Watch the second day of the Tribune’s “Future of Rural Texas” symposium
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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.
Schedule for Wednesday, Nov. 13
- 2 PM - Investing in rural Texas - Lightning talks
- 3:30 PM - Protecting rural economies: A partner program presented by Lone Star Economic Alliance
- 6 PM - Rural Texas and the 89th legislature
Schedule for Thursday, Nov. 14
- 8:30 AM - Opening remarks and recorded interview with Commissioner Sid Miller
- 9 AM - Farm to table - and beyond
- 10 AM - Ghost towns, boom towns
- 11 AM - Growing our own
- 12:30 PM - One-on-one conversation with Dr. Deborah Birx
- 1:15 PM - Fire, floods and rebuilding
- 2:30 PM - Moving Texas forward
- 3:30 PM - Closing remarks
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