The entrepreneurial forecast in Arkansas...it may take a while
Friday, May 09, 2003
Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City sponsored a conference on rural entrepreneurship. In a related move, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation last month released a report on the entrepreneurial climate in Arkansas. Download a copy.
The report provides some clear, specific recommendations, such as "bringing entrepreneurial education programs to at least half of Arkansas’ 310 school districts within five years".
But this agenda has a long way to go in Arkansas. When the Federal Reserve Bank held its conference in Little Rock last week, nobody from the State bothered to sign up.
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The entrepreneurial forecast in Arkansas...it may take a while
