Posts Tagged ‘Praxis Strategy Group’

Wind energy IS creating green jobs.

By Dave Roby, November 21, 2009

Wind Turbine

The wind energy sector provided 85,000 direct jobs in 2008, and the industry is expected to support up to 1/2 million direct and related jobs by 2030.

Praxis Strategy Group formed a wind energy division (Praxis Energy Group) to assist rural landowners and community leaders reap greater economic benefits from their wind resources, offer guidance on the types of jobs available, the skills and training needed, and how to find them.

Sometimes called Community Wind, the Praxis Energy Group model allows the landowners complete control over the entire process of wind development on their land….some of which has been in their families for multiple generations.

In a recent newscast near Dutton Montana the landowners tell their story. <clink link below>

Agri Energy LLC & Praxis Energy Group wind resource development project

Praxis Strategy Group is a partner with the Flint Group of companies.

Praxis Strategy Group to meet with Congressional Leaders regarding stimulating the rural economy

By Dave Roby, October 18, 2009

Heartland Bank Logo - SmallerDr. Delore Zimmerman and Dave Roby will be traveling next week to Washington DC to meet with select congressional leaders on the launching of the Heartland Development Bank.

The Heartland Development Bank is being developed to invest in infrastructure and infrasystems within the heartland for rural economic development and expansion.

Infrastructure is one of the basic building blocks of economic opportunity. The standard infrastructure package of the economy includes highways, airports, harbors, utility distribution systems, railways, water and sewer systems, and communications networks.

In today’s network-centric, innovation driven economy infrastructure also includes university and lab facilities, technology and training centers, export processing facilities, and research parks. These infrasystems – integrations of facilities, technology and advanced socio-technical capabilities – have emerged as key drivers of innovation and the locus of future higher-value industries and higher-paying jobs.

For more information:

http://ncane.com/irvp

Praxis Strategy Group is a partner with the Flint-Group of companies


Realizing Our Broadband Future – A Webinar

By Dave Roby, October 12, 2009

NewGeography.com publisher & Praxis Strategy Group President & CEO Dr. Delore Zimmerman hosted a webinar recently discussing the future of rural america. The webinar is part of the Rural Broadband Initiative organized by Northern Minnesota’s Blandin Foundation.

From Blandin:
If you are interested in rural community and economic development trends, this webinar is for you.

Delore Zimmerman will provide guidance for rural community leaders about development trends and the steps communities must take to increase their investment attractiveness.

The role that technology plays in increasing economic vitality will be presented both in theory and practice, and Delore will include information about successful regional economic development strategies.

Delore is a strategy consultant with twenty-five years of domestic and international experience working with local and regional economic development groups, companies and universities. He co-developed the High-Performance Community Initiative while a Senior Fellow at the Denver-based Center for the New West and has spearheaded its development and deployment for 10 years.

Praxis Strategy Group is a partner of the Flint Group. http://www.praxissg.com