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EDA Denver Regional Workshop

Carrie Kissel — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:38:02 +0000

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, and data tools. This presentation was supported through EDA’s Know Your Region project. For additional resources, visit www.KnowYourRegion.org.

Economic Development Workshop – EDA Denver

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HUD Rural Grantees Workshop

Kathy Nothstine — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:41:27 +0000

On April 26-27, NADO Research Foundation hosted a workshop with a small group of HUD SCI grantees working in rural areas and small town settings. Workshop materials available for download are listed below.

Workshop Agenda and Participant Information (PDF)

Map of Participating Grantees (PDF)

Presentation: Riding the Communications Wave (David Cole) (PDF)

Rebranding: WNC Livable Communities Initiative (Erica Allison) (PDF)

Wealth Creation in Rural Communities (Wayne Fawbush/Melissa Levy) (PDF)

Wealth Creation Impact Assessment (PDF)

Community Wealth Matrix Template (Word doc)

2011 NADO Regional Sustainable Forum

Matthew Chase — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:59:20 +0000

On July 25, 2011, the NADO Research Foundation is sponsoring a peer exchange, 2011 Regional Sustainable Development Forum: Building Resilient Regions, at the office of the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) in Kansas City, Missouri.

AGENDA

Welcome, Event Overview and Participant Introductions

Matthew Chase, Executive Director, NADO and the NADO Research Foundation
Shelley Poticha, Director for Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
David Warm, Executive Director, Mid America Regional Council

Setting the Stage for New Regional Sustainable Economic Development Strategies: A View from the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities

Overview of new and upcoming federal interagency partnerships and initiatives
Opportunities for expanded intergovernmental partnerships at regional level

Networking Luncheon

Regional Council Participant Presentations and Roundtable Discussion

Each regional council participant will give a 5-minute presentation about their organization’s approach to regional sustainability planning and development, including strategies for moving economic development practice and policy toward sustainability. This includes improving regional coordination and integration of federal resources for community and economic development, housing, land use planning, transportation and workforce development.

Leveraging and Integrating Federal Planning Frameworks to Build Resilient Regions: Regional Strategies, Partnerships and Solutions for Economic Growth and Prosperity

Group discussion on the lessons learned from regional planning and development practitioners, including policy, program and leadership options for creating stronger collaboration and leveraging of federal planning and development resources for moving economic development practice, program and policy toward sustainability. This includes HUD’s Regional Sustainability Planning Grants, EDA’s Economic Development District CEDS, DOT’s Metropolitan Planning Organizations (and Rural Transportation Planning Organizations) and other related federal planning programs.

Final Recommendations and Discussion on Next Steps

REGIONAL COUNCIL PARTICIPANTS

Tim Brennan, Executive Director^*

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Springfield, Massachusetts

Eric Bridges, Executive Director

North Central Pennsylvania RPDC

Ridgway, Pennsylvania

Robert Clark, Executive Director^*

Northern Maine Development Commission

Caribou, Maine

Matthew Dolge, Executive Director^!

Piedmont Triad Regional Council

Winston-Salem-Greensboro, North Carolina

Steve Etcher, Executive Director

Boonslick Regional Planning Commission

Warrenton, Missouri

etcher@boonslick.org

Peter Gregory, Executive Director

Two-Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

Woodstock, Vermont

Cheryal Lee Hills, Executive Director^*

Region Five Development Commission

Staples, Minnesota

Betty Huskins, Director

North Carolina Association of Regional Councils

Beth Jones, Executive Director

Southeast Tennessee Development District

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mike McKeever, Executive Director^*

Sacramento Area Council of Governments

Sacramento, California

Betty Voights, Executive Director^*

Capital Area Council of Governments

Austin, Texas

David Warm, Executive Director^*

Mid-America Regional Council

Kansas City, Missouri

Lyle Wray, Executive Director^*

Capital Regional Council of Governments

Hartford, Connecticut

* HUD Regional Sustainable Planning Grantee

! Partner with HUD Regional Sustainable Planning Grantee

NADO Staff

Matthew Chase, Executive Director mchase@nado.org

Deborah Cox, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs |dcox@nado.org

Carrie Kissel, Senior Program Manager ckissel@nado.org

Jennifer Walsh, Associate Legislative Director jwalsh@nado.org

FEDERAL OFFICIAL PARTICIPANTS

Kevin Adderly, Transportation Specialist

FHWA-National Systems and Economic Development Team

Washington, D.C.

Patty Clark, State Director

USDA Rural Development – Kansas

Matthew Dalbey, Director,

Federal and State Division

EPA Office of Sustainable Communities

Washington, D.C.

Janie Dunning, State Director

USDA Rural Development – Missouri

John Elias, Policy Analyst

Office of the Secretary

U.S. Department of Transportation

Washington, D.C.

Salin Geevarghese, Senior Policy Advisor

Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev.

Washington, D.C.

Guadalupe Herrera, Sustainability Officer

Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev.

Washington, D.C.

Tom Guevara, Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Regional Affairs

U.S. Economic Development Administration

Washington, D.C.

Doug McKalip, Senior Policy Advisor

for Rural Affairs

Domestic Policy Council

The White House

Washington, D.C.

Doug O’Brien, Senior Policy Advisor

Office of the Secretary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, D.C.

Shelley Poticha, Director

Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev.

Washington, D.C.

Joni Roeseler

Planning and Program Development Team Leader Federal Transit Administration (Region VII)

Kansas City, Missouri

GUESTS

Chuck Fluharty, President/CEO

Rural Policy Research Institute

Columbia, Missouri

Wayne Fawbush, Program Officer

Ford Foundation

* Event was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under a cooperative agreement with the NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development.

NADO CEDS Innovation Forum

NADO Admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:45:43 +0000

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.

At a time when trimming the federal deficit has become a primary goal of the Administration, communities and regional development organizations are identifying new approaches to accomplishing more with less. Subjects addressed during the forum included the importance of private sector engagement, multi-regional economic development strategies and leveraging regional assets to better compete on a global stage.

SACOG Peer Exchange

NADO Admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:12:47 +0000

In March 2011, the NADO Research Foundation convened a peer exchange hosted by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG). Through presentations, group discussions and site visits, participants learned about the region’s Blueprint Strategy for long-term sustainable growth and the Rural-Urban Connections Strategy, which SACOG launched to explore the interdependency of the rural and urban parts of the region and investigate the challenges and opportunities facing the area’s robust agriculture sector.

Click here to view a PDF version of the agenda and content.

Executive Director Learning Lab

Jennifer Walsh — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:30:26 +0000

In August 2010, NADO held an executive director’s learning lab as part of our Annual Training Conference. The purpose of the session was to take an inward look at how executive directors can better set, manage and achieve the goals of their organizations.

NADO Executive Director Matt Chase led the session with ‘observations from the road’ and insight into the business of regional councils. Click here to view the presentation slides from the event.

Four Corners Rural Transportation Forum: Summary of a Peer Learning Exchange

NADO Admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:24:23 +0000

In May 2010, a small group of regional transportation planning practitioners convened in Park City, Utah for two days of facilitated discussion and presentations. Participants shared information about best practices and emerging issues in their regions on a variety of rural transportation planning and economic development issues, including rural transportation safety, livability in rural areas and relationship-building with Tribal nations. Read this summary of the event to learn about issues and practices in rural transportation planning in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.

(July 2010, 12 pages): View the report (PDF)