2026 EDD Wealth Creation Summit

Join regional leaders and changemakers in Bend for NADO’s 2026 EDD Wealth Creation Summit! This is your chance to dive into strategies that build lasting prosperity and opportunity across America’s regions. This three-day gathering features networking opportunities, inspiring keynotes, practical interactive breakout sessions, and place-based mobile workshops to explore how to: Build wealth creation into the CEDS; Strengthen local ownership; Support economic sector collaboration; Develop and strengthen value chains; Create resilient, thriving economies. This year, NADO is collaborating and co-locating with Rural Development Initiatives’ Regards to Rural (April 16–17), featuring joint mobile workshops on April 15 and combined sessions on April 16 creating a unique opportunity to connect across networks.