RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

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RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

• Don Macke
• [phone]
• don_at_e2mail.org

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Second AnnualCentral MissouriRegional
Conference
July 1, 2008
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About Us
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My Talk Today
Who?
Why?
What?
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WHO?
Mike Jaydyne Reichner
Beth Strube
Larry Comer
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WHO?
110 Adults
12 Youth
2/3rd of Jobs 2/3rds of Growth ½ of Innovations
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WHO?
Business Entrepreneurship
Civic Entrepreneurship
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WHY?
World Economy
Economic Competitiveness
Creative Force
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WHY?
300,000 Agencies
3,000 Deals
3 Million Entrepreneurs
30 Million Americans
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WHY?
e Attributes
Niche
Opportunities
Action/ Results
Risk
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WHY?
21st Century Opportunities

• New Generation Agriculture
• Artisan Manufacturing
• Americas Second Home
• Green Energy
• E Attraction

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WHY?
Right Game Plan!
Attraction
Retention
Transitions
Entrepreneurs
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WHAT?

• Scale is Important
• Population Matters
• Voluntary Regionalism

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Rural Myths Reality
Development Capacity
Urban/Rural
Development Opportunities
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Development Capacity?
Ability to do Work!
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Development Capacity Building Blocks

• Right Strategy
• Organization/Staffing/Leaders
• Funding/Capital
• People Attraction
• Entrepreneurs

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Most Rural Communities. . .
Lack of Hope

• No Game Plan
• Dysfunctional Organization
• Under Capitalized

Unable to use the opportunities available to them!
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Not All Rural Communities. . .

• This need not and is not the case for all of
  rural America.

One story. . . . Valley County, Nebraska
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Situation 2000

• Very Rural Very Small
• 4,500 Residents
• Depopulation
• No Development Plan
• No Development Capacity
• Divided/Lacking Hope

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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

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WHAT?
Investment
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WHAT?

• People Development
• Systems of Support

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WHAT?
Youth
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• A Final
• Thought!

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For More Information. . . .

• Don Macke
• Phone [phone]