The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy announces its 13th Annual Planning Conference, to be hosted Friday, June 8, 2012, at the Tidewater Inn in Easton, Maryland. The conference will draw together community leaders, elected officials, planners, designers, entrepreneurs and farmers from around the region to discuss and envision the economic landscape of the Delmarva Peninsula and other rural areas throughout the region.
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Conference attendees will engage in workshops with their peers and colleagues to learn more about diversification and shifts in the agricultural economy; methods for strengthening town economies; and the legislative and regional policy tools needed to enable the economic future that is
possible for the region.
Attendees will work together to articulate an agenda for sustainable rural prosperity.
Noted speakers will include Ed McMahon, a nationally renowned authority on sustainable development, land conservation and urban design, and Stephen McKnight, vice president of Community and Market Assessments for Fourth Economy Consulting, a national economic development consulting firm specializing in market analytics, strategic planning, site selection, community assessments and organization building.
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