Upcoming Events
Opportunities for Regional Sustainability
Northeast Ohio as a Model
June 24, 2005
Fisher Auditorium, South Exhibit Area, OARDC, Wooster, OH
The second of three forums on Opportunities for Regional Sustainability will be held on June 24, 2005 at the Fisher Auditorium, OARDC, Wooster, OH. The forums are intended for community leaders, farmers, business and land owners, planners, researchers and educators, and will address issues that promote success for regions that lie across the rural urban interface.
Ed Morrison of Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Regional Economic Issues will be our speaker and share his views on Building Sustainable Development Strategies in Northeast Ohio
A significant portion of the morning will be allocated to networking in order to enhance the effectiveness of existing groups and projects and to build infrastructures for new, complementary ones. During the networking time, participants will be encouraged to break into groups to identify activities and resources (e.g., informational, financial, human) which would provide synergistic benefit for the region. We are confident that the sessions will benefit all participants: college/university, government, business, foundations, organizations, associations, and citizen-stakeholders. Network groups can continue meeting over lunch at a nearby restaurant if they desire or schedule a future conference call or meeting.
Agenda:
8:30 Refreshments and Registration
9:00 Welcome and Speaker: Ed Morrison, Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Regional Economic Issues
* Questions and Answers
* Consolidating Networking Themes
10:00 Break
10:15 Networking Sessions (On the registration blank below, please check the group you plan to attend):
* Land use, water quality, and management in our Natural landscapes;
* Entrepreneurship, business planning, and family business sustainability;
* Green industry and public-private landscapes;
* Farms, market gardens, local foods, and food security;
* Family Sustainability (policy and support networks; jobs, etc.)
11:15 General Session: Summary by networking groups and
identification of need for other groups. Planning for October 28 Regional Sustainability Forum.
11:45 End of formal program . . . groups may continue conversation over lunch.
A list of area restaurants will be available.
Sponsored by the OSU Extension Center at Wooster Call 330-263-3799 with any questions.
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Check here the networking session you want to join that day: _____Land use, water quality, and management in our Natural landscapes _____Entrepreneurship, business planning, and family business sustainability _____Green industry and public-private landscapes _____Farms, market gardens, local foods, and food security _____Family Sustainability (policy and support networks; jobs, etc.) _____My interest is in another topic: _______________________________________ Workshop and Continental Breakfast, $10 -- checks payable to “OSU Extension Center at Wooster”
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Regional
Sustainability at the Rural Urban Interface
Northeast
Ohio as a model
March
24, 2005
Fisher
Auditorium, South Exhibit Area, OARDC, Wooster, OH
The
first of three forums on Regional Sustainability at the Rural Urban Interface
will be held on March 24, 2005 at the Fisher Auditorium, OARDC, Wooster,
OH. The forums are intended for community leaders, farmers, business and
land owners, planners and educators and will address issues that promote
success for regions that lie across the rural urban interface. Each forum
will include time for networking dialogue and examination of what is being
done and what needs to be done in the region. Our hope is that working
groups will form and focus on specific aspects of regional sustainability.
Lunch
will be included in the $20 registration fee. As spring begins, tours
of the Secrest Arboretum and nearby Sugar Creek Watershed will be available.
Contact
Joe Konen:
konen.2@osu.edu
for more information.
A
detailed agenda and registration forms will be available soon.
Other
forums will be held on June 24, 2005 and October 28, 2005 and will focus
on other resources. We will seek input on topics for future forums and
look for volunteers to help with the planning. The forums are sponsored
by the Regional Sustainability Roundtable at the OSU Extension Center
at Wooster.
The
March 24th forum will focus on "Regional Sustainability at the
Rural Urban Interface" and will use Northeast Ohio as a model.
The keynote will examine: "What is Regional Sustainability?"
including the unique nature of the Northeast Ohio Region, significant
regional initiatives, and the nature of sustainability.
Breakout
Sessions will focus on:
•
Sustainable Financial Living
•
Horticulture and the Green Industry as a Development Cluster
•
Sustaining and Developing the Region's Watersheds
•
Farming's Future in a Rural-Urban Region
•
Sustainable Entrepreneurial Communities
•
Local and Regional Foods
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