Exploring Innovation:
A Conference on Community Development
Innovation in Changing Times
April 22-24, 2009
Chase Park Plaza Hotel
212 N. Kingshighway
St. Louis, Mo. 63108
What Will You Learn?
Changing economic conditions are presenting unique challenges to those in the community development field.
The 2009 Exploring Innovation conference will focus on resiliency, sustainability and innovations that will help your organization or community survive—and, more importantly, thrive—during these unprecedented times.
You will leave the conference with ideas that you can implement right now to create economic opportunity.
Exploring Innovation is…
- the best experience for anyone interested in a comprehensive view of community development;
- a fun atmosphere that will help unleash ideas;
- a unique learning opportunity where participants are engaged before, during and after the conference;
- a place to hear real stories of transformation;
- just what communities need right now.
Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Scholarship support has been generously provided by:
- the Arkansas Coalition of Housing and Neighborhood Growth for Empowerment,
- the Community Development Council of Greater Memphis,
- Enterprise Community Partners,
- Facilitate.com and
- Old National Bank.
See the registration page for more information.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." —Charles Darwin |
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