We have more people arriving but they will be uh sherdsherd. I want to thank you for joining us today for this lunch of our lunchtime dialogue series americas rural opportunity, i want to thank all the people in the room, as well as hundreds of people livestreaming and those watching live on cspan3. I wonder how many there are. I am jeanette executive director of the Aspen Institute director, we do a lot of work out in the country connecting, motivating and equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions and advance those living on the economic margins, since 1985 Aspen Institute has focused most of its work in Rural America and through our experience over those years we have learned full well that Rural America is not fly ovover country, rather live in, work in, start a business in, and raise a family in country, recent media headlines have focused on the decline of critical sectors, Community Health crisis and more. It reveals an important but less publicized invasion and co
Of people livestreaming and those watching live on cspan3. I wonder how many there are. [laughter] i am executive director of the Aspen Institute director, we do a lot of work out in the country connecting, motivating and equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions and to advance those living on the economic margins while they do that. Since 1985 Aspen Institute has focused most of its work in Rural America and through our experience over those years we have learned full well that Rural America is not fly flyover country. Rather live in, work in, start a business in, and raise a family in country,. Recent media headlines have focused on the decline of critical sectors, Community Health crises and more. A deeper understanding of Rural America reveals an important but less publicized invasion and collaborative local invasions to turn challenges into opportunities. So to launch this series today we wanted to highlight just three representative stories of innovation. Were happ
But theyll be ushered in. Good afternoon and welcome to the Aspen Institute. On behalf of the Strategy Group and the Rural Development Innovation Group, i want to thank you for joining us for this lunchtime dialogue series. Americas rural opportunity. I want to thank all the people in the room here, in washington, d. C. , with us, as well as the hundreds of the people Live Streaming and those of you watching on cspan3. So i am i wonder how many there are. Im janet topolsky. Im executive director of the Aspen Institute strategies group. What we do here at aspen usg is we do a lot of work out in the country equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions. And to advance those living on the economic margins while they do that. Since 1985, aspen csg has focused most of its work in Rural America. And through our experience over those years, we have learned full well that Rural America is not flyover country. Rural america, rather, is livein, workin, start a business in, and raise a
And welcome three familiar faces back for another term. First the incumbents. Mayor frank cownie. And Council Members Chris Coleman and joe gatto were all reelected. Cownie took 80percent of the vote in his race. Coleman took 73 percent. Gatto ran unopposed. For the first time in more than a decade there will be a new face representing ward two in northeast deses moines. Linda westergaard beat marty mauk by just two hundred votes. Shell replace bob mahaffey who chose not to run for reelection. Westergaard is a realtor and served as president of the Douglas Acres Neighborhood Association for sixteen years. She also founded the Northeast Neighbors and friends group. She says that experience will help her in her new position. One of her Top Priorities is to invest new amenities in neighborhoods that will attract families. Neighborhoods are very important theyre one of my Top Priorities as i enter the next four years, is to keep our neighbors in the neighborhood. We want people to come to
Illustration of a network of fact or Network Model of the good life. The neighbor says, always check on line to see what joe needs. The physicians assistant says it is easy to share the test results. The personal care worker says ive posted on the loose handrail and they handled it right away. Her sister says, i am part of a team now, what a relief. Out of this idea of the network of fact, one is that this is what joe wants. This is her key to a good life. Her network is actually her gateway to a good life and her ability to stay home. And we will launch a touch screen interface for those that want to connect through video. I want to share with you a few things that users are saying at telling us about their experience. 91 says that it helps them share information. That is the number one thing that people providing support to us want. 80 says that it strengthens connections. How can using something online actually make us feel closer or more connected to our friends and family . Out it