Webinar: Building Your Rural Tech Economy: Proven Strategies for Growth and Securing Funding to Accelerate Your Ecosystem
Join us for a special webinar
Building Your Rural Tech Economy: Proven Strategies for Growth and Securing Funding to Accelerate Your Ecosystem
November 21, 2024 | 1-2 p.m. | Virtual livestream
Join us on Thursday, November 21, 2024 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET for a conversation with Matt Dunne, founder and executive director of CORI, and Nora Westbrook, lead of the Rural Innovation Initiative. Together, they’ll explore the strategies essential for creating a thriving rural tech economy and the steps to secure the funding needed to make it happen.
CORI has partnered with over 75 rural communities nationwide, helping them design and implement tech-driven economic development plans. In this webinar, we’ll dive into the critical components of building a rural tech ecosystem, highlight funding opportunities for your community, and show how CORI can support you in growing your local economy.
Meet the speakers
Matt Dunne
Matt is the founder and executive director of the Center on Rural Innovation, which he launched in 2017 to reverse the nation’s growing rural opportunity gap and create economic prosperity for small town residents across the country.
Nora Foote Westbrook
Nora leads the Rural Innovation Initiative team, where she works directly with communities to help them develop strategies for building thriving tech economy ecosystems. She’s a rural community enthusiast, and loves getting to discover new and diverse communities across the country.
