Rural Summit Schedule

October 5th and 6th

 

Thursday Oct 5

9:00 Welcome

9:30 Clair Whitmire – Business Climate Challenges for Rural Businesses

10:00 Maye Sayphanh – Serving and Advocating for Small Businesses

10:15 Les Fong and Preet Ahluwalia – SBDC Panel

11:00 Shruti Narian and Ted Hillman – Preparing your Businesses for Disaster

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Team Building

1:30 Martin Huberty – Partnering with your Visitor Center

2:00 End

 

6:00 – 7:30 appetizers, music and wine tasting at Ironstone

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Friday Oct 6

8:30 Tour Big Trees

Breakfast on your own

10:00 Welcome

10:15 Team Building

11:00 Heather Luzzi – Accessing Capital

11:30 David Knight – Partnering with Community Action Agencies

12:00 Heather Harter – How to Build your Chamber Membership

12:30 Raffle and Wrap up

1:00 take lunch with you