Training
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NADO To Hold Webinar on Sequestration on August 13
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...
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The Alabama Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
The final presenter on the second panel was Jeff Pruitt from the Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments. Pruitt spoke about preparing Alabama’s statewide Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and its relationship to transportation planning. The 12 regional councils...
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The Northern Maine Rail Initiative
The next presenter was Alain Ouellette from the Northern Maine Development Commission (NMDC), who spoke about saving a significant 233-mile rail corridor in his region. Aroostook County has an extensive history of industrial rail, dating back to 1891. Today, large...
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Sustainable Eastern Connecticut
...The second panel, focused on integrating transportation planning and economic development, began with a presentation by Ken Livingston, of Fitzgerald & Halliday, and Mark Paquette, of the Windham Regional Council of Governments, on creating a regional sustainability plan for eastern
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Highway Department Timesheet Program
The final speaker on the first panel was Rita Seto from the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Planning Commission in Vermont. She developed a highway department timesheet program to help oversee the way that road foremen manage their daily activities and provide...
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RPC Involvement in the Recovery of Vermont’s Transportation Network After Tropical Storm Irene
The next presenter was Katharine Otto from the Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission in Vermont who spoke about recovery of the state’s transportation network after Hurricane Irene in August 2011. She first detailed the damage caused by the storm,...
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Wind Turbines and the Transportation Network
The first panel began with a presentation by Annette Bair from the Southwest Regional Development Commission, a nine-county organization in Minnesota. Bair also serves as the Southwest Clean Energy Resource Team Coordinator and is involved with the 19-county Rural Minnesota...
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EDA Denver Regional Workshop
On June 8, 2012, the EDA Denver Regional Office held a workshop for EDDs in Park City, Utah. During the meeting, the presentation below offered information on the federal context in which EDDs are working, CEDS best practices, EDD innovations,...
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2011 Know Your Region Training
Conferences 2011 NADO Annual Training Conference Regional CEDS and EDD Innovation Learning Lab (Part 1) Americana Salon 1 Growing Regional Innovation-Based Economies: The Kansas Opportunity Innovation Network This special workshop will explore an innovative partnership focused on increasing the number...
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2012 Know Your Region Webinars
2012 Webinar Training Series Part 4: Creating Statewide Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies 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...