Lunchtime dialogue series. I want to thank the people in the rook in washington, d. C. As well those Live Streaming and those watching on cspan 3. Im i wonder how many there are. Im janet, im director of the group. What we do we do a lot of work in the country quipping local leaders to build prosperous region. Since 1985, aspen as focus its work in rural. Through our experience we have learned full well that Rural America is not fly over country. Rural america is live in, start a business in and start a family in country. So recent media headlines have focus nation acute rural challenges, inadequate job student, infrastructure challenge, Community Health crises and more. Those are real but a deeper understanding reveals important picture of innovation and using local are source to turn challenges into opportunity. We want to highlight stories of innovation that are build on local assets from three different parts of Rural America. We are joined today by the people you see here. Bureau
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
Test test test. Test test test. With us from the South Carolina association for Economic Development. Bernie . Thank you and welcome. I bring you greetings from warmer climates where there are Smiling Faces and beautiful places. [ laughter ] South Carolina is a great place to be. We have urban and rural areas that definitely have slight differences. In South Carolina, the Unemployment Rate in our 11 most distressed and rural count iies averages 12 , this is twice that of the more developed and you are urbanized counties. Our three most prosperous counties is home to 40 of the states Bank Deposits. What that translates into is thats where capital largely resides. Whereas the Rural Communities, the 11 most rural and distressed count geez home to 4 of the states Bank Deposits. At the same time, South Carolina rich in land assets or 65 of our state is considered rural as far as landmass. Now, some may say that that is a challenge but we see that as an area of great opportunity and innovati
Of four people. It was one week ago today that firefighters came to this mansion on Woodland Drive in a tony section of northwest washington. There they found the bodies of four victims. They had been tied up, beaten, tabbed and held captive here for almost a day. The fire set to conceal the crime and destroy the evidence. The suspect victim connection. Right now it does not appear that this was just a random crime, but there is a connection through the business of the suspect the family business. Reporter the connection. Police say the suspect wint once worked for american iron works on kenilworth avenue in Prince Georges County, maryland, a Company Owned by one of the victims. Sources say wint worked there from 2003 to 2005 and sources say he had a relative who was fired from that company some time ago. The pizza clue. We can confirm he went to dominos. Reporter one pizza or two . I think it was two. Reporter what do you make of this . So sorry for the family. Reporter while the fami
Girlfriend. Daron wint, identified as washingtons most wanted man because of an unfinished piece of pizza. The pizza clue. We can confirm it. Reporter was it one pizza or two . I think it was two. Reporter what do you make of this . So sorry for the family. Reporter while the family was held captive, someone at the house ordered two pizzas from dominos. This is how my sources are telling the story. The cops are inside the mansion looking for evidence. A lieutenant sees a pizza crust. He says, why dont we have that checked out for dna. They rush it through the atf lab, and they get a match to suspect wint. Thats what leads to the arrest warrant. The suspect the quadruple murder suspect, identified by police as 34yearold daron wint, charged with first degree murder in the deaths of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife amy their 10yearold son philip and the familys housekeeper vera figueroa. It was one week ago today that firefighters came to this mansion on Woodland Drive in a tony section of nor