Learn how to build momentum with lean resources

City managers, elected officials and professionals who serve the business community are invited to learn how they can leverage existing opportunities and pool resources to everyone’s benefit when CSU Monterey Bay hosts the Collaborative Economic Development Summit on Aug. 17.

The event is part of a statewide series to highlight how collaborative efforts can generate economic growth and business development and is sponsored by the Small Business Development Center at CSU Monterey Bay and the Central Coast SBDC. The day will start with a simulcast feed from Fresno, which features a discussion of economic successes. Nancy Lublin, founder of Dress for Success and CEO of DoSomething.org, will be the featured speaker. Her topic: how economic development professionals can leverage existing – and diminishing – resources by working together. A panel discussion with representatives from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, the Central Valley Business Incubator and Fresno State University will explore best practices to generate economic growth using minimal resources. After the simulcast, a complimentary lunch will be served. During lunch, Congressman Sam Farr and CSUMB President Dianne Harrison will speak, followed by a “guided matchmaking” session intended to raise awareness of opportunities for leveraging efforts. The free event will get under way at 8:30 a.m. at the Alumni and Visitors Center, on the corner of Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard and Inter-Garrison Road. Driving directions and a campus map are available at csumb.edu/map. Registration is required and can be accomplished at https://californiasbdc.org/collaborative/monterey or by calling 675-7232.