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B R & E <br /> NEWS RELEASE: TRAINING VOLUNTEERS <br /> (number of participants) community leaders met at the (name of meeting site)on ( av of week or date)to prepare for <br /> the community's economic future. The two-hour meeting was the formal kick-off of a local Business Retention and Expan- <br /> sion Visitation Program sponsored by(name of the sponsor(s) . <br /> This program is receiving technical and research support from the (name of organization) The (day of week)night's <br /> orientation program was lead by (name of consultant) ,a Certified BR&E Master Consultant,certified by Business Reten- <br /> tion and Expansion International. <br /> "Existing firms are the best sources of growth. We want to find out how we can help them to grow in our community. We <br /> have an excellent team in place to work on this and expect excellent results",said (coordinator) ,coordinator of the local <br /> program. <br /> The program is designed to stimulate economic development by assisting existing industry,according to (name and title). <br /> (same name) pointed out that to assist industry,a community must first identify industries'needs and problems and then <br /> address those concerns to improve the local business climate. <br /> The volunteer visitors will be visiting (number)local manufacturers between now and (final target date). During each <br /> visit,each team of two volunteers will use a ten-page questionnaire to gather information about each business. The two <br /> training sessions last night were held to help prepare the volunteer visitors for their interviews. <br /> ("Ouote from a volunteer about what he/she learned from the training sessions or his/her opinion of the program after the <br /> training or about his/her participation in the proiect.")said name ,one of the volunteer visitors. <br /> During the training,volunteers viewed a videotape documentary about one of the first counties to complete the BR&E <br /> Visitation Program. They also asked questions of name ,coordinator of coup County's BR&E program via telecon- <br /> ference. They also reviewed the questionnaire in detail. <br /> (coordinator)emphasized that the information gathered through the surveys will be strictly confidential. <br /> ("Quote from coordinator about the his/her expectations of the progLam or the results and recommendations at the end.") <br /> name said. <br /> 26 — Local Leadership Team Manual <br />