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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Schneider,Emerson Shimp,Ken Simeral,Jack Sommers,
<br /> John Ulmer,Ray Wells,Merlin Wentworth,Evelyn Worthy,
<br /> Barbara Wurzel,Russell Youmans, and Bob Zetty.
<br /> The ideas and experiences that shaped this set of materials
<br /> came primarily from the authors'work with communities in Several organizations provided financial support for the
<br /> Minnesota,Ohio and West Virginia. This grassroots development of the concepts in this series,the research that
<br /> experience was supplemented with three major research helped to test these ideas,or workshops to disseminate the
<br /> projects in the states of Indiana,Minnesota,Missouri, information: North Central Regional Center for Rural
<br /> Nebraska,North Dakota,Ohio,and Wisconsin. Colleagues Development,Western Rural Development Center,Northeast
<br /> in these earlier research efforts included: Thomas R.Smith, Regional Center for Rural Development,Southern Rural
<br /> Duane Olson,Leroy Hushak,Ray Lenzi,Inhyuck Ha, Development Center,The Ohio Cooperative Extension
<br /> Christopher Allanach,Daniel Otto,James P.Miller,Ellen Service,Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service,West
<br /> Hagey,John D.Rohrer,William Gillis,Robert McLaughlin, Virginia University Extension Service,The Aspen Institute
<br /> and Marion Bentley. for Humanistic Studies,USDA Extension Service,and Farm
<br /> Foundation.
<br /> Pioneers in BR&E who taught us include Sam Crawford,
<br /> Rudy Schnabel,Howard Wise,Dale Hileman,Paul Several individuals from the Northeast Regional Center for
<br /> Clappsaddle,Dan Ellerbrock,Michael Jay,Bill Rural Development helped us to produce the actual booklets
<br /> Grunkemeyer,Emerson Shimp,Roland Patzer,Mary Lee that make up Implementing Local Business Retention and
<br /> Gecowets,John Dete,and Eric Norland. Expansion Visitation Programs. Daryl Heasley and Eileen
<br /> Zuber provided encouragement and endless technical editing,
<br /> The officers of Business Retention and Expansion Intema- while Mark Preston and Steve Nelson completed design and
<br /> tional contributed both ideas and resources for this project. layout work. Ken Pigg also assisted while acting as Director
<br /> In particular we wish to thank: Ursula Boatright,Arthur for the Northeast Center(1995).
<br /> Brown, Judy Finley,Leroy Hushak,Thomas Ilvento,Joe
<br /> Imorde,J.Robert Kelchner,Ray Lenzi,Stephen E.Miller,
<br /> Duane Olsen,Jeffrey Taylor,Kathleen Tweeten,Karen Van AUTHORS
<br /> Winkle,and Rudy Schnabel. Numerous development
<br /> professionals,educators,and community leaders have
<br /> contributed ideas that have strengthened this program. We Scott Loveridge directs the BR&E Visitation Program in
<br /> thank the following people with whom we have worked West Virginia. Over the past six years,he has done exten-
<br /> directly(names of people we trained as Certified BREI sive evaluation research on the impacts of BR&E Visitation
<br /> Consultants are italicized): Programs. The findings from this research have lead to a
<br /> number of changes in the approaches used by BR&E
<br /> Mark Abbott,David Amstutz,Dennis Baker,Lorrie Ballard, professionals and community leaders. He is extension
<br /> Steve Bartels,Millie Bessey, James Boerke,Joel Boykin, associate professor,Division of Community and Economic
<br /> Margaret Braaten,Ken Brinson, Paul Clappsaddle,Daryl Development,West Virginia University Extension Service,
<br /> Clark,Linda Clark, Garland Curtis,Dave Cooke, Sheila Morgantown,West Virginia.
<br /> Craig,Sam Crawford,Dan Evers,Judy Davis,Lee Dorsey,
<br /> Susan Engelmann, Rodney Elmstrand,Daniel Erkkila, Bob George Morse has worked with BR&E Visitation Pro-
<br /> Fawcett,Judy Finley, Joyce Fittro,Karl Foord, Donna Ford, grams for 12 years,helping many localities implement the
<br /> Michael Foulds, Doug Graver, Venessa Gray,Lee Gross, program. From 1985 to 1989,Morse served as the director
<br /> Laura Grove,Rick Grove,Bill Grunkemeyer,Kent of Ohio's BR&E Program and from 1990 to 1995 he directed
<br /> Gustafson,Alison Hanham,Robin Hanna, Wayne Hansen, Minnesota's BR&E Strategies Program and is professor and
<br /> Michael Hensely,Dale Hileman,Renee Hink, John Hixson, extension economist at the University of Minnesota.He has
<br /> Mike Hogan,Tom Hopkins,S.Henry Huerkamp, Jay written a number of popular and academic articles on BR&E
<br /> Jacquet,Michael Jay,Earl Joy,Ben Kenney,Robert and developed the certification course used by Business
<br /> Kelchner, Donald Kimmet,Robert Koehler, Keith Kopischke, Retention and Expansion International(BREI). He was a
<br /> Kurt Kuffner,Ken Lafontaine,Herbert Lane,Pat Landi,Neal founding member of BREI and served on their board of
<br /> Leimbach,Kenneth Lengieza,Nancy Lenhart,Mike Lloyd, directors.
<br /> Patricia Love, Gerald Mahan, G.Duane Miller,Larry
<br /> Morehead,Jack Morris,Nancy Nelson,Leone Ohnoutka, Both authors appreciate the suggestions of community
<br /> Kimberly Olson,Dorothy Rosemeier,Rich Senopole, Ray leaders,development professionals,and extension educators
<br /> Schindler,Mary Ann Shatto, John Smith,Len Smith,Rick on effective means of doing BR&E Visitation Programs.
<br /> Smith,Steve Smith,Toni Smith,Mark Sorensen,Roger The strength of the BR&E Visitation program process
<br /> Steinberg Thomas Suter,Elizabeth Templin, Eric Thompson, outlined in these booklets stems from combining these
<br /> Karen Tommeraasen,John Watkins,Joy Wright,Harold practical tips with the lessons from the evaluation research.
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