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UPCOMING EVENTS
Oct
10
NPCA's Green Carpet Gala
New York, NY
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Oct
12
Help Restore the Rappahannock!
Port Royal, Virginia
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Looking Up: Business & Opportunity in the Crown of the Continent
Date: October 17, 2013 to October 18, 2013
Location: Whitefish, MT
Exploring the intersection between economic development and the environment in local communities
Photo: Trevor Eagleton
First Evening, Oct. 17th: Grouse Mountain Lodge – Whitefish: Doors open at 6pm, program at 7pm
- Lite Apps, No Host Bar
- Steven Gnam photography
- Keynote:
- John Muhlfeld, Mayor of Whitefish
- Perk Perkins, CEO Orvis
Econ Forum, Oct. 18th: Flathead Valley Community College – Kalispell Montana
Bill Berg, Cool Works as MC
- Registration/Sign in: 8:30-9
- Welcome: 9-9:15
Susie Burch - FVCC - Andrew Hagemeier, Pathways to Prosperity Author & Community Planner: 9:15-9:45
- Break: 9:45-10:00
- Economic Opportunity and the Great Outdoors : 10:00-11:15
- Moderated by Marne Hayes, Business for Montana’s Outdoors
- Panel:
- Velinda Stevens, Kalispell Regional Medical Center – Kalispell MT
- Ryan Busse, Kimber Arms – Kalispell MT
- Reed Gregerson, ZaneRay – Whitefish MT
- Meagan Lee, FarmTech & Meadows Ranch – Choteau MT
- Jeff Hammond, Top Hand Industrial – Pincher Creek, AB
- Montana Main Street, Dan Lloyd: 11:15-noon
- Noon-1 Lunch: Xanterra
- Kathleen Warner – Start Up America: 1:00-1:45 (Q&A until 2)
- Local Econ Development: Kelli Danielson, Montana West Economic Development: 2:00-2:45
- Break: 2:45-3
- Innovative Solutions from Local Business: 3-4:00
- Moderated by Dylan Boyle, Crown of the Continent Geotourism Council
- Panel:
- Erick Hosek, DA Davidson
- Corrie Holloway, Glacier Guides Montana Raft
- Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center
- Ron Cadrette, Glacier Park Inc.
- Close: 4-4:30
