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SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct. 5, 2004 – Springfield is in the enviable
position of having a diverse economy, an educated workforce and an
airport to take business leaders to any market in the world, but the
region’s future will hinge on its continued willingness to embrace
technology as a business tool and a source for new business.
Those were the heady words of Brian Wesbury, renowned economist
based in Chicago, who was the keynote speaker at the First Annual
Economic Outlook Conference sponsored by the City of Springfield and
the Springfield Business & Development Corporation.
Corporate sponsors for the event included Blackwell Sanders Peper
Martin, Commerce Bank and The Signature Bank. The event was held
Sept. 30 in Springfield.
The audience of almost 300 business leaders and owners were equally
impressed with the candor of local leaders who addressed success and
challenges in health care, manufacturing, retail and education. Jim
Anderson, president of the Springfield chamber, led the local panel
through an unscripted, lively discussion of their industries as well
as their outlook for the region. Panel participants included Larry
D. Wallis, recently retired chief executive officer, CoxHealth; Mike
Briggs, president, Willow Brook Foods Inc.; Jim Hagale, president,
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World; and John H. Keiser, Ph.D., president,
Southwest Missouri State University.
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