Randy Parry made the following presentation at "Summit:09" in South Haven, Michigan.

1. Summit: 09South Haven, Michigan Friday, November 6, 2009 Randy Parry, President

2. Pierre Sioux Falls Where is Miner County, SD?

3. Miner County, SD

5. Highest outmigration of youth in SD Highest percentage of elderly in SD 61st out of 66 counties in median home value Our Context

6. Miner County Historical Population Trend

8. Multi-Dimensional Solutions Creation of a Long-Term Strategic Plan Do away with “Silo Mentality” Leadership Broad-based Informed Decision Making Develop Regional Collaborations Invest & Support Local Develop a New Economy--Economic Engines Create Life-Cycle Housing

9. Placed Based Learning What is this place we call Home? Researching Data Analyzing the Data Grassroots Input Creating the Strategic Plan Communicating the Plan Leaders Making Informed Decisions on Analysis Telling the Stories

10. Inclusiveness Interviews Everyone Is A Resource Task Force and Committee Meetings Over 300 Research and Analysis County and Surrounding Counties Strategic Planning Team Networking Coordination Cooperation Collaboration Implementation of Living Plan People Who Know It Best Call This Place Home Diverse and Inclusive Collaborative Planning for the Future

11. Building Capacity Communities that invest in themselves are successful Financial Capital -- $$$ Human Capital -- education, health, attitudes Environmental Capital -- natural resources Social Capital -- relationships of trust and exchange Courtesy of Daryl Hobbs

13. Value All People Help Residents Improve There “Hometown Economy” Build Leadership, Strategic Thinking, and Alliances Base Decisions on Facts Be Sure Local People Lead Use Grassroots Discussion to Create Commitment Continually Foster Relationships and Resources Seek Broad-Based, Informal and Dedicated Leadership Commit to the Long-Term Share the Stories Miner County Lessons Learned

14. If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten.

15. We were living on our equity,hoping for change!

16. Vision What do we want to: Look Like Be Like 3-5-10 years from now Transformation vs. Revitalization

17. Grassroots Effort Multi-Dimensional Approach Collaborative Partners Our Story

18. Kids spark community understanding Leadership from within Strategic community plan Grassroots

19. Students Developed Survey Residents Respond Students Shared Analysis Students Analyzed Data Community Benefited Process

21. The actual amount of increased gross sales was $15,600,000.

22. It was an overall increase of 41.1% from the previous year.Investing In & Supporting the Local Economy

23. Economic Development Housing People & Organizations (capacitybuilding) The Plan

24. Local Taxing Entities Business and Industry Educational Entities Funding Entities Government Entities Partners

25. Vision without action is merely a dream.Action without vision just passes the time.Vision with action can change Rural America.

27. Northwest Area Foundation invested in the work in March of 1999

28. MCCR, a formal non-profit organization, was formed to lead the community revitalization movement

29. Focus on a multi-dimensional approachMiner CountyA Growing Community

31. 125 jobs have been retained in Miner County

32. Sales tax figures continue to increase in Howard—from 2007 (a record setting year) to 2008, sales tax grew by 24%

33. 17.61% Job Growth in Miner County compared to -0.27% average in rural SD between 2002-2008Miner CountyA Growing Community

35. Projected population increase by 2010 (SD GOED) for the first time in 90 yearsMiner CountyA Growing Community

36. Miner County Population

37. Miner County Taxable Growth

38. Miner County Tax Levies

39. Howard Sales Tax Revenue

41. 62 communities and counting have requested the RLC’s assistance—from 14 states

42. In 2008, MCCR and the Rural Learning Center mergedBeyond Miner County

44. It is not whether or not we are dreaming too big but whether we can afford not to. That is how important Reimagining Rural is! It is the rekindling of hope and the developing and sustaining of a sense of place. Dream…

45. Building diverse economic engines Building local capacity for success Progress

46. Are not understood or underestimated by rural communities Stimulate and create economic growth Impact positively by employing people, accessing capital, exporting products and services Travel beyond the community into the region, nation, and world Import Sourcing of people, jobs, investment vs. Outsourcing Economic Engines

47. Renewable Energy Value Added Agriculture Healthcare Seniors Education Rural Learning Center Miner County ‘s Engines

49. Kosher Beef

50. Health Care (seniors, telemedicine)

51. School System

52. Rural Learning CenterGrowing our economy required a multi-dimensional approach—including a look at what kinds of businesses would compliment existing industry and regional skills A Diversified Economy

54. Facility opened in Howard in 2003

55. 60 employees

56. Planned expansion would increase number of cattle processed by more than 10 times and would create 340 new jobs in the Howard regionDakota Beef www.dakotabeefcompany.com

58. Telemedicine capabilities connect patients in rural areas with doctors in more urban areas

59. Headquartered in Howard, SDHorizon Healthcare, Inc. www.horizonhealthcare.org/

60. Miner County Development Corporation (MCDC) dba Whispering Winds Assisted Living

62. How it used to be!

64. The average home uses 11,000 kwh of power a year

65. SD has the potential to provide 117,200 megawatts or enough power for 93.8 million homesSouth Dakota Wind

66. “We old timers knew this years ago” Archie Moore 105 years old

68. Midwest is poised to see significant growth in renewable energy, specifically related to wind development

69. Currently, Howard has 100 people directly employed in the wind industryGrowing the Wind Industry

70. Wind Energy Potential #1. North Dakota #2. Texas #3. Kansas #4. South Dakota #5. Montana #6. Nebraska #7. Wyoming #8. Oklahoma #9. Minnesota #10. Iowa #14. Michigan United States Wind Resource Map

72. These are also the areas that have the greatest wind energy development potentialUnited States Depopulation Map

73. United States Wind Capacity

74. United States Wind Capacity

76. Miner County native, Joe Kolbach, founded EMS

77. This partnership allowed Howard to become the first municipality in SD to own and operate wind turbines

78. First renewable energy collaborative training in SDBroadwind Energy/EMS www.energyms.com

80. 26,000 sq. foot facility opened in Howard in 2007

81. Currently, 60 employees

82. Possible expansion would add 300 new employees and a $20 million building with an additional $20 million in robotics equipmentKnight & Carver Wind Group www.knightandcarver.com

84. 5 year partnership agreement with the RLC to offer courses in Howard

85. Troops to Energy Partnership

86. National Distance Learning CollaborativeAirstreams Renewables, Inc.

88. Wind technician course is a 20 day program

89. Currently, Airstreams is partnering with community colleges and universities on wind technician curriculum, alongside their private training program Airstreams Renewables, Inc.

90. The Path out of the Valley appears when you choose to see things differently.

93. Seeking LEED Platinum certification

94. Total facility cost= $7.5 million

95. Public/Private Partnership

96. Construction set to begin September 2009Rural Learning Center www.rurallearningcenter.org

98. Solar

99. Wind energy

100. Energy efficiency technology

101. Green materialsJob creation at the facility will total 15+ FTE’s Local economic impact of $6 million per year Rural Learning Center www.rurallearningcenter.org

102. Smart Grid Technology

103. Pam Flaherty, President and CEO of Citi Foundation (NY), and Ken Stork, President of South Dakota CitiBank, present a check for $250,000 to the Maroney Rural Learning Center during the Groundbreaking Celebration on September 2, 2009. Citi Foundation

104. Senator John Thune visiting and discussing wind energy engines in Howard and the future for the state and nation. Senate Appropriations 2009

106. We can deny it

107. We can react to it positively or negatively

108. We can anticipate it

109. We can create it "The time is always right to do what is right. "

110. “It was hard for the people to believe they had the power to change things, but they were the only ones who could.”

111. We never understand the beauty of youth until it’s long faded from mind, and we rarely appreciate the beauty of age until we begin to see our own mortality in another’s eyes. We worry about the future, but the big problems end up being things that never occur to us until we’re blindsided by them on a sunny afternoon. We can’t plan for life. We can only live it--and appreciate those who play a part in our existence. For our children & grandchildren!

112. What is our gift to them?

113. Conversations => Trust Actually, what we are saying is thatconversations can build social capital,which in turn helpscommunities get things done.

114. Source: Conversation Prism 1.0, Brian Solis/Flickr

115. www.ReImagineRural.com

116. Imagine… Reimagine Rural is a place where our children do not wish to flee but where they dream to return It is a place where people do not talk about what used to be on Main Street but where they dream about what will be there two decades from now for our children and grandchildren to return to be entrepreneurs.

117. Make It Happen! We need to make a decision that luggage is no longer an acceptable gift to high school graduates but the investment of getting them back home is the responsibility of all. Logic will get you from point A to point B; Imagination can take you wherever you want to go.

119. Thank You! Let us ReImagine Rural and become the Architects of Change

120. John F. Kennedy “One man can make a difference, but every man should try.” William Blake “What is now proved was once only imaged.” Vince Lombardi “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” Mark Twain “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the ones you did do.” Wayne Gretzky“You know I don’t skate to where the puck is, I skate to where the puck is going to be.” Words of Wisdom

121. The Central Challenge: Building an Economic Engine Provided Courtesy of Brian Kelly

124. Developing & Building Rural Learning CenterEconomic Development