The first round stakeholder session for Lorain County generated numerous ideas and approaches for business start-up and expansion in the Ag-Bio cluster. These are documented in the Google Doc spreadsheet at this link: http://tinyurl.com/lorain-first-round (see abbreviated snapshot below). Please take a look and make any additional entries or revisions to those we noted.
Thank you again for your attendance at our March 15th meeting for Local Food and Agriculture development in Lorain County.
Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 23rd from 4-5:30pm at the Lorain County Community College branch in Wellington, located at 151 Commerce Drive in Wellington along State Route 58. We will be looking at potential business development cases for expanding opportunities in Lorain County food and agriculture.
Mark your calendar! The next meeting for the Ag-Bio Lorain County stakeholders will be 3-5pm on Friday, February 4th at the Lorain County Community Foundation Board room, located at 9080 Leavitt Road (also State Route 58) about a 1/4 mile south of State Route 113.
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
to Promote Local Food and Economic Development in
Oberlin and Lorain County
Friday, August 5th
3:00-5:00pm
OBERLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, Main Meeting Room 65 South Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
A Community Investment Portfolio (CIP) is a tool for promoting community collaboration and coordination in the development of local food and energy systems.
Registration is now open for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s (OEFFA) 34th annual conference, Growing Opportunities, Cultivating Change. The conference will take place Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17, 2013 in Granville, Ohio (Licking County).