Entrepreneurial Rural Communities National Case Studies Series

Eight case studies of entrepreneurial rural communities and a summary report have been developed from presentations and discussions at a National Entrepreneurial Rural Communities Workshop held in Fairfield, Iowa, on June 3, 2005. Each of the case studies are published on-line on the Community Vitality Center and Brainbelt.com web sites. The full report is also available as a PDF document at http://www.Brainbelt.com

The series includes:

* Report 1: The Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet) in Athens, Ohio http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case1-acenet

* Report 2: Northern Initiatives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case2-michigan-up-peninsula

* Report 3: Tapetes de Lana Weaving Center, Mora, New Mexico http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case3-tapetes-nm

* Report 4: Douglas-Coffee County, Georgia: An Entrepreneur-Friendly Community http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case4-douglas-coffee

* Report 5: The IDEA Center Incubator of Tupelo, Mississippi http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case5-tupelo

* Report 6: North Iowa Area Community College Entrepreneur and Capital Networks http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case6-pappajohn

* Report 7: AgVentures Alliance: An Entrepreneurial Value-Added Agriculture Network http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case7-agventures

* Report 8: Fairfield, Iowa: The Emergence of a Serial Entrepreneurial Community http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-case8-fairfield

* Report 9: Reflections on Local, State and Federal Policies to Support Entrepreneurs http://brainbelt.com/cvc-nreg-participant-discussion

* Supplement: ‘Entrepreneurial Community Ecosystems…’ by Sohodojo http://brainbelt.com/NREG-sohodojo

The National Entrepreneurial Rural Communities Workshop and Case Study Project was sponsored by Farm Foundation. The case studies were edited by Sue Lambertz, Sandra Burke, Becky Johnson, and Mark Edelman of the Community Vitality Center, Iowa State University.

The workshop was organized by Burt Chojnowski, past President of Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association. Companion PowerPoint presentations are available for download from the CVC web site: http://www.cvcia.org.

Video excerpts recorded by Fairfield Public Access Community television (FPAC) and are being made available at http://www.brainbelt.com

I will be presenting summary highlights at the U.S. Department of Commerce on 21st Century Economic Development next week in Washington, D.C.
http://www.outreachpsu.edu/C&I/EDASymposium/

Burt Chojnowski

BrainBelt Consulting

[email protected]

641-919-2163