IU Center for Rural Engagement Executive Director Kerry Thomson opens the second day of the IU Rural Conference. Jack Hess, executive director of CivicLab, on the topic of "collaboration by design." Across generations of leaders, the rural community of Columbus, Indiana,
has cultivated a living laboratory for how the public, private, and
social sectors can work together to address complex social problems and
authentically produce meaningful outcomes. This keynote session tells a
seventy-year story about the community's collective work, shares the
lessons learned, and illustrates the thinking used to develop the
potential of both people and place.
