Statewide Community Entrepreneurship Academy, October 20, 2004

• Purpose Mark Edelman, Director Community Vitality Center/ISU Extension
• Welcome Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy, Mayor of Fairfield
  
• The Entrepreneurship Challenge in Rural Iowa
• The Honorable Tom Harkin, U.S. Senate

• The Community Entrepreneurship Opportunity
• Creating Regional Entrepreneur Support Systems Tom Lyons, Distinguished Professor, University of Louisville (.ppt file)

• Community Models and Best Practices Jed Wagner, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship (.ppt file)

• Fairfield's Story and Support System Bob Phipps, Fairfield Chamber & Economic Development Association (.ppt file)
• Honorable Ed Malloy, Mayor of Fairfield
• Ken Ross, President of Orthonix
• Burt Chojnowski, Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association

• Fairfield Entrepreneur Showcase Eric Schwartz, Cambridge Investment Research (coming soon)
• Tim Hawthorne, Hawthorne Direct (.ppt file)
• Fred Gratzon, Great Midwestern Ice Cream Company and Telegroup (coming soon)
• Julie Stephens, Revelations (coming soon)
• A National Perspective on Community Entrepreneurship Jim Richardson, National Rural Funders Collaborative (coming soon)

CVC Iowa Community Entrepreneurship Award Fairfield
CVC Community Entrepreneur Leader of the Year Mark Hamilton

• Presentation by Rick Morian, CVC Board Chairman (coming soon)

Breakout Session I Track A: Community Tools
Moderator: Charles City Mayor Jim Erb

• The Community Solutions Approach: Kent Zimmerman, The Zimmerman Company (.ppt file)
• Wright County Entrepreneurship Plan: Kathleen Showalter, PlanScape Partners (.ppt file)
• Partnership for Rural Microenterprise Training and Support: Marybeth Foster, Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED) (.ppt file)
• Creating Entrepreneurial Communities: Burt Chojnowski, Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association (.ppt file)

Breakout Session I Track B: Entrepreneurial Capital
Moderator: Clark Smith, Aquila

• Revolving Loan Funds for Entrepreneurship: Rand Fisher, Iowa Area Economic Development Group (.ppt file)
• Community & Regional Angel Investor Networks: Gregg Barcus, Emerging Growth Group (.ppt file)
• Innovative Rural Entrepreneurship Capital Programs: Curt Heidt, Federal Home Loan Bank (.ppt file)
• Creating Serial Entrepreneurship Groups: Don Hofstrand, AgVentures Alliance & ISUE Mktg. Resource Center (.ppt file)

Breakout Session I Track C: Fairfield Entrepreneurship Tour

• Fairfield Downtown Books are Fun (coming soon)
• Maharishi University of Management Vedic City and Raj (coming soon)
• Hawthorne Direct (coming soon)

Breakout Session II Track A: Community Tools

• Moderator: Beth Danowsky, Iowa Rural Development Council/IDED

The MyEntreNet Program and Fast Trac Training: Michael Hahn, University of Northern Iowa SBDC (coming soon)
• The Sirolli Enterprise Facilitation Concept: Kristen Roberts, Sirolli Institute, Jefferson (.ppt file)
• Community Entrepreneurial Centers & Business Plan Competitions: Jennifer Daly, Mount Pleasant Chamber Alliance, with
  Michelle Rosell & Dave George, Mount Pleasant Steering Committee (.ppt file)
• Kossuth County College Intern Program: Maureen Elbert, Kossuth County Economic Development Corporation (coming soon)

Breakout Session II Track B: Entrepreneur Networks

• Moderator: Marsha Laux, ISU Extension Value-Added Agriculture

• Building Community Food Networks & Mentors: Lawrence E. Gamble, P.E. Abundance Ecovillage Corp., Fairfield
• Grover C. Stock III, Sustainable Living Coalition, Fairfield (coming soon)
• Mapping Community Food Entrepreneur Assets: Carol R. Smith, National Catholic Rural Life (.ppt file)
• Fairfields Art Walk: Stacey Hurlin, Fairfield Art Life Society (coming soon)
• Community Art Show Rooms and Sales Network: Lynn Adams, ISU Extension SW Iowa Coalition (.ppt file)

Breakout Session II Track C: Repeat Fairfield Entrepreneurship Tour