Hearing: Kick Starting Entrepreneurship and Main Street Economic Recovery

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship (Committee on Small Business)

Thursday, September 10, 2020 (1:00 PM)

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Washington, D.C.
The Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship will hold a remote hearing entitled “Kick Starting Entrepreneurship and Main Street Economic Recovery.” The hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM (EST) on Thursday, September 10, 2020 via Cisco Webex, information to be provided separately. The hearing will allow Members to learn more about why the COVID-19 pandemic is a unique challenge for rural economies. Further, it will examine what worked and did not work to encourage rural development and entrepreneurship during and after the Great Recession, and how these lessons can be applied to the current crisis.

Witnesses

Mr. Chad Nath
Executive Director, LINK Grinnell Inc., Grinnell, IA

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM

Mr. Jeremy Ketelsen
Vice President, Ketelsen RV, Hiawatha, IA

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM

Mr. Mark Rembert
Head of the Rural Innovation Network, Center on Rural Innovation, Hartland, VT

  • Witness Bio and Testimony [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM

Mr. Jason Duff
Founder, Small Nation, Bellefontaine, OH

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 09/10/2020 at 02:39 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing: Witness List [PDF]

First Published: September 3, 2020 at 12:43 PM
Last Updated: September 10, 2020 at 02:39 PM