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Program Announcements
- Western Nebraska Development Network Marketing Plan. In 2007, the Rural Initiative supported research that has been used by the WNDN to inform their efforts at workforce recruitment in the Nebraska Panhandle. The study, "Moving to the Rural Great Plains: Point of Origin Differences in the Decision Making Process," was cited by the Denver Consulting Firm GBSM in a marketing plan commissioned by WNDN to source, attract, recruit and retain families in the Panhandle. Click on the above link to read the marketing plan.
- BECA (Building Entrepreneurial Communities Act) PowerPoint
The Rural Initiative is collaborating with the Nebraska Rural Development Commission to use BREEZE technology as a new way to provide training for community leaders on how to apply for BECA grants from the State of Nebraska.
Click above for a PowerPoint presentation with voiceover by Linda Fettig, Director of the Nebraska Rural Development Commission, explaining how communities can apply for BECA grants in two categories -- Planning and Coalition.
- Rural Initiative Joins Cooperative Effort to ReTree Nebraska
ReTree Nebraska is a 10-year cooperative initiative to raise public awareness of the value of trees, reverse the decline of Nebraska's community tree resource and improve the diversity and sustainability of trees in communities across the state for generations to come.
A Coordinator, Jessica Kelling, has been hired to administer the ReTree Program. Her phone and email are 402-472-0220 and ReTreeNebraska@unl.edu.
The effort is sponsored by the Nebraska Forest Service, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, University of Nebraska Rural Initiative, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agronomy & Horticulture and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
For a complete overview of the program, visit the Nebraska Forestry Service website.
- Rural Initiative Receives Federal Appropriation The Transportation/Treasury/HUD appropriations bill signed by the President in December, 2005 contained $300,000 to support the work of the Rural Initiative in rural enterprise development in Nebraska. The money will be used to build facilities that support research and development into organic and alternative crop production in Nebraska. The "Hi-Tunnel" greenhouse designed for this effort in North Platte is now almost completed.
- Producers and Processors -- Register Your Business on MarketMaker Now! The MarketMaker system now includes 10 states, with 2 more entering the system soon. In May of 2008 the 800+ producers in Nebraska MarketMaker receive access to edit and update the content of their business's description. Listing yourself on this useful marketing Web database is still free of charge.
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