The Rutland Regional Planning Commission is sponsoring a groundbreaking campaign to spur economic development in the area with locally-led, regional efforts. Finding the Sweet Spot: New Approaches to Economic Development in the Rutland Region, kicks off the evening of October 1, 2014 with an economic development summit at the Franklin Conference Center in Rutland. The event is open to the public.Erik Pages from EntreWorks Consulting, an economic development and policy development firm, will lead the discussion on New Approaches to Economic Development in the Rutland Region. Pages’ specialty is helping communities support local innovators and nurture new drivers of local wealth creation; in other words, their entrepreneurial potential.
To be part of the conversation about new approaches to broadening the area’s economic development by focusing on local efforts join us:
5:30 - 8:30 pm, Wednesday, October 1, Franklin Conference Center at the Howe,
1 Scale Ave., Rutland
Space is limited, so please RSVP no later than September 25 to [email protected].
Directions: Franklin Center (http://www.franklinconference.com/directions.html)
The Rutland Regional Planning Commission is a quasi-governmental non-profit organization (one of 11 in Vermont) with 27 member towns in Rutland County. The RRPC encourages the coordinated development of the Rutland region, advocates for the needs of its member towns, and strives to build a thriving regional economy while enhancing the area’s quality of life. The Commission’s staff provides technical assistance for transportation, natural resources, energy, environmental, housing, health, education, and cultural-related issues.
Finding the Sweet Spot: New Approaches to Economic Development in the Rutland Region is sponsored by the Rutland Regional Planning Commission and the National Association of Development Organizations, with support from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (www.champlainvalleynhp.org) and Green Mountain Power (greenmountainpower.com/creative/solar).