Articles by: NADO Admin

  • Catalog of Award-Winning Projects

    Posted on: May 15th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    Please see the list of previous winners of the NADO Innovation Award in the PDFs below: 2010 Innovations Award Winners 2009 Innovations Award Winners 2008 Innovations Award Winners 2007 Innovations Award Winners 2006 Innovations Award Winners 2005 Innovation Award Winners...

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  • RPO and MPO Symposium Findings

    Posted on: May 9th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    National Symposium for Rural Transportation Planning Organizations and Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Assessing the Structure and Benefits of Collaboration....

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  • RPO Bill Introduced in House

    Posted on: April 20th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    On April 14, 2011, Representative Tim Walz (D-MN) and Representative Richard Hanna (R-NY) introduced H.R. 1565 (http://thomas NULL.loc NULL.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H NULL.R NULL.1565:), a bill to incorporate Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) into the statewide transportation planning process. Previously, on March 17,...

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  • Senate Panel Adopts EDA Bill

    Posted on: April 20th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    On April 14, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works adopted legislation (S. 782) (http://thomas NULL.loc NULL.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S NULL.782:) that would reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for five years.  The measure, which was approved by voice vote, was...

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  • EDA Dear Colleague Letter Sent to House Leaders

    Posted on: April 20th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    Thank you to all NADO members who contacted their House members and asked them to sign the EDA “Dear Colleague” letter circulated by Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) on April 1. In total, 42 Representatives signed the EDA support letter to...

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  • Progress on Long-Term FAA Bill

    Posted on: April 20th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    On March 31, 2011, President Obama signed a two-month extension of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs (PL 112-7) until May 31, 2011. Congress passed this short-term reauthorization measure to allow the House and Senate additional time to complete a longer-term...

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  • NADO President Testifies on Transportation Issues

    Posted on: April 20th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    NADO President Timothy Ware urged members of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit to consider the needs and importance of small metropolitan and rural America during the reauthorization process of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient...

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  • RDO Organizational Data Profiles

    Posted on: April 11th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    ... Over the past year, the NADO Research Foundation has been compiling data on regional development organizations (RDOs) around the country and how they fit between the strata of state and local government. Through our research we have developed a series

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  • NADO CEDS Innovation Forum

    Posted on: April 11th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    ...Thought leaders in regional innovation descended upon Washington, D.C. in January 2011 to share ideas with federal partners and discuss a pathway forward for the nation’s regional development organizations. Click here for a link to Presentation Slides (http://www NULL.slideshare NULL.net/mbellamente/2011-nado-ceds-innovation-forum).

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  • Social Media Outreach

    Posted on: April 11th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    (http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/uploads/socialmedia_zmud NULL.pdf)On March 30, the NADO Research Foundation and RPO America held the webinar “Social Media and Electronic Participation in Regional Planning and Economic Development.” The webinar provided an overview of social media demographics and covered strategies that...

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