Planting the Seeds of Change through Economic Summits

Speaker:

Donna Stanley
Director of Institutional Advancement
Mountain Empire Community College
PO Drawer 700
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
276-523-2400 ext. 218
276-523-4130
dstanley@me.cc.va.us

Ron Jackson
Dean of Students
Technical College of the Lowcountry
PO Box 1288
Beaufort, SC 29901-1288
843-525-8216
843-525-8366
rjackson@tcl.edu

Chris Bickley
Technical College of the Lowcountry
PO Box 1288
Beaufort, SC 29901-1288
843-525-8216
843-525-8366
lcog@hargray.com

Economic summits can be effectively used to stimulate community discussion regarding long-term economic problems in distressed rural areas. This session will feature approaches used by Mountain Empire Community College, New Mexico State University at Carlsbad, and Technical College of the Lowcountry to organize regional economic summits. Presenters will highlight the planning that occurred before each summit, the follow-up that occurred after each event, and the benefits of the summits in stimulating citizen involvement in community change.
 
 
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