Just announced! Steve Bosserman, who some of you may remember from Grey to Green’s panel discussion last year, will return to lead a series of informational sessions at the Unitarian Church.
Steve Bosserman, founder and president of Bosserman & Associates, Inc., specializes in strategic framing and organization design. Steve’s career started with 20 years of manufacturing experience ranging from the shop floor to senior management. In 1987, he started B&A in order to apply his expertise in the design and delivery of organization change and leadership development strategies with clientele in both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors across domestic and international arenas.
Over the past three years, Steve’s interest in social networking systems, processes, and tools has evolved into the development of sustainable local food systems as a platform for local economies–the foundation for social justice. This shift positioned him to be a Co-Principal Investigator on a three-year USDA-SCRI grant awarded in late 2008 to utilize social networking strategies in the advancement of local food systems. Furthermore, his work in the development of metrics for local food systems and evaluation criteria for localized investment portfolios led, in part, to a continued grant award from the Fund for Our Economic Future to The Ohio State University to catalyze business growth in Northeast Ohio. You can read more about Steve’s work on his blog at
At this year’s festival (Saturday, September 11, 2010), Steve will be leading a series of FREE Framework for a Local Economy discussions at the following times:
1:00 – 1:45pm - Business models for a local economy: Session 1
2:30 – 3:15pm - Business models for a local economy: Session 2 (repeated topic from the previous session)
3:45 – 4:30pm - Flow of resources to support business start-ups within a local economy
Note that this arrangement gives you enough time to take in the rest of the Grey to Green Festival – starting at 10 am with the introductions by Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams and local political figures, followed directly by the keynote address regarding Creating Sustainable Green Jobs in the Valley, and also including a variety of food vendors, local “green” businesses, children’s activities sponsored by Treez Please, and hours of live entertainment by local and regional performers who will be singing “3 Songs for Grey to Green”, which will be broadcast on local cable access by Ohio Public Works.
The First Unitarian Universalist Church, located at 1105 Elm St., right across the street from the Grey to Green Festival and conveniently next to the Farmer’s Market, will be providing space in their gorgeous newly remodled multi-purpose room in the basement of the church. All are welcome to attend these FREE sessions!
Special thanks to this year’s newest sponsor of Grey to Green, The Youngstown Business Incubator!
See you all on September 11, 2010 – and don’t forget to follow greytogreenfest at twitter.com and become a member of the Grey to Green Festival group on Facebook!
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