget 2x Commercial Tax Base $100 Million New Investment 330+ Net New Jobs Increased Retail and
Increased Income Population Growth
Why the Four Pillars
Organization/Staffing
PolicyLe
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Many ApproachesSystems Not ProgramsCommon Practices
Entrepreneurial Development Systems
Simple EDS
ExternalResourceNetwork(ERN)
EntrepreneurDevelopment
System(EDS)
AreaResource
Team(ART)
BusinessCoach(BC)
MEDCRex
As Needed Assistance
As Needed Assistance
Advise
Contract Performance Overnight
E Market Segments1. Growth
2. Attractions
3 Transitions4. Startups/Aspiring
5. Challenged
6. Youth
Market ResearchOpportunitiesNeeds
McCook Game PlanBusiness Coach
High Performing EDS
RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE
Pricing
Customers
Competition Marketing
Micro
Commercial Lending
RLF GapFinancing
Angels
Venture
Mentors
Peer Groups
CoachingCounseling
Training Classes
AdvisoryBoards Source Link System
Markets Education
Networks
CapitalAcces
s
MarketResearch
OrganizesRationalizes
Purdue University
Metropolitan Counties
Noncore CountiesMicropolitan Counties
Nonmetropolitan Counties
Metro and NonmetroCounties in Indiana
The Statewide Consortium: Who, Why and How
USDA Rural Development Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) Indiana Grantmakers Alliance Indiana Rural Development Council, Inc. (IRDC) Ball State University’s Building Better Communities
Program. Purdue University’s Center for Regional Development
and Cooperative Extension
Western Alabama Eastern Mississippi
Other Landscapes
Michigan Nevada Ogallala Commons Kansas Others
A Final Thought!
QUESTIONS?