Economic Gardening Conference 2009 - economicgardeningconference2009

    The 7th Annual National Economic Gardening Conference was held June 17-19, 2009 at Prairie Sky Guest Ranch and Historic Fort Sisseton State Park.
  The conference was attended by over 70 economic development directors, entrepreneurs, educators and the public from 12 U.S. states and three countries including Japan, Australia and Kenya. The attendance was the second largest in the seven years the conference has been held throughout the nation.
  Conference attendees started out their South Dakota experience at Prairie Sky Guest Ranch where they enjoyed a steak fry supper and entertainment from Grammy nominated flute player Bryan Akipa and a Native American dance and drum group.
  Thursday started early at Fort Sisseton with a group from the Rural Learning Center introducing the attendees to social media as a source for communication and marketing benefits. They created a conference group networking site at www.egconference.ning.com to continue business development discussions and share resources. Barb Fails and Christine Hamilton-Pennell then spoke about how librarians can help the process of economic development in communities.
  The afternoon session featured speakers Beth Davis and Jael Kampfe explaining the Dakota Rising- Entrepreneur Development Systems program. The next two speakers, Michael Foster and Rob Pochert, explained how their communities are using the Economic Gardening program. The last presentation of the day was given by Julie Johnson and Jim Barringer from the Aberdeen Development Corporation.
  Later that night attendees could tour the Fort grounds and visit with re-enactors and take wagon rides. A bit of weather brought everyone inside where they enjoyed some traditional Native American food such as buffalo, fry bread, and corn stew. The night concluded with a performance from the Uffda Brudders.
  Day three included speaker Jacob Wipf, the founder of the Oak Lane Hutterite Colony in Alexandria, SD. Jacob explained the Hutterite history and the entrepreneurial approach they use. Takashi Yamamoto then spoke on "EG-like" activities in Japanese municipalities. Speaker presentations concluded with host Chris Gibbons. He talked about Maltego, a social network mapping software that quickly identifies hub people and ideas.
  The day finished with tour packages that included a tour of the Sunset Hutterite Colony west of Britton or the Coteau Heritage Package that included stops at the Nicollet Tower and the Stavig House Museum.
  "We were overwhelmed by the success not only expressed by attendees, but from the great local civic organizations and businesses that contributed their time and energy into putting on an impressive professional conference in our tri-county and tribal region of Glacial Lakes Dakota Rising," said conference organizers. "Thanks to everyone who helped make this national conference fun and memorable. We look forward to sharing and utilizing the new knowledge, new networks created, and collaboration in our region."

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