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NewGeography.com publisher & Praxis Strategy Group President & CEO Dr. Delore Zimmerman recently hosted a webinar recently discussing the future of rural America. The webinar is part of the Rural Broadband Initiative organized by Northern Minnesota’s Blandin Foundation.

From Blandin: 

"Delore Zimmerman will provide guidance for rural community leaders about development trends and the steps communities must take to increase their investment attractiveness.

The role that technology plays in increasing economic vitality will be presented both in theory and practice, and Delore will include information about successful regional economic development strategies."

About the Blandin Foundation:

Blandin Foundation is a private foundation based in Grand Rapids, Minnesota USA and is the state's largest rural-based and rural-focused foundation. It was founded in 1941 by Charles K. Blandin and as of Dec. 31, 2008, leveraged the proceeds from a trust of more than $328 million.

The Blandin Foundation mission is to strengthen communities in rural Minnesota, especially the Grand Rapids area, with the vision of healthy rural communities grounded in strong economies where the burdens and benefits are widely shared.

To do this, the Blandin Foundation engages in three types of work: grant-making, community leadership development and public policy programs.

http://www.blandinfoundation.org/about/

Delore is a strategy consultant with twenty-five years of domestic and international experience working with local and regional economic development groups, companies and universities. He co-developed the High-Performance Community Initiative while a Senior Fellow at the Denver-based Center for the New West and has spearheaded its development and deployment for 10 years.