Rural Community College Alliance presents:

Building Institutional Capacity
October 7-9, 2002 • Memphis, Tenn.
Study Tupelo Tour

Conference Agenda

Tupelo, Mississippi . . . The Story of Change

You have an opportunity to explore the process that changed a community into a dynamic, thriving region. Come and join your colleagues on Wed., Oct. 9, when we travel to Tupelo and participate in an intensive 24-hour exploration of community change. Dr. Vaughn Grisham, author of "Tupelo: The Evolution of a Community" and associate professor of sociology at The University of Mississippi, will lead you through the community and introduce you to the partners that made the community's revolution a reality. The experience will enable you to:

Learn from Tupelo's successful public-private partnerships that have achieved major improvements in employment, education and income levels over the long-term.

Explore processes and the institutions that have fostered community investment and reinvestment in Tupelo.

Stimulate discussion and the development of strategies for generating community and civic investment in your own communities.

The $200 fee for this post-conference tour will include costs of transportation, hotel and meals. Tupelo is located about 90 miles southeast of Memphis on U.S. 78.

 

Itinerary for Tupelo Trip

Wednesday, October 9, 2002
1:00 p.m. Depart from the Adams Mark Hotel in Memphis on the tour bus
Vaughn Grisham will join the group and conduct an orientation session as the group is traveling
3:00 p.m. Arrive at the Executive Inn and for unpacking and rest
4:00 p.m. Windshield Tour of the factories and industrial parks in the North End
  Walking tour of Madison and Green Street Development (oldest neighborhood) and discussion with community/neighborhood leaders
6:00 p.m. Working Dinner at Vanelli's
Discussion with Phil Sullivan, assistant to the Mayor, and continued discussion with representatives from the Neighborhood Revitalization projects
   
Thursday, October 10, 2002
8:20 a.m. Meet in the hotel lobby and depart for Community Development Foundation
8:30 a.m. Discussion with CDF - Presentation with question and answer
10:00 a.m. Meet with Downtown Redevelopment group
11:30 a.m. Side trip to Elvis Presley's home and a windshield tour to the downtown revitalization area on the way to the Advanced Education Center
  Lunch Advanced Education Center (Lunch catered by Vanelli's)
12:30 p.m.

Charles Harrison, President of the Advanced Education Center, will lead a discussion on the role of education in the economic development process
2:00 p.m. Meeting with Billy Crews, President of The Daily Journal, and discussion on the role of the newspaper in the community and CREATE
3:15 p.m. Travel to the North Pacific Medical Center and meet with Gerald Wages
5:00 p.m. Depart Tupelo for Memphis

 

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Southern Rural Development Center
Box 9656
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-8915 (fax)