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Creating Rural Connections 2012 Conference and Tradeshow

Mark your calendars! October 11 to 13, 2012 at Olds College in Olds, Alberta,

Regions. What are they? Do they matter? How do they affect rural communities in Alberta and across Canada?

With the theme “Regional Realities and Approaches” guiding the Creating Rural Connections 2012 Conference and Tradeshow, these and other questions will be explored through keynote speakers, presentations and posters, workshops and discussions, and panel sessions. Held from October 11 to 13, 2012 at Olds College in Olds, Alberta, the Alberta Rural Development Network is hosting this national conference in partnership with the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation and Olds College.

Rural Events

Check out the Calendar of Events for upcoming conferences, workshops and events surrounding rural development. ARDN also hosts and faciliates multiple events, such as the recent Creating Rural Connections 2011 conference.

Rural Community Crisis Intervention Training Webinars
These webinars will equip town and country churches to better understand and employ their particular gifts in helping their community prepare for and recover resiliently from crisis and disaster. The purpose is to catalyze conversation and closer connections between churches and their communities around the area of crisis care.

Rural Projects

ARDN works to ensure that the information and results from rural development projects and research are shared with the people who can use it in terms they understand. The Rural Project Library is where you can read plain language summaries, link to the reports, and begin discussions on specific projects.

How can a community develop the tools to transition away from dependency on a single industry? Communities in New Brunswick asked this question; find out what they discovered!

ARDN Initiatives

ARDN is directly involved in rural research, networking events, developing tools, and posting information that we feel will be of value to rural Albertans. You can view a list of the projects and events we’ve supported! *Please note that this section is under construction.

Community Info

We’re constantly adding to the community section of our website. You can find links to education, tools, funding, resources and more.

Downtown Revitalization on the Boomtown Trail
On January 20, representatives from Boomtown Trail communities met in Delburne for a day of planning, and left with a clear sense of how their downtowns will become the heart and soul of their communities, thereby creating a strong, economically viable region. The process and its results were nothing short of visionary.

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