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Local Citizens Connect to Global Rural Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 24, 2009
Local Citizens Connect to Global Rural Network
It has been over three years in the making. The Global Rural Network Project announced the establishment of a website to help rural communities from around the country and globe to establish a collaborative network with creative solutions for the future.
The goal of the Global Rural Network is to connect rural leaders from all fifty states and ten other countries by the end of 2010 to share ideas and help each other learn how to prepare ourselves and local rural areas for a different kind of future.
The Norfolk area is one of sixteen states and three other countries that have representatives involved with the initial design of the GRN. http://grnp.org/
The GRN project includes Norfolk area residents that participated in a Leadership Norfolk course sponsored by the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Norfolk. These residents maintained a connection with Rick Smyre, President Communities of the Future, a consultant used by the City over a 10 year period. Through his leadership and coaching skills Leadership Norfolk participants have been making connections outside of their area, collaborated on projects, considered the impact of weak signals and future trends on the region, and investigated and implemented adaptive planning and parallel processes .
These same local leaders led and participated in the Visioning 2026 project during 2005-2006 (http://www.Visioning2026.com). The NorthFork Riverwalk Develoment Project is a an outgrowth of the visioning dialogue and focus groups (http://www.northforkne.com). Some of these same participants are involved in a local 2nd Enlightenment group that continues to dialogue on the findings and recommendations from the Visioning 2026 efforts as well as considers evolving trends impacting the area.
Contact Mark Hall (mhall@eselling4u.com, http://twitter.com/trumark), Jennifer Adams (jadams@conpoint.com), and Larry Wenzl (wenzll@asme.org) for additional information. You can follow some of the continuing dialogue at the following website, http://www.visioning2026.com/blog/.
http://grnp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=59 Identifies the current GRN participants from sixteen states.
For further information contact Mark Hall (402-316-9664, mhall@eselling4u.com, Twitter:trumark), Jennifer Adams, or Larry Wenzl.
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