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Tools and Techniques for Rural Development

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. | Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Lunch will be provided.

“Tools and Techniques” will feature speakers on the future of rural development, with a specific focus on regionalism, workforce development, small business finance and entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy. The event is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, University of Missouri Extension and Moberly Area Community College.

Who should attend? Public officials, educators, economic developers and representatives of chambers of commerce, finance and banking, and nonprofit social services.

Speakers and discussion leaders include:

• Amy Deem, assistant director, Missouri Division of Workforce Development
• Janie Dunning, Missouri state director of rural development, United States Department of Agriculture
• Charles Fluharty, director, Rural Policy Research Institute
• Sharon Gulick, director, University of Missouri Extension Community Economic and Entrepreneurial Development
• Tracy Reckert, vice president, Advantage Capital Partners

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