Your Input Needed - Annual Report Card on Rural Colorado - Focus group

This focus session is for leaders from Moffat, Rio Blanco, and Garfield counties. Over the past 8 months the Colorado Rural Development Council CRDC has been preparing for the introduction of a New Compact for rural Colorado. This is a public/private partnership for a statewide effort to influence positive economic change throughout rural Colorado. The Colorado Rural Development Council, in a partnership with the Colorado Rural Workforce Consortium, will be developing the first ever annual report card on the Status of Rural Colorado. This report card will demonstrate the aggregate impact of the economy and workforce of rural Colorado on the state as a whole and will illustrate indicators of economic, workforce, social and environmental health. We will work with our partners to develop solutions to Colorado's rural economic and workforce issues as well as rural/urban conflicts. As an early step in the development of this strategy, we invite your participation in the focus session. These focus groups are intended to engage leaders in substantive discussions concerning the changing rural dynamics, challenges and opportunities for rural growth and sustainability and to illustrate the interdependence of Colorado's urban and rural areas. It will also be critical for us to learn of the many efforts that are already in place throughout rural Colorado and provide a state-wide opportunity to showcase and illustrate those efforts and information.