Taking Charge and Making a Difference:
An Entrepreneurial Approach to Building Community
Sharon Alpi, Coleman Foundation Professor of Entrepreneurship, Millikin University

John Gardner, a Medal of Freedom winner states, “Where community exists it confers upon its member identity, a sense of belonging, a measure of security.”

Each of us tends to make our own definition of community. This session will focus on how we can come together in our respective “places” and build community assets for the incubation of business enterprises. We will focus on identifying assets in your communities, and through a facilitated process, come to understand how we can use these to build capacity for entrepreneurial development.

Laboratory for Community and Economic Development | College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois Extension | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign