35 min
Regionalism in the 417 Simply Authentic Podcast
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- Entrepreneurship
Meet Erin Danastaio with the Hatch Foundation. The Hatch Foundation is a family foundation grounded in community. After the Darr family sold their various businesses in 2019, the family sat down to figure out how to give back to the community that had supported them for over 50 years. Hatch has four pillars of focus: the arts, outdoors, entrepreneurship and community involvement. Some of their projects include Celebrate Springfield, working with Boys and Girls Club to help educate kids on the outdoors, the Springfield Art Museum, Sculpture Walking Tour and so much more. At Biz 417, Erin and Dean Thompson with City Utilities and the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, unveiled the latest effort in regionalism. Leaders for Regional Evolvement (LORE) was created after the recent Chamber visit to Northwest Arkansas. Leaders on the trip came back inspired by what NWA had been able to accomplish with their regional branding. NWA has quickly become a hot spot for tech, the arts and outdoor enthusiasts. The general consensus among those attending was, “if NWA can do it, we can do it”. After a few lackluster attempts at regionalism via the public sector, LORE is mostly privately led. This provides a way to be more nimble and react quicker to input. They are currently in conversations with many large, privately owned companies and individuals to ask for their support. The feeling is that the timing is right and if we don’t figure out the regionalism piece we are going to get left behind. This is the second piece of our focus on economic development. Even if you don’t know anything about economic development or regionalism, you will find value in the conversation in understanding more about our community and the efforts to improve it.
https://www.hatchsgf.org/about
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100059867231918
Meet Erin Danastaio with the Hatch Foundation. The Hatch Foundation is a family foundation grounded in community. After the Darr family sold their various businesses in 2019, the family sat down to figure out how to give back to the community that had supported them for over 50 years. Hatch has four pillars of focus: the arts, outdoors, entrepreneurship and community involvement. Some of their projects include Celebrate Springfield, working with Boys and Girls Club to help educate kids on the outdoors, the Springfield Art Museum, Sculpture Walking Tour and so much more. At Biz 417, Erin and Dean Thompson with City Utilities and the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, unveiled the latest effort in regionalism. Leaders for Regional Evolvement (LORE) was created after the recent Chamber visit to Northwest Arkansas. Leaders on the trip came back inspired by what NWA had been able to accomplish with their regional branding. NWA has quickly become a hot spot for tech, the arts and outdoor enthusiasts. The general consensus among those attending was, “if NWA can do it, we can do it”. After a few lackluster attempts at regionalism via the public sector, LORE is mostly privately led. This provides a way to be more nimble and react quicker to input. They are currently in conversations with many large, privately owned companies and individuals to ask for their support. The feeling is that the timing is right and if we don’t figure out the regionalism piece we are going to get left behind. This is the second piece of our focus on economic development. Even if you don’t know anything about economic development or regionalism, you will find value in the conversation in understanding more about our community and the efforts to improve it.
https://www.hatchsgf.org/about
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100059867231918
35 min