Since the Inaugural Symposium, attendees have affilitated with action/research teams focused on the ten sectors of our local economy, and engaged in collaborative planning for ways to strengthen that sector. The following links detail the approaches and instructions the teams followed, as well as the reports of their planning sessions, from the Inaugural and 5th Symposia

Inaugural Sympsoium:
Instructions and Worksheets

Action Team Reports:
Arts, Entertainment & Tourism

• Outdoor Theater Project
• Carp Fishing Project
• Accommodations

5th Annual Symposium:
Instructions and Worksheets

Action Team Reports:
Arts, Entertainment & Tourism
Food & Agriculture
Business Enterprise & Production
Health
Education
Housing
Energy
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate (F.I.R.E.) & Retail
Transportation

At the 6th Annual Symposium:
Action/research teams will continue work on different aspects of the region's situation:

Arts, Entertainment & Tourism
Food & Agriculture
Business Enterprise & Production
Health
Education
Housing
Energy
Retail
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate (F.I.R.E.)
Transportation

Registrants are to identify their preferences for different teams, which are composed of community organizers, researchers, and students in the interest area. At the Symposium, each action/research team will have the opportunity to discuss existing regional initiatives in their sector, and work on those initiatives or new initiatives as they deem appropriate. Each group will also appoint one (or two) conveners for the coming year to serve as a clearinghouse for the group’s action and research initiatives. The teams will report their results before the end of the Symposium day.