Northeast Planning Process

Northeast NE To Kick Off Regional Economic Development Planning Process called Stronger Economies Together

Please join community and business leaders throughout Northeast Nebraska for dinner on Tuesday, March 18^th  at  Wayne State College to kick off a regional economic development planning process called Stronger Economies Together (SET).  This event, which also serves as the March meeting for the Northeast NE Development Network, is open to representatives of business, industry, government, education, agriculture, non-profits and economic development organizations.

SET is a national program that enables counties in rural America to work together in developing and implementing economic development that strategically builds on the current and emerging economic strengths of the region.

USDA Rural Development and UNL Extension will facilitate the SET program over the next year. The SET region is comprised of the same counties served by the Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District, www.nenedd.org.

The NENEDD’s Blueprint for Sustainability along with data tailored to the region  describing its current and emerging industry clusters, comparative advantages and demographic information will serve as a basis for developing a high quality regional economic development plan.

Dinner will start at 6:00 p.m. in the Niobrara Room in the WSC Student Center: http://www.wsc.edu/about/map/. Following dinner will be an introduction and invitation to participate in the Stronger Economies Together program plus a presentation by Dr. Joe Allen (UNO) about making collaborations like SET successful. The program will wrap-up with a short presentation via technology from members of a  SET region in another state who’ve  completed an approved economic development plan. The event planners will strive to have everyone on their way home by 8:15 p.m.

Seating is limited, so people interested in attending are asked to please R.S.V.P. by 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 15^th to UNL Extension in Burt County: (402) 374-2929. For more information or to R.S.V.P. by email, contact UNL Extension Educator, Carroll Welte, at cwelte1.unl.edu. Don’t be left out in the cold; R.S.V.P. by March 15th….it’s very important to do so!!

Carroll Welte, Extension Educator
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Burt County
111 N13th Street, Suite 6
Tekamah, NE 68061
Ph: 402.374.2929, E-mail: cwelte1@unl.edu