[sust-mar] Press release

[Phil Ferraro]

Local
Prosperity
2016:
A
Regional
Conference
in
New
Economics
Second
Regional
Economics
Conference
planned
for
November
3-­‐6,
2016
www.LocalProsperity.ca
www.facebook.com/CentreForLocalProsperity
www.twitter.com/ProsperityLocal
(Miramichi,
New
Brunswick)
September
12,
2016.
The
Centre
for
Local
Prosperity
is
pleased
to
announce
that
it
will
be
working
jointly
with
the
City
of
Miramichi,
New
Brunswick
to
host
the
second
regional
conference
on
Local
Prosperity.
The
conference
is
entitled
“Local
Prosperity
2016:
A
Regional
Conference
in
New
Economics”
(www.localprosperity.ca)
and
will
take
place
November
3-­‐6,
2016,
in
Miramichi,
New
Brunswick.
Local
Prosperity
2016
will
host
over
35
speakers
from
across
Atlantic
Canada,
Eastern
Canada
and
the
USA
to
discuss
ways
in
which
small
and
local
communities
can
re-­‐localize
and
rejuvenate
their
economies.
Keynote
speakers
include
David
Orr,
an
internationally
recognized
leader
on
full-­‐spectrum
community
sustainability
amidst
environmental
change,
and
Michael
Shuman,
one
of
the
most
influential
drivers
today
on
investment,
localization
and
business
pollination.
The
conference
will
address
the
fact
that
global
financial
and
consumer
markets,
climate
change,
and
a
multitude
of
international
trends
have
impacted
the
economic
and
cultural
health
of
our
communities.
The
past
decade
or
more
of
evidence-­‐based
studies,
practical
local
experimentation,
and
innovation
point
to
two
undisputable
facts:
(1)
the
higher
the
density
of
locally
owned
businesses
in
a
community
or
region
the
higher
the
local
job
growth;
and
(2)
the
higher
the
degree
of
localization,
the
higher
the
per
capita
income
growth.
Adam
Lordon,
Deputy
Mayor
of
the
City
of
Miramichi
says,
"We
are
thrilled
to
be
teaming
up
with
the
Centre
for
Local
Prosperity
to
bring
the
Local
Prosperity
2016
conference
to
the
riverbanks
of
our
beautiful
rural
city.
We
are
looking
forward
to
hosting
thought-­‐leaders
and
innovators
and
engaging
with
them
in
solution-­‐oriented
discussions
about
creating
real,
tangible,
economic
opportunities
for
Miramichi
and
other
rural
communities
in
our
region.”
2
One
of
the
conference
organizers,
Gregory
Heming,
an
Annapolis
County
municipal
councilor
and
Co-­‐Director
of
the
Centre
for
Local
Prosperity,
says,
“Leveraging
the
success
of
our
first
Local
Prosperity
conference
in
April
2015
in
Annapolis
Royal,
Nova
Scotia,
we
believe
that
this
second
conference
will
deepen
the
appreciation
for
many
viable
new
economic
tools
and
ideas
for
improving
the
viability
of
small
rural
communities.”
“The
conference
is
intended
for
anyone
inspired
to
revitalize
their
community,”
says
Robert
Cervelli,
Co-­‐Director
of
the
Centre
for
Local
Prosperity,
who
goes
on
to
list
farmers,
fishermen,
foresters,
community
leaders,
elected
representatives,
business
and
industry
leaders,
small
business
owners,
students,
start-­‐up
entrepreneurs,
agency
and
association
representatives,
and
local
residents.
About
the
Centre
for
Local
Prosperity:
The
Centre
for
Local
Prosperity
(www.centreforlocalprosperity.ca)
is
a
registered
non-­‐profit
organization
with
a
mandate
to
initiate
conversations
intended
to
encourage
communities
to
begin
a
shift
toward
an
economy
that
is
properly
scaled
for
the
place.
CLP
organizes
events,
activities,
studies
and
community
consultations
in
new
models
of
economic
development,
drawing
on
world-­‐class
examples
of
evidence-­‐based
studies,
practical
local
experimentation
and
innovation.
It
is
CLP’s
hope
that
such
a
dialogue
will
result
in
real
action
for
change
by
creating
a
new
climate
for
change.
For
more
information,
contact:
www.LocalProsperity.ca
www.facebook.com/CentreForLocalProsperity
www.twitter.com/ProsperityLocal
Robert
Cervelli
902-­‐222-­‐4391
robert.cervelli at gmail.com
Andrea
Vandenboer
902-­‐955-­‐1237
info at localprosperity.ca
Jeff
McTavish
506-­‐623-­‐2062
Jeff.MacTavish at miramichi.org