South Bend Economic Summit to Begin

June 20, 2012

News Release

SOUTH BEND, Ind. —Mayor Pete Buttigieg will kick off the City of South Bend’s first Economic Summit.

WHEN: Thursday, June 21

WHERE: Century Center
120 South St. Joseph Street

WHY: The mayor will answer questions about the day’s events, planning a new
economic direction for the City of South Bend and growing new business in the region.

Source: City of South Bend

Reposted From June 15, 2012

News Release

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Mayor Pete Buttigieg, along with Jeff Rea, President & CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County and Shawn Peterson, President & CEO of the Corporate Partnership for Economic Growth, are partnering to host the summit.

The summit will feature six primary presentations. Those include:

-Organizing for the New Economic Direction

-Growing New Business

-Macroeconomic Environment, featuring guest speaker Bob Weissbourd, President of RW Ventures, LLC, which he founded in 2000. Mr. Weissbourd is a frequent public speaker and guest lecturer on a broad range of urban markets, housing, business and economic development issues. His full bio can be found here:

http://www.rw-ventures.com/about/staff.htm

-Local Competitiveness

-Workforce Development: Building Human Capital

-Selling South Bend: Building on Community Assets

The summit will take place Thursday, June 21, 2012 at the Century Center, located at 120
South St. Joseph Street from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Source: City of South Bend