Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium
June 19-24, 2024 | Burlington, VT
Radically Rural Director Julianna Dodson will be speaking at the United States Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium, which promotes an integrated approach to better understanding entrepreneurship in rural areas and small towns. They convene 40 to 60 researchers, teachers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs annually to generate more data-driven research, education, policy, and action for the 61% of the U.S. who live in small towns and rural spaces.
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Community Dinner
In Nelsonville, OH, neighbors get together on Thursdays at a local park to have dinner together. It's a simple idea, but sharing food together and serving one another is an impactful way to build community in rural towns. Learn more about how they did it here.
Other Events and Resources
Discovering Shared Housing Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17 & 24 | 1:00-2:15 PM ET At the end of the class, you should have a solid understanding of whether shared housing is an option you should pursue. And you might decide it isn’t for you but then you are making an informed decision not having a knee jerk reaction.Register here.
Rural Collaboration
Wednesday, March 27 | 12:00 PM ET Join Dell Gines from IEDC International Economic Development Council, and Becky McCray and Deb Brown from SaveYour.Town for a no-charge webinar to help you develop robust networks for targeted purposes.Register here.
Small Business Advocacy Office Annual Report Did you know that the SEC has a Small Business Advocacy Office? Check out their 2023 Annual Report, a comprehensive resource on the dynamics of capital raising in communities across the country and includes our Office’s recommendations for improving capital-raising policy. Explore their Roadmap to Funding a Small Business and other resources available on the SEC’s Capital Raising Hubto help equip small businesses and their investors with tools to navigate capital raising! There is even a glossary that helps cut through the jargon. Sign-up to receive their small business updates.
The SEC is still looking for notes on the rural specific section (pages 65-67). Please share your feedback with radicallyrural@hannahgrimes.org and we'll pass it along.
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