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News Releases: 2009

OCTOBER 30

*Media Advisory* St. Louis Fed To Host Conference on Future of Rural Development

ST. LOUIS — The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, along with the University of Missouri Extension and Moberly Area Community College, is hosting a conference on the future of rural development Nov. 6 at Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, Mo.

“Tool and Techniques for Rural Development” will feature speakers who will address current issues such as regionalism, workforce development, small business finance and entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy.

The event is free and should be of particular interest to public officials, educators, economic developers and representatives of chambers of commerce, finance and banking, and nonprofit social services.

Speakers and discussion leaders will include:

• Amy Deem, assistant director, Missouri Division of Workforce Development;
• Janie Dunning, Missouri state director of rural development, United States Department of Agriculture;
• Charles Fluharty, director, Rural Policy Research Institute;
• Sharon Gulick, director, University of Missouri Extension Community Economic and Entrepreneurial Development;
• Bob Newman, senior area manager, U.S. Small Business Administration; and,
• Tracy Reckert, vice president, Advantage Capital Partners.

The conference will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  For more information, or to register, see the St. Louis Fed’s web site.

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With branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis serves the Eighth Federal Reserve District, which includes all of Arkansas, eastern Missouri, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. The St. Louis Fed is one of 12 regional Reserve banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., comprise the Federal Reserve System. As the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve System formulates U.S. monetary policy, regulates state-chartered member banks and bank holding companies, rovides payment services to financial institutions and the U.S. government, and promotes community development and financial education.