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CITY OF SOUTH BEND
PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2012
Contact: Debra Johnson, Director of Communications
Phone: 574-235-5853
SOUTH BEND'S ECONOMIC SUMMIT REGISTRATION CLOSES MONDAY
SOUTH BEND-Registration for next week's Economic Summit in South Bend will
close on Monday. To register before Monday, please visit www.southbendin.gov/rs
Pete Buttigieg, along with Jeff Rea, President & CEO of the Chamber of
Commerce of St. Joseph County and Shawn Peterson, President & CEO of the Corporate
Partnership for Economic Growth, are partnering to host the summit.
The summit will feature six primary presentations. Those include:
• Organizing for the New Economic Direction
• Growing New Business
• Macroeconomic Environment, featuring guest speaker Bob Weissbourd, President
of RW Ventures, LLC, which he founded in 2000. Mr. Weissbourd is a frequent
public speaker and guest lecturer on a broad range of urban markets,housing,
business and economic development issues. His full bio can be found here:
http://www.rw-ventures.com/about/staff.htin
• Local Competitiveness
• Workforce Development: Building Human Capital
• Selling South Bend: Building on Community Assets
The summit will take place Thursday,June 21, 2012 at the Century Center, located at 120
South St. Joseph Street from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
1400 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING•227 W.JEFFERSON BOULEVARD•SOUTH BEND,INDIANA 46601
PHONE 574/235-9261• FAx 574/235-9892