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Agenda 9a. Attachment A
<br />businesses,particularlyineighteenselectedcommunities.31individualswere
<br />eitherstafforcontractorsonthisinitiativeforExtension.
<br />Extensionexceededitstwoexpressgoalsbyserving2,082ruralbusinesseswith
<br />educationalworkshops(goalwas2,000)and117businesseswith1:1technical
<br />assistance(goalwas60).
<br />Baselineresearchonthe{7zmz· ¦©;;-;|and{7zmz· ¦wz·z- ·z|of~14,000
<br />ruralbusinesseswasconducted.Duringthegrantperiod,businessesinthe
<br />eighteenMIRCcommunitiesimprovedtheirdigitalpresencegreaterthanthe
<br />businessesinfourcontrolcommunities.
<br />SCHOLARSHIP&PROFESSIONALACTIVITY
<br />Publications/Presentations
<br />Schwartau,Bruce,Hennen,MaryAnnG.,Darger,Michael(2009).ExploringUnintended
<br />ConsequencesinCommunityDevelopment,RuralConnectionsAPublicationofthe
<br />WesternRuralDevelopmentCenter,1113,Volume3Issue2.
<br />Lazarus,WilliamF.,Darger,Michael(2003).TheEconomicImpactofthehealthsectoron
<br />theeconomyofChippewaCountyMontevideoHospitalmarketarea.Universityof
<br />MinnesotaDepartmentofAppliedEconomics,etal.SimilarreportscreatedforShetek
<br />reAreaMedicalServices,EastPolk
<br />HospitalsServiceArea,MurrayCounty;FirstCa
<br />County;andAitkinCounty/RiverwoodHealthcareCenterServiceArea,AitkinCounty.
<br />Darger,Michael,(2001).PayingAttentiontothebusinessesinyourbackyard:casestudies
<br />ofthreeruralcommunitybusinessretentionandexpansionvisitationprograms.Joint
<br />InternationalSummitonCommunityandRuralDevelopment.Presentation.
<br />BR&EFacilitationand/orAppliedResearch.BusinessRetentionandExpansion(BR&E)
<br />VisitationProjectsthatMichaelDargerhasassisted(location,type,dateandrole(s)):
<br />TwelveBR&EStrategiesprojects(Menahga,ForestLake,LyonCounty,Monticello,Hugo,
<br />YellowMedicineCounty,EthnicChambersofCommerce,Princeton,BigLake,Mora,Pine
<br />City,Alexandria)andfourBR&EToolkitprojects(Luverne,BrooklynPark,SwiftCounty,
<br />Morris)acrossMinnesotahavebeenassistedsince2005asUniversityBR&Eprogram
<br />director
<br />CoonRapids,mixedbusinessfocus,20122013,consultant,assistantresearchwriterand
<br />Universityprogramdirector.
<br />VadnaisHeights,mixedbusinessfocus,2005,assistantresearchwriter,consultantand
<br />Universityprogramdirector.
<br />CityofBlaine,manufacturingfocus,20012004,assistantresearchwriter,consultantand
<br />Universityprogramdirector.
<br />BeckerCounty,resorttourismfocus,20012004,assistantresearchwriter,University
<br />programdirector.
<br />Owatonna,mixedbusinessfocus,2003,assistantresearchwriter,Universityprogram
<br />director.
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