AARC Newsletter (May 2009)
Get On Board! Make Your Annual Conference Plans Now

 This year the AARC’s annual conference will be in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  So mark your calendars for November 4 through 6.  This year’s conference will be hosted by the Retire Tennessee program will be held at the Chattanooga Marriott at the Convention Cemter.

The conference planning committee is working hard to make sure this year’s program is really strong.  The committee has already confirmed Mr. Ralph S. Bowden as the keynote speaker.  Mr. Bowden is the ...
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News and Notes
The 14th Annual Rural Development Conference was held in Cookville, Tennessee in April.  Mr. Dave Robertson member of the AARC Board of Directors and President of RPI Media, Inc presented a great talk on “Winning in a Turbulent Economy.”  The focus of his talk was on tools local leaders can use the help rural communities successfully weather economic downturns.





The AARC was also a prominent participant in the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) 5th Annual Conference.  The D...

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Road Show

 The AARC is looking for a chance to help you out.  Would you like to build a case with your community or your development authority or your state as to why they should be thinking about retiree attraction as an engine for economic development?  Or have you had support for the strategy in the past but find that support is cracking under the pressure of the economic crisis?  If so the AARC will go on the road to help you build your case.  Dr. Isley, the Director of the Bureau o