Seminars in Rapid City and Huron this month aim to offer
community leaders resources and guidance to develop plans, networks
and projects.
The Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Program is sponsoring
two one-day sessions titled "Finding Community Direction."
The identical programs will be Monday, Sept. 17, at the Best
Western Ramkota Hotel in Rapid City and Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the
Crossroads Hotel in Huron.
The events will be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time and
feature speaker John P. Kretzmann, co-director of The Asset-Based
Community Development Institute. A resource fair, resource booths
and lunch are part of the agenda.
The Horizons Program is made possible through the South Dakota
State University Cooperative Extension Service.
The events are free for all Horizons community members and
cost $20 for nonmembers. Registration is required. The deadline to
register for either event is Thursday, Sept. 13.
Resource fair exhibitors featured at the events will include
community development agencies such as the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Rural Development Agency, U.S. Small Business
Administration and the South Dakota State University
Entrepreneurship Program.
The program seeks to help strengthen community networks and
make connections between resources in towns and cities
statewide.
Participants interested in the program can download the
registration form at
http://sdces.sdstate.edu/ces_website/files/ResourceFairbrochure07.pdf.
For more information, contact Horizons Project director Kari
Fruechte at 688-4946 or Fruechte.kari@ces.sdstate.edu.
