
CEC Conference
Join us Sept. 20–21, 2023 in Benton County to learn how to foster community economic development. Subscribe to our mailing list for updates about the conference and registration details.
Sign UpEntrepreneurial communities are those cities, neighborhoods, or townships that are continuously working to develop an environment that fosters entrepreneurship to promote community economic development. They have created networks, cultures, resources, and policies that enable invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship to succeed.
The Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities (CEC) annual conference is designed for stakeholders, economic developers, businesses, local government, educators, and nonprofits seeking to learn how to create a network that increases a community’s potential for entrepreneurship. With breakout sessions embedded in shops and businesses throughout Benton County, the 2023 conference offers the unique opportunity to learn about and experience an entrepreneurial community.
Whether you work in economic development, business, arts and culture, government, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, or education, you have an important part to play in supporting local businesses and entrepreneurial development in communities. There is something for everyone!
Join our mailing list to get all announcements about registration and the conference.
"This has been a wonderful conference filled with tangible takeaways to put into practice almost immediately in my community. The connections have been invaluable!"
"This has been the best most impactful conference ever! Hosting the seminars in actual businesses was perfect."
"This was an excellent conference very affordable and easy to attend. Wish I could have made it to all of the sessions!"
Your community is stronger when you work together as a team - we encourage you to invite your coworkers, colleagues, community leaders, entrepreneurs and other local stakeholders.
Use Tab key to loop through the section below. Press Enter or Space to enter content for each tab button. Press Esc key to exit and to go to the next section at any time.