Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/09/2008 09:37 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 07/12/2008 11:19 AM
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First Annual Calaveras County Development Summit Was Quite a Success on Friday....Video Enclosed
Angels Camp, CA....If you did not have a chance to attend or catch our "Live" streaming of the Economic Summit that took place on Friday, we now have the replay up for your viewing pleasure.....The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce, together with the County of Calaveras and the City of Angels sponsored the 1st Annual Calaveras County Economic Revitalization Summit, a first time historic event, and the beginning of a county-wide ongoing design process. After months of planning, just over 150 of the best and brightest of our local minds met, strategized, planned, broke bread together and listened to some great speakers. It was an all day event starting with the first speaker, Steve Art ,who is the economic development director for Lincoln CA. In recent years Lincoln was one of the fastest growing cities in the US....
After the first speech the attendees broke into groups for the breakout sessions. The sessions included: Tourism, Ag & Natural Resources, Retail, Industry & Emerging Tech, Professional Services, Infrastructure & Quality of Life.
We tried to spend a few minutes in each group and we were impressed. There was good back and forth and even some participants who were initially skeptical of the process found some new ideas and new ways of think about economic development in our area.
It also reinforced at least for me the diverse, energetic and vibrant group of business people we have in our area.This Summit is the result of a tremendous effort from many individuals working together with a common goal of achieving an agreed upon future of economic diversity for Calaveras County.
The Summit was held at Bret Harte High School on Friday, July 11th from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
The Summit consisted of panel discussions with moderators focusing on the
seven primary areas of concern; Tourism, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Retail, Industry & Emerging Technology, Professional Services, Infrastructure and Quality of Life. In each of these tracks, there was group work to develop an understanding of present realities and then to build a picture of a more desirable future. The morning panels focused on an assessment of the assets and liabilities in each area and the afternoon sessions explored opportunities.
Together with some talented moderators, we hope to develop a common vision with Next Steps and a cohesive team to move forward.
They also invited several speakers to address the group who have definitive experience in Economic Development.
