The Golden Valley Business Council welcomed Perpich Center for Arts Education Executive Director Curt Tryggestad to the September meeting. Tryggestad just joined Perpich this summer, and now leads a team of 70 which includes agency employees, professional development staff, and certified teachers & administrators. On the heels of the 2017 Legislative Session & Legislative Auditors' Report, Perpich has five strategies going forward: Culture and Climate; Advocacy; Marketing and Communication; Information and Technology; and Finances. Their priorities are to increase enrollment, stabilize finances, seek bonding dollars, develop a 3-5 year technology plan, seek partnerships outstate, and re-establish and/or strengthen relationships with arts organizations statewide.