[CPEO-BIF] July 26 webinar: Join us, and help us spread the word!

Greetings!

It’s just one week until Groundwork USA’s free webinar "Encouraging Small-Scale Manufacturing in Brownfield-Affected Communities"!

We hope you’ll join us, and we would greatly appreciate your help getting the word out to your professional and social networks. We’ve provided some sample social media posts below, as well as some sample text to cut and paste into emails and listservs. Please feel free to adapt as needed. If you share the attached images, please link them to more information and registration on the Groundwork USA website. Thanks so much for your help!

Free webinar:
Encouraging Small-Scale Manufacturing in Brownfield-Affected Communities

Weds., July 26, 2017

12:00-1:00pm Eastern

Details and registration info here or at goo.gl/VnTGk3

Small-scale manufacturing is beginning to flourish in communities across the country, but there are many challenges to ensuring that emerging entrepreneurs of color or from immigrant communities can equitably participate in this manufacturing resurgence.

How do you kick start small-scale manufacturing efforts in your city? How can municipalities support a diverse and inclusive group of business owners in creating local jobs and recruiting workers from marginalized communities? In Part 1 of a two-part webinar series for municipal leaders and community and economic development practitioners, Ilana Preuss of Recast City will share insights from her work to advance small-scale manufacturing in former industrial and brownfield-affected communities across the US.

This webinar is for:

Community and economic development practitioners (municipal and nonprofit)
Municipal leaders (elected and appointed officials; departmental heads)
Urban and neighborhood planners
Workforce development specialists
Chambers of Commerce leaders

About the Presenter:

Recast City’s founder, Ilana Preuss, is passionate about making great places and believes that small-scale manufacturers are a missing piece to creating long-lasting, vibrant local economies and great places to live and work for everyone.

With nearly 20 years of experience in city development, Preuss works with local leaders to go from idea to plan to action to build great places. Preuss brings a wealth of experience with federal, state, and local real estate policy, creating national networks and engaging local elected, business, and other community leaders to bring projects to life.

Preuss is an experienced speaker; see her TEDx presentation, “The Economic Power of Great Places,” and her presentation “The Coming Revolution: Small-Scale Urban Industrial Development” at Meeting of the Minds. She is a regular press spokesperson featured in the New York Times and USA Today.

Register today at goo.gl/VnTGk3!

Sample Facebook posts:

· Small-scale manufacturing is on the rise across the US. How can entrepreneurs of color or from immigrant communities equitably participate in this manufacturing resurgence? Free @GroundworkUSA webinar, July 26, 12pm ET: https://goo.gl/VnTGk3.

· How do you kick start small-scale manufacturing in your community? Join @GroundworkUSA and Ilana Preuss of @RecastCity for a free webinar July 26, 12pm ET: https://goo.gl/VnTGk3.

· Learn inclusive strategies to support emerging #entrepreneurs and build economic resilience in #brownfield-affected communities. Free @GroundworkUSA webinar, July 26, 12pm ET: https://goo.gl/VnTGk3.

Sample Twitter posts:

· Kick start small-scale manufacturing in your community. FREE WEBINAR w/@GroundworkUSA & @RecastCity 7/26 12pm ET https://goo.gl/VnTGk3

· Need strategies to support diverse & inclusive #entrepreneurship in your community? Free webinar July 26 12pm ET: https://goo.gl/VnTGk3

· How can small manufacturing revitalize #brownfield-affected communities? @GroundworkUSA free webinar 7/26 12pm ET. https://goo.gl/VnTGk3

· Advance small-scale manufacturing as an economic development strategy. @GroundworkUSA free webinar July 26 12pm ET https://goo.gl/VnTGk3

If you have any questions, please contact kate@groundworkusa.org.

Liz Carver
Communications Manager
Groundwork USA
978-974-0770 x7021 office
617-901-4443 mobile
www.groundworkusa.org