Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovative Leadership

In this issue...

• President Bush’s 2007 Budget Request for EDA: Good News for Rural America
  by Sandy K. Baruah, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development

• A Framework for Developing Rural Entrepreneurship
  by by Deborah M. Markley, Ph.D., Co-Director, RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

• Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship: What Can States Do? What Should They Do?
  by Erik R. Pages, EntreWorks Consulting

• Jack Schultz: A Man with 7 1/2 Keys to Small Town Success
  by Louise Anderson, International Economic Development Council; Editor, Economic Development America

• The HomeTown Competitiveness Initiative
  by Don Macke, Co-Director, RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

• Incorporating Entrepreneurship into North Carolina’s Economic Development Infrastructure
  by Leslie Scott Director, Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship, N.C. Rural Center

• Entrepreneurship on Tribal Lands
  by Elsie Meeks, Executive Director, First Nations Oweesta Corporation

• Innovation Commercialization in a Rural Region: The Case of Greater Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  by Thomas S. Lyons, Ph.D. and Gregg A. Lichtenstein, Ph.D.

• Kentucky Leadership Program Coaches Entrepreneurs
  by Ronald J. Hustedde Director, Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute; Professor of Community and Leadership Development, University of Kentucky

• Wyoming Business Camp Encourages Youth to Make Their Own Jobs
  by Linda Wolfe, Education and Outreach Manager, Converse Area New Development Organization