2007 Governor's Rural Development Conference

The Arizona Department of Commerce and the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED) saw the largest attendance to date at the 2007 Governor’s Rural Development Conference (RDC) in Oro Valley, August 15-17. The official count totaled 679 attendees over the three day conference that focused on innovation, foundation and education throughout the State.

Two distinguished awards are presented at the conference: the Governor’s Excellence Awards recognize community and tribal projects that show partnership, leadership and innovation; the Arizona Main Street awards honor outstanding foundation building where work to preserve historic structures and heritage occurs while improving the economic vitality of these downtown corridors. Seventeen awards were presented. Click here to see a list of awards and descriptions.

The 2008 conference will be jointly hosted by the towns of Carefree and Cave Creek. The Carefree Resort will be the site for the conference sessions, September 24-26, 2008.

Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Conference Sponsorship Chair, Dee Dee Bark at 480-998-1489, or deedeeb7@cox.net. Registration and program specifics are still under development.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2007 RDC PowerPoint Slide Presentations

2007 RDC Sponsors (2.9M)*
(press slide show on the lower right-hand corner)
*Filesizes will be listed if more than 1M (megabyte). Click to advance unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, August 15th

Economic Development 101 and 201 (University of Arizona)
Research Forecast 1 - Overview (4.7M) (AZ Dept. of Commerce)
Workforce on Aging (2M) (Governor's Office)
Research Forecast 2 - Legislative and Financial Program Guide (3.9M) (AZ Dept. of Commerce)
Health Care - Uninsured in Rural Communities (1.5M) (Governor's Office)
Rural Development Updates and Community Stories
     AZ Dept. of Commerce (6.1M) (automatic advance)
     Town of Mammoth (1.8M)
Research Forecast 3 - Arizona's Growth Machine (University of Arizona)
Health Care - Workforce (1.8M) (AZ Dept. of Health Services)
     AZ Health-E Connection (Government Technology Information Agency)
Main Street and REDI Programs (2.4M) (AZ Dept. of Commerce)

Thursday, August 16th

Grant Writing (4.8M) (Dr. Beverly Browning)
Bio Science-Agriculture Applications (University of Arizona)
Clean Energy Policy (2.6M) (Apollo Alliance)
Arizona Rural Policy Institute (2.5M)
How To's and Tools of Doing State Contracting and its Economic Development
     State Contracting for Small Business (AZ Dept. of Transportation)
     Small Business Services (AZ Dept. of Commerce)
Promoting Smarter Growth in Arizona (3.8M) (AZ Dept. of Water Resources, AZ Dept. of Environmental Quality and the Governor's Growing Smarter Oversight Council)
Green Building Design for Local Communities (6M) (DESA Architecture, Inc.)
Economic Development Administration in Arizona (1.2M) (US Dept. of Commerce)
Creating Vital Downtown Cores in Arizona (22M) (Rose Properties Southwest)
     The Hub at Show Low Bluff (11.3M) (E+I Architects)
A Holistic Approach to Community Development and Revitalization (3.7M) (AZ Dept. of Housing)
     The Center (3.4M) (AZ Dept. of Housing)
Accessing Housing Resources
     Tax Credits, Bond Financing (1.6M) (AZ Dept. of Housing)
     Homes for Arizonans (2.1M) (AZ Dept. of Housing)
     Realizing Dreams (Native Home Capital Arizona)
Arizona Innovation Accelerator (2.2M) (AZ Dept. of Commerce)
Sustainable Performance Contracting
     Buildings for a Sustainable Future (8.8M) (Johnson Controls)
     Green Performance Contracting (1.9M) (Johnson Controls)
Catalytic Endeavors Moving Forward
     Building Art - Building Community (3.8M) (City of Scottsdale)
     The Ore Cart Trail Project (5.3M) (Copper Corridor Economic Development Coalition)
     The Ore Cart Trail Project (3.9M) (Town of Mammoth)
     Photo Montage (Historic Globe Main Street) (automatic advance)
Arizona Global Network (1.2M) (AZ Dept of Commerce/Greater Phoenix Economic Council)
Collaborating to Create a Stronger Workforce (US Labor Dept.)
20-Year Strategy to Restore Arizona's Forests (4.6M)
Broadband Telecommunications-Rural AZ (2.7M) (AZ Telecommunications & Information Council)
Tribal Tourism (5M) (AZ Office of Tourism)
The Impact of Global Sales Development on Your Business
     Why Export? (AZ US Export Assistance Center)
     From Rural to Global (1.4M) (AZ Dept. of Commerce)

Friday, August 17th

Community Leadership Best Practices (5.6M) (Oro Valley's Citizens' Planning Institute and (Tucson) Community Design Academy
"Rail - The Other Mode" and "Year of Rail"
Railroad Infrastructure (2.3M) (AZ Dept. of Transportation)
Rail Initiative (21.3M) (City of Surprise)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For 2006 RDC information, click here.
NEW! For photo highlights from the 2006 RDC, click here.
(press slide show on the lower right-hand corner)