Governor’s Conference on Economic Development
Thank You so much to Horizons for the opportunity to attend the SD Governor’s Conference on Economic Development! The two day Seminar was held in Pierre on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8th and 9th.
It was awesome to mingle with all the fine speakers (and one of the first questions asked was “and how big is your community?” They made us all feel welcome and said that no matter the size, all communities were important.
It certainly gave this old lady alot of food for thought in the fact that if they do close the school we may just have the open door to the door that might close. They stressed how important our City Web Site is and upon returning home we have sped to action to take care of that.
It was most enlightning to visit with other Horizons communities and to see so many bright young people handling such important issues for our state. The speakers gave very useful information and I don’t know when I have attended such a relaxed, personable and professional conference.
It was pretty hard to put two full days into an update e-mail to our Horizons committee upon return home but I tried, only after my “brain dead” feeling had expired and it all started to soak in. I certainly learned alot and will share it all between now and our next Horizons meeting which will be on the 24th of February at 4:00 at the Conde Community Center.