"Serving Professional Massachusetts Economic Developers since 1963"

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MEDC Summer Program:
The Business of Fun!
Thursday July 16, 2009
10:00 to 2:00 pm
Hanover Theater for the Performing Arts
Worcester, MA

Massachusetts Economic Development Council

Summer Program: The Business of Fun!
Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:00 to 2:00pm

The Business of Fun-- resorts, destinations, sports, tourism, recreation,                    theater, arts, festivals, comedy, entertainment, and much more.

        Fun is Big Business!

           Learn how your community can embrace and profit from the business of fun.

Panel: The Impact of Fun on Local Economies
Jeff Crowley, President, Wachusett Mountain
James Wolfe, Gen’l Mgr, CoCo Key Water Resort
Rod Warnick Professor, University of Massachusetts

Financing Fun: Bringing the Theatre to Life
Craig Blais, Exec. VP, Worcester Business Development Corp
Troy Siebels, Executive Director, Hanover Theatre

                Panel Discussion, Q &A, Luncheon and Guided Tour of the Hanover                 Theater for the Performing Arts
                2 Southbridge Street
                Worcester, MA
                http://www.thehanovertheatre.org/

About MEDC:
The Massachusetts Economic Development Council (MEDC) is the professional association of economic development practitioners serving the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Established in 1963, the Council provides an opportunity for professional development through Council Committees, programs, and has as its primary objective the promotion and development of the economic welfare of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through industrial and economic development.

Members are those individuals who are engaged in industrial, economic, or community development organizations, as well as executives of Chambers of Commerce, utility officials and staff members of private, public or quasi-public industrial/economic development corporations.