Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand nine economic forecast conference. The Conference was held January twenty-second at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over five-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast features Mr. Mitch Waycaster, Chairman of the Community Development Foundation Board of Directors. He will be introduced by David Rumbarger, President and CEO of the Community Development Foundation.