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Fans, friends, family and prairie dogs alike! Here we go...we're unbelievably thrilled to announce that SPN has been accepted to speak on a panel at South by Southwest Interactive 2010!

It all started earlier this year when we came up with the idea of assembling a panel with a few other cities doing similar work to build and connect their community of entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives. After completing the submission form, we pushed the send button on the panel titled "Don't Move! Build a Startup Community Where You Live."

Months later, and after numerous votes, tweets and comments, we received notice that we had been selected for inclusion from a group of 2,300 entries.

In summary, we're amazingly thrilled to have the opportunity to present at SXSW Interactive, a tremendous event with national exposure, and to have representatives from a few of the other emerging cities with us on the panel.

Complete details on the panel to come in the next few weeks, but we strongly encourage you to make plans to attend this year's event March 12th - 16th in Austin! This will be a very worthwhile opportunity to network, learn and connect with the nation's innovators and creatives.

Finally, I want to express my, and the entire Silicon Prairie News team's, appreciation and thanks for helping us earn this opportunity. Without you reading, tweeting, commenting, showing up at our events, etc...we wouldn't have the ability and opportunity to share our story on the level that SXSW will provide us. From the bottom of my heart, I'm humbled and thankful to have the community we do and realize this is because of your support for what we're doing. Thank you!