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2012 NADO Federal Policy and Legislative Report
This session at the 2012 Executive Directors Leadership Forum featured welcoming remarks from Russel Cowley, NADO President and Executive Director of the Six County Association of Governments (UT) and Roger Jones, Chair of the Utah Association of Governments and Executive...
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Plenary Luncheon: Session Summary
The Plenary Luncheon at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference featured two speakers on the topic of Transportation, Disaster Recovery, and Economic Vitality. Peter Gregory, NADO Second Vice President and Executive Director of the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, moderated the...
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NADO Holds Webinar on Transportation and Disaster Recovery
...On Thursday, June 7, 2012, the NADO Research Foundation held the webinar “Lessons Learned from Irene: Regional Planning Commission Involvement in Recovery of Vermont’s Transportation Network,” which featured a joint presentation from two regional planning commissions (RPCs) that make up
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Statewide CEDS and Other EDD Innovations
NADO delivered an installment of the Know Your Region program, funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), at EDA Seattle’s 2012 Regional Training Conference (http://www NULL.edaseattle NULL.org/) held in Portland, OR. NADO staff presented information on statewide CEDS initiatives,...
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Know Your Region Webinar: Creating Statewide Approaches to Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (5/31/2012)
Understanding the need to align goals and opportunities into a single document, several State Associations have been collaborating to create Statewide Comprehensive Development Strategies that align community and economic development, emergency preparedness, energy, affordable housing, technology, telecommunications, transportation and workforce...
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Meaningful Engagement and Collaboration: Session Summary
In the “Meaningful Engagement and Collaboration: Develop a Participation Plan” session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers shared their experiences and methods of engaging the community in the planning process. Leanne Doran, a public involvement specialist with McCormick...
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Opening Keynote Address: Session Summary
This session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference began with welcome statements from Russ Cowley, NADO President and Executive Director of the Six County Association of Governments; Misty Casto, Development District Association of Appalachia Secretary and Executive Director of...
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Visioning and Beyond: Session Summary
In a session titled “Visioning and Beyond: Developing Plans and Measuring Implementation” at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers shared their experiences in performance-based planning. Melissa Levy, of Yellow Wood Associates in Vermont, presented a strategic planning process based...
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NADO Participates in NACDEP Conference
On May 21, NADO participated in a panel discussion at the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (http://nacdep NULL.net/) (NACDEP) Annual Conference in Park City, Utah. Cheryal Lee Hills, Executive Director of the Region Five Development Commission (http://www NULL.regionfive...
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Webinar: Effective Strategies for Engaging Your Community
The National Association of Counties (http://www NULL.naco NULL.org/Pages/default NULL.aspx) (NACo), in partnership with the NADO Research Foundation, hosted a webinar on June 12, 2012, to train planners and other stakeholders on how to engage their communities. The webinar was recorded...




