Entrepreneurial Rural Communities National Case Studies Series

Sponsored by Farm Foundation, Community Vitality Center, and Creative Fairfield

Full Report with all Case Studies in the Series (.pdf file)

Individual Reports and PowerPoint Presentations

• Report 1: The Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet) in Athens, Ohio (.pdf file)
  PowerPoint Presentation by June Holley
• Report 2: Northern Initiatives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (.pdf file)
  PowerPoint Presentation by Dennis West
• Report 3: Tapetes de Lana Weaving Center, Mora, New Mexico (.pdf file)
  Presentation by Carla Gomez
• Report 4: Douglas-Coffee County, Georgia: An Entrepreneur-Friendly Community (.pdf file)
  PowerPoint Presentation by Joanne Lewis and Lidell Greenway, Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce
• Report 5: The IDEA Center Incubator of Tupelo, Mississippi (.pdf file)
  Presentation by Wayne Averett, The IDEA Center
  Incubator Feasibility Study (.pdf file)
• Report 6: North Iowa Area Community College Entrepreneur and Capital Networks (.pdf file)
  PowerPoint Presentation by Jamie Zanios, NIACC Pappajohn Center
• Report 7: AgVentures Alliance: An Entrepreneurial Value-Added Agriculture Network (.pdf file)
  PowerPoint Presentation by Don Hofstrand, ISU Extension & National Ag Marketing Center
• Report 8: Fairfield, Iowa: The Emergence of a Serial Entrepreneurial Community (.pdf file)
  PowerPoint Presentation by Burt Chojnowski, past President Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association (.pdf file)
• Report 9: Reflections on Local, State and Federal Policies to Support Entrepreneurs (.pdf file)
• Supplement: “Entrepreneurial Community Ecosystems…”
  Presentation by Sohodojo