Strengthening the ability of the land grant university system to execute its rural development mission

Topic area: Economic Development

Poverty & Socioeconomic Distress in the North Central Region: Assessing Trends (4/11/13)
L. Lobao, M. Partridge & M. Betz (The Ohio State University)& R. Goe (Kansas State University)
Recorded Presentation    PowerPoint  

Overview of USDA Rural Development Loan Program (January 2013)
M. Brodziski & J. Broussard (USDA/Rural Development)
Recorded Presentation            PowerPoint

Rural Wealth Creation: Concepts, Strategies, and Measures
(May 2012)
(http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err131/)
J. Pender, A. Marré , and R. Reeder, USDA ERS
Recorded Presentation       PowerPoint

The Business Solutions Professional Approach: Connecting Extension to Workforce and Economic Development (April 2012)
M. Polzin and D. Winthrop (Michigan State University)
Recorded Presentation      PowerPoint

The Economic Crisis - Is There Room for Middle Ground? (April 2012)
A. Womack (University of Missouri)
Recorded Presentation            PowerPoint

Community Retail Analysis Techniques: Updated Approaches in the New "Downtown Market Analysis Toolbox" (March 2012)
J. Clark and G. Davis (The Ohio State University), R. Pesch and B. Schwartau (University of Minnesota) and B. Ryan (University of Wisconsin)
Recorded Presentation         PowerPoint     Downtown Market Analysis

Challenges Facing Small and Medium Sized Entrepreneurs in Emerging Cool Climate Wine Regions (February 2012)
F. Chaddad (University of Missouri), M. Gomez (Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management), and R. B. Ross (Michigan State University)
Recorded Presentation          PowerPoint

Promoting Science-Based Innovation Business in Agriculture and Natural Resources (January 2012)
R. Griesbach and R. Wagner, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Recorded Presentation            PowerPoint

Best Practice Approaches in the New Economy (December 2011)
D. Ivan (Michigan State University)
Recorded Presentation           PowerPoint

The Winners’ Choice: Sustainable Economic Strategies for Successful 21st-Century Regions (November 2011)
M. Partridge and M. Olfert (Ohio State University)
Recorded Presentation          PowerPoint

Examining Entrepreneurial Activity in Six North American Universities (October 2011)
M. Kenney (University of California)
Recorded Presentation        PowerPoint

Designing the New Rural Establishment Innovation Survey (September 2011)
T. Wojan, USDA Economic Research Service
Recorded Presentation        PowerPoint

Targeting Regional Economic Development (November 2010)
S. Deller, S. Goetz, and T. Harris
PowerPoint               Recorded Presentation

Banking Issues Among Entrepreneurs from Underserved Populations (November 2010)
T. Borich and R. Martinez
PowerPoint               Recorded Presentation

Investing in Entrepreneurs (October 2010)
G. Lichtenstein and T. Lyons
PowerPoint            Recorded Presentation

Green Policies, Climate Change, and New Jobs:  Separating Fact from Fiction (October 2010)
M. Partridge
PowerPoint            Recorded Presentation