Resource Awareness
We have recently been made aware of a tremendous resource that is FREE to all communities. South Dakota Rural Enterprise. It is a non-profit organization based in Sioux Falls. Beth Davis is the President. Wagner Area Growth (our economic development organization) hosted Beth and her associate about three months ago and the Wagner Rotary Club recently had Beth for a program at their weekly meeting. SDRE has several programs available to South Dakota communitites, one of which is Leadership Plenty. Heard that phrase before? Of course! They have other training opportunities and informational sources such as Growing Opportunities and Resources from Within; Trade Secrets for Development Organizations; and Creating a Value Added Community. Every community in South Dakota and especially those of us who have gone through the Horizons Program should contact the SDRE for a visit to your community. You will be impressed with their knowledge and caring attitude. They can give your community information and direction. All you have to do is call! Here’s hoping Wagner takes advantage of their resources soon! Check out www.sdrei.org
December 25th, 2007 at 9:39 am
SDREI is a great resource for communities! SDSU Extension is partnering with them to deliver the Creating Value Added Communities (CVAC) program in South Dakota–our Horizons I communities were chosen for the first round.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Here in Tyndall, we hosted them at our Chamber meeting a while back and the information was great. I was impressed that we were offered LeadershipPlenty through Horizons, when I saw the fees that they charge ( and it is totally worth it ). They offered a lot of good information and instilled hope in the fact that our small towns can still be viable. We still have to preach “shop local” !