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Dakota Rising Entrepreneur Fellowship Program

Take the first step in fostering entrepreneurial change in your community by becoming a Dakota Rising Pilot Site!

Dakota Rising, a program of South Dakota Rural Enterprise, cultivates rural entrepreneurs through its Rural Entrepreneur Fellows program and supporting activities. Two new Dakota Rising pilot Sites will be selected in 2010, the final year of a three year demonstration period.

To be considered as a Dakota Rising Site you must either be

1) an organization or coalition of organizations that serves a specific geographic area; or

2) a membership organization or an organization that provides services to a well-defined population serving rural people.

Dakota Rising Sites:

* Join a learning network dedicated to entrepreneur development.

* Access systems to develop sustainable community networks to support entrepreneurship.

* Receive training in entrepreneur development strategies.

* Connect entrepreneurs to resources and technical assistance.

* Bring Fellowship Opportunity to community entrepreneurs.

Apply Now to Become a Dakota Rising Pilot Site
The first step to becoming a Dakota Rising pilot site is to submit an "Intent to Apply" on the Dakota Rising web site, http://www.dakotarising.com<http://www.dakotarising.com> .
The deadline for submitting completed Site applications is June 18, 2010.

To learn more about the Dakota Rising Entrepreneur Fellowship Program and becoming a Dakota Rising Site, go to http://www.dakotarising.com , call 605-978-2804 or e-mail mailto:[email protected] or talk with SD Rural Enterprise staff at the Governor’s Conference in Sioux Falls, April 20 and 21st.

"The ability to tap into resources and offer our small businesses the tools and money to grow makes Dakota Rising very attractive for rural communities," said Scott Amundson, one of the pilot Site coordinators. "We are small, but we have creative, passionate business men and women who need a strong network and connections to be successful. Dakota Rising provides those elements."

After the completion of the demonstration project in 2011, it is the intention of SD Rural Enterprise to make Dakota Rising available statewide.

Beth Davis, President

SD Rural Enterprise

P O Box 2282

629 S. Minnesota Avenue STE 201

Sioux Falls SD 57104

P. 605-978-2804

F. 605-978-2805

M. 605-351-1345

http://www.sdrei.org/

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