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Home Town Competitiveness - Youth Attraction
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April 23, 2009 from 08:30 am to 04:00 pm |
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| Where | Alma Community Center, 244 East 11th St, Alma KS 66401 |
| Contact Name | Abby Dechant |
| Contact Email | wcedc@embarqmail.com |
| Contact Phone | 785-765-4655 |
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Often young people do not return to their hometowns. HTC has developed a formula that small towns can use in their efforts to halt this trend. Using existing data on population change, the formula provides small towns with realistic goals for youth attraction. HTC teaches people how to target youth for attraction, create career opportunities through business transfer and entrepreneurial support, and nurture a sense of ownership and vested interest in the community’s future leaders.
Please click here for a copy of the Brochure and Registration
All communities are welcome to send representatives!
Wabaunsee County is offering tuition assistance to residents who participate in the workshops! Click here for an application.
February will be the Entrepreneurship Workshop!
Please join us in Alma for our third lesson in community sustainability!
The Four Pillars, the structure behind the concept of Home Town Competitiveness, will be presented in a series of workshops in the next several months. The Home Town Competitiveness approach offers hope for communities being swept away by change that has caused severe out migration, growing levels of poverty and the flight of youth. Workshops are sponsored in part by South Central Kansas Economic Development District and the Kansas Health Foundation and presented in part by the HTC Development Partners.
The first, the Entrepreneurship Workshop will be held February 26 in Herington. The second, the Charitable Assets Workshop, will be held March 26 in Marion. The third, the Youth Attraction Workshop, will be held April 23 in Alma. The fourth, and final of this series, the Community Leadership Workshop, will be held May 21 in Marion. Everyone is welcome to attend these informational and educational workshop including Community leaders, City and County officials, civic and service organizations, foundation boards, business leaders, economic development professionals, school counselors, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in supporting and offering leadership in our communities.
Each workshop will focus on the Pillars necessary to help sustain and enhance our communities. The workshops are sponsored and supported by a number of organizations dedicated to local community development and economic stimulus. Pre-registration is recommended. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. More information is available at www.htccommunity.org or by contacting the local Chamber of Commerce or Economic Development Office in Dickinson, Marion, Morris and Wabaunsee Counties.
