Exciting Annual Meeting News

Central Park's Annual Meeting is on October 29, 2009! I am sure by now, you have RSVPed and are ready to have a great time, right?

Now we are pleased to announce that our Keynote Speaker for the meeting will be Michael Shuman, author of The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition and Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age. Mr. Shuman is the Research and Public Policy Director for The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), an organization that brings together small business leaders, economic development professionals, government officials, social innovators, and community leaders to build local loving economies. We are pleased to have him and look forward to hearing his speech.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Michael Shuman will be holding a localism workshop the afternoon of October 29th also! This workshop will be a chance for the public to hear an in-depth commentary from Mr. Shuman about how we can incorporate localism into communities. This will be followed by a question and answer session where you can ask Mr. Shuman all that you want to know about his book, localism, and how we can use this in our communities. This is a not-to-miss event!

The cost of the afternoon Shuman workshop is $15 for Central Park Stewards and $25 for the public. The Annual meeting is free so please feel free to stay afterwards.

To become a Central Park Steward and help continue programs like these, please click here. (Being a steward gets you discounts on future workshops and events as well.)

RSVP is required for both events. A registration page will be available soon. For now, you can RSVP by calling 910-428-9001 or by emailing info@centralparknc.org.