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Testimonials
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Awards
Connectivity
The organizers of the 2007 Annual Nebraska Rural Institute Conference gathered votes from economic development professionals in the state for a "Connectivity" award in recognition of original work done on behalf of rural Nebraska. GROW Nebraska™ was selected from central Nebraska. The award was presented to Janell Anderson Ehrke by Governor Heineman, Richard Baier, Director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, and Don Reynolds of the Partnership for Rural Nebraska (and a member of the GROW Nebraska™ Advisory Board).
Funder Guide
The fifth guide in FIELD's series examining ways donors can support
the microenterprise industry is now available. Microenterprise
Development Programs: The Entrepreneur Within, explores
how microenterprise programs can become more entrepreneurial,
how they can build a stronger case for support by demonstrating
value, and the roles donors can play in such efforts.
In addition, this four-page guide showcases two programs - GROW
Nebraska and the Mountain Microenterprise Fund - that recognized
the need to become as entrepreneurial as their clients in order
to become more sustainable. Each program used a different approach,
which is detailed in the guide.
The Funder Guide Series is an outgrowth
of FIELD's 2005 report examining the state of microenterprise, Opening Opportunities,
Building Ownership: Fulfilling the Promise of Microenterprise
in the United States. All
five guides, as well as the full
report and executive
summary are available for free download.
The guides, which have been widely distributed to funders, may
also be useful to practitioners as they seek models of innovative
programs within the industry and as they reach out to existing
and potential funders.
GROW Nebraska™ receives the 2002 Economic Development Award
CONEKA, the Tri State Region economic development organization
of Southwest Nebraska, Northwest Kansas, and Northeast Colorado
awarded GROW Nebraska™ the 2002 Economic Development Award for demonstrating
ingenuity, enterprise and resourcefulness in making a significant
contribution to the economy of the Tri-State Region.
GROW Nebraska™ is an Entrepreneurial Support Organization
GROW Nebraska™ is considered by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership at the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Center for Rural Entrepreneurial
to be a Entrepreneurial Support Organization (ESO). An ESO is like
private entrepreneurs are driven to create–but their creation
has a public mission. The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
bases this assessment on a case sturdy research on private entrepreneurs.
GROW Nebraska™ has been a grantee of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
to create and deliver services to rural Nebraska entrepreneurs.
Grow Receives "Top 10" Rural Award
GROW Nebraska™ has been recognized by the Nebraska
Rural Development Commission (RCD) as one of the Commission's
Top 10 Rural Development Initiatives for 2000. The RCD's Top 10
and Outstanding 100 Rural Development Initiatives honors those
development projects, initiatives, businesses and communities that
contribute positively to community and economic development in
rural Nebraska.
Tri-State Initiative for Economic Development 2002 Honorary Business
Award
Presented for demonstrating ingenuity, enterprise and resourcefulness
in making a significant contribution to the economy of the Tri-State
region of Southwest Nebraska, Northwest Kansas and Northeast Colorado.
2001—Nebraska
Rural Development Commission "Outstanding
100 Rural Development Initiatives"
2000—Nebraska
Rural Development Commission "Top 10 rural
Development Initiatives for 2000"
1999—Nebraska
Rural Development Commission "Outstanding 100 Rural
Development Initiatives"
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