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East Tennessee Development District Hosts White House Business Council Roundtable
On August 4, the White House Business Council and Terry Bobrowski, NADO board member and Executive Director of the East Tennessee Development District, hosted the Morristown Business Roundtable, in Morristown, TN. The roundtable featured Earl Gohl, Federal Co-Chair of the...
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New Report on Delta Regional Authority Impact
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) recently released a new report, Impacts of Regional Approaches to Rural Development: Initial Evidence on the Delta Regional Authority. The report compares non-metro counties covered by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA),...
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Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Named
Created as part of the debt ceiling law (PL 112-25), the 12-member, bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also called the “Super Committee,” has broad authority to find as much as $1.5 billion in savings by Nov. 23 that...
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Now Available: July 22 Edition of NADO News
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Senate EPW Committee Releases Outline on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
On July 19, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), released an outline of the EPW Committee’s long-term surface transportation reauthorization measure, referred to as “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21). The...
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Realities of Modern Rural Economy
On July 19, NADO Executive Director Matthew Chase posted the article “Realities of Modern Economy” on the Council on Foundations Rural Conference blog. In his article, Chase commends the concept of a stronger philanthropic presence in small town and rural...
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NADO Webinar: Land-Based Sustainable Development Strategies in Western North Carolina
June 21, 2011; 2:00 – 3:00 pm (EDT) The NADO Research Foundation is sponsoring a two-part webinar series exploring how regional development organizations are incorporating sustainability principles into their regional planning processes. The first webinar, “Land-Based Sustainable Development Strategies in...
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Exploring the Role of Regional Transportation Projects as Rural Economy Drivers
(http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/uploads/RegTransit NULL.pdf)The NADO Research Foundation has just released a new report on regional transit, developed through its Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development in July 2011. With case studies in Alabama, Oregon, and Vermont, this report explores...
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NADO Board Officer Steve Etcher Testifies on Federal Economic Development Issues
Washington, DC – On July 27, NADO Secretary Steve Etcher, Executive Director of the Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in Warrenton, Missouri, testified before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, on the...
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Now Available: July 15 Edition of NADO News
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