Join us November 13-14 for two days of conversations on the future of rural Texas
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Rural Texas is at an inflection point.
For years, the state’s small towns have been shrinking. Drought has devastated crops. And this year a wildfire destroyed more than 1 million acres in Cattle Country.
And yet, Texans agreed to flush rural communities with billions of dollars to improve infrastructure. Oil continues to flow out of the Permian Basin at record levels alongside innovation in renewable energy.
Join us Nov. 13 and 14 at the University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown when we'll discuss where rural Texas is and where it can go. The two-day event will feature ranchers and farmers, elected officials and civic leaders from every corner of Texas and across the country.
Panel topics, speakers and special events will be announced over the coming weeks.
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