September 24-27, 2010
Edward Lowe Foundation Campus
Big Rock Valley, Michigan
Join us for three and a half days of intense exposure to Economic Gardening tools, principles and practices at the pastoral 2,600 acre nature conservancy of the Edward Lowe Foundation in southwestern Michigan. This course is designed for professionals that are either starting or currently running a local economic gardening program to support entrepreneurial growth. Professionals will get the best of intellectual stimulation combined with the chance for solitude and reflection on the trails that wind through the woods and streams and rolling meadows of this beautiful location.
This course is taught by Chris Gibbons, co-creator of the Economic Gardening (entrepreneurial) approach to economic development. Mark Lange, Dino Signore and other staff members of the Edward Lowe Foundation (co-sponsors of the training) will also provide interesting and supportive exercises and learning consolidation experiences using the full natural resources of the foundation property.
Evenings will be spent in conversation around a large campfire exploring the kaleidoscope of entrepreneurship topics and sharing ideas and insights.
Economic Gardening is a twenty-year proven concept that can grow economies from the inside out. It uses sophisticated, high end tools and cutting edge fundamental theories to make real, practical differences in growing businesses.
Three day course: $695
Three nights lodging and eight meals*: $300
*Friday evening meal excluded
Resources
U.S. Jobs 2006-2008
U.S. Jobs 1993-2008
Littleton Economic Gardening
Kauffman Foundation Research
| Chris Gibbons: Introduction to Economic Gardening |  |
| Mark Lange: Economic Gardening Update for Collier County, FL (Naples) |  |
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