LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack North Country Association will welcome nationally recognized author and speaker Anthony Flaccavento for a presentation and conversation about sustainable rural economic development from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

A farmer, author and community activist, Flaccavento works with community leaders, farmers, foundations and economic development agencies across the nation, supporting ecologically healthy regional economies and food systems. In 2016, he published the book “Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real World Experience for Transformative Change.”

This event is being hosted in partnership with the Adirondack Nonprofit Network.