Main Street Arkansas Calendar June 27 – July 1, 2011
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MONDAY Cary – off
TUESDAY Cary – off
WEDNESDAY Susan – Helena
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Snapps donate building for pocket park to house Beatles sculpture in Walnut Ridge
If Every Family Spent $10 A Month Locally, We Would All Feel Better About The Economy
Do you know who your Arkansas Travel writers are?
Grant Opportunity for Farmer’s Markets
Workshop in Fayettevile on the composition of nonprofit oversight: strategic, tactical, and visionary.
Snapps donate building for pocket park to house Beatles sculpture in Walnut Ridge
Charles Snapp oulines planned changes to two buildings he and his wife, Jackie, have purchased and docated to the Downtown Walnut Ridge organization. Brett Cooper, a member of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee, said the two buildings will be renovated into a pocket park to display The Beatles sculpture being planned as one of two attractions in the downtown area. http://www.thetd.com/freepages/2011-06-22/news/story5.php
If Every Family Spent $10 A Month Locally, We Would All Feel Better About The Economy
Just think. If every family in the country spent just $10 a month with a locally-owned, independent business instead of a national chain, over $9.3 billion* would be directly returned to local economies. That means better schools, better roads, more support for police, fire and rescue departments and stronger local economies. Find out what kind of economic impact you could make by doing the same in your metro area. http://www.independentwestand.org/spend_local/
Do you know who your Arkansas Travel writers are?
http://www.visitmyarkansas.com/default.aspx
Grant Opportunity for Farmer’s Markets
The Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) was created through an amendment of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976. The grants, administered by the FMPP, are targeted to agriculture programs, agri-tourism, activities, and other direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities. Approximately $5 million is allocated for FMPP for Fiscal Year 2010 and $10 million for Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012. The maximum amount awarded for any one proposal cannot exceed associations, local governments, nonprofit corporations, public benefit corporations, economic development corporations, regional farmers’ market authorities and Tribal governments. http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/fmpp
Workshop in Fayettevile on the composition of nonprofit oversight: strategic, tactical, and visionary.
One of the primary components missing from any organization’s strategic plan (if they have one) is an implementation phase; in other words, between staff and board, who’s responsible for what and when will specific objectives be accomplished. In this course, led by Maxie Carpenter, you will learn that the reason for this is a lack of understanding of the following three things;
1. Strategy and what it really looks like.
2. The difference between strategy and tactics.
3. How vision is the underpinning of the entire process.
About Maxie Carpenter:
Maxie Carpenter is an independent consultant and advisor. He was formerly Vice President of the People & Training/Development Divisions for Wal-Mart Stores, benefiting from a 27+ year career. As President of MVC Advisory Resource, Inc, he brings an experiential corporate perspective to individuals and organizations across the country, assisting them with process management that includes, but is not limited to: Organizational Development / Culture / Ethics; Leading Change / Building Teams; Executive Coaching / Leadership Development / Training; Non-profit / For Profit Board Development.
Workshop Details: Thursday, July 7th. 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 West Mountain St., Fayetteville AR. Fee: $40 for ACE members/ $60 for non-members. This workshop is being presented by the Arkansas Coalition for Excellence (ACE) and the Fayetteville Public Library Nonprofit Resource Center. Register at: https://acenonprofit.org/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/register&id=10&reset=1
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