Economic Gardening Conference in Steamboat Springs

About a week ago, I attended the economic gardening gathering in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. We had a very valuable set of presentations which got us up to date with some of the newest developments in economic gardening.You can read more about the conference here http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2008/jun/14/iowa_speaker_touts_innovation_economic_gardening_g/ . The article focuses on the remarkable work being done by a growing network of people in Fairfiled, IA, led by Burt Chojnowski. While in Steamboat, Burt and I had dinner together, and Burt is planning another gathering in Fairfield in early October. (More details, later)

If you are not familiar with economic gardening, it is a network-based model of economic development first designed by Chris Gibbons in Littleton, Colorado. You can read more background from the Littleton website here http://www.littletongov.org/bia/economicgardening/ .

by Ed Morrison.

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