Re-Localizing Prosperity in Rural Atlantic Canada

Robert Cervelli will present “Re-Localizing Prosperity in Rural Atlantic Canada”. Import replacement is a leading edge local economic development strategy that seeks to produce locally those goods and services that are currently imported into a community or region, as a way to keep money and wealth circulating in the region – ‘producing within the community for the community.’  This strategy has been proven to ‘plug the leaks’ which drain most economies over time. Robert Cervelli, Executive Director, Centre for Local Prosperity, will speak about the need to ‘re-localize’ rural economies, and about their initiatives in the region for greater local procurement by the major public-sector anchor institutions such as schools and hospitals.