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
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