January 28, 2010 – Austin …
at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center!
(Time and directions here.)
It’s not the greatest season for Wildflowers, but it’s always a good time to support rural entrepreneurs. Brian Dabson is president/CEO of the Rural Policy Research Institute – “RUPRI” – and board chair of the RUPRI Center for Rural
Entrepreneurship.
If anybody knows more about developing and supporting rural entrepreneurs than Brian Dabson, it might be Burt Chojnowski, of Brain Belt Consulting in Fairfield, Iowa. As president of the Entrepreneurs Association in a community less than 10,000, Burt was a key player in attracting $275 million of investment in over sixty startup companies.
And showing the way for Texans, Paul Henderson and Eric Turner will tell how Plainview became Texas’ first Certified Entrepreneur-Friendly City. Paul is Director of Workforce at South Plains College and Eric is city manager and director of the Plainview Convention and Visitors Bureau.
What is TRIF?
TRIF is a series of forums, held approximately 6-8 times per year. Each forum features noted speakers with outstanding expertise in rural development and practitioners with firsthand knowledge of successful programs and practices.
TRIF brings firsthand knowledge of the most innovative and successful rural development projects in the nation to YOU – the business, civic, social, educational and cultural leaders of Texas’ small cities, towns and rural regions. And we bring it from the people who are making it happen in their home towns from coast to coast.
TRIF speakers will present a mix of theory and practice, but it is all about action and improvement at home, on the ground – not pie-in-the-sky! We are supported by a cast of all-star sponsors who insist on keeping it real!
As an added benefit, through TRIF you become part of a network of like-minded innovators from across rural (and urban) Texas. TRIF is your opportunity to get together with real people who make things happen!
Why?
