"13th Annual" Rural Development Conference

"Tools For Economic Success"

Where:  Tennessee Technological University (Cookeville, Tennessee)

When:  April 2-3, 2008

Registration fee: $75

TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE, Click Here!

The workshops for the conference will include:

• Successful Mark eting to Site Location Consultants
• Board and Community Leadership
• Rural Community Stewardship
• Bootstrap Tourism: Developing Rural Tourism from Scratch
• How to Speak so People Listen
• The Importance of Housing in Economic Development
• Concept Marketing for Small Towns
• Art as an Economic Development Tool
• Winning with Web Sites
• Recruiting Retail Businesses
• Retiree Attraction
• Entrepreneurial Development Strategies

For additional information about the conference, download a .pdf file of the conference brochure by clicking on the following link:

BrochureRDConf2008.pdf

Leadership Upper Cumberland Alumni Association is sponsoring a golf tournament prior to the conference.  If you are interested, please download the following .pdf brochure and return the completed form to Cliff Swoape at the contact information listed in the brochure.

GolfinsertRuralDevConf2008.pdf

For questions about registration or for special need consideration, contact:

Dr. Virginia M. Moore
Associate Dean
College of Business
(931) 372-3643