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Upcoming Webinar: Building Vibrant Local Economies by Connecting Regional Food Systems

Kathy Nothstine — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:01:46 +0000

County and regional leaders are integrating food systems into economic development plans. These efforts are reinvigorating rural economies to foster economic development connected to local, agricultural economies. Join the National Association of Counties (NACo) for a free webinar, Building Vibrant Local Economies: Connecting Regional Food Systems, on Thursday, May 9, at 2pm EST to learn more about this topic.

Featured speakers include:

Ferd Hoefner, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Bahia Nightengale, Heartland Local Food, with Supervisor Melvyn Houser, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Elanor Starmer, USDA

This webinar is offered as a service to grantees of the federal government’s Sustainable Communities Initiative, NADO members, NACo members, and the broad community of individuals and organizations interested in regional food systems as a strategy for rural economic development.

For more information, contact Stephanie Osborn, sosborn@naco.org or 202.942.4235.

NADO To Hold Webinar on Sequestration on August 13

NADO Admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:31:38 +0000

On August 13 at 3:00 p.m. EST, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center, will host a free webinar on the topic of sequestration and the potential impact on regional development organizations and local governments.

Loren Adler and Shai Akabas, senior policy analysts from the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, DC-based think tank that promotes bipartisanship and works to address key challenges facing the nation, will provide an in-depth look at sequestration and the impact that it could have on the economy as a whole, and federal government spending and programs.

Questions that will be addressed during the webinar include:

How did we get here?
What is sequestration?
When will sequestration occur?
How will sequestration impact regional development organizations and local government?
How would sequestration affect programs like EDA and HUD CDBG?
What are the politics surrounding sequestration and the likelihood of it being eliminated or replaced?

Spaces for the webinar are limited. RSVP today by clicking here.

Upcoming NADO Conferences & Events: 2012-2013

Deborah Cox — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:21:55 +0000

March 19 – 21, 2012
NADO Washington Policy Conference
Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Virginia
703.920.3230 Room rate: $240 single/double

April 24 – 26, 2012
Economic Development Finance Service Annual Conference
Hilton Burlington Hotel, Burlington, Vermont
800.445.8667 Room rate: $129 single/double

April 25 – 27, 2012
National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference
Hilton Burlington Hotel, Burlington, Vermont
800.445.8667 Room rate: $129 single/double

June 9 – 11, 2012
NADO Summer Board Meeting
Park City Marriott, Park City, Utah
800.234.9003 Room rate: $119 single/double

October 13 – 16, 2012
NADO Annual Training Conference
The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada
800.499.6311 Room rate: $165 single/double

2013 NADO SCHEDULE

March 11 – 13, 2013
NADO Washington Policy Conference
Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, Virginia
703.920.3230 Room rate: $245 single/double

August 24 – 27, 2013
NADO Annual Training Conference
Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, California
800.445.8667 Room rate: $199 single/double