Presentations
This section contains slide presentations of content that would benefit our membership.
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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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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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National Rural Transportation Conference: Opening Keynote Address
In this session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference (April 25 – 27 in Burlington, Vermont), Federal Highway Administration Deputy Administrator Gregory G. Nadeau opened the conference with a keynote address. His remarks included discussion of regional role in...
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Livable Regions and Communities in Appalachia: Cartersville Workshop
On May 15, 2012, the Appalachian Regional Commission (http://www NULL.arc NULL.gov/index NULL.asp) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Sustainable Communities (http://www NULL.epa NULL.gov/smartgrowth/index NULL.htm), in partnership with the NADO Research Foundation, the Development District Association of Appalachia (http://www...
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From Vision to Project Selection: Performance-based Planning
In this session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers included Alpesh Patel, North Carolina Department of Transportation, and Bjorn Hansen, Centralina Council of Governments. Watch the session: View the presentations: Patel hansen rpo2012 (http://www NULL.slideshare NULL.net/rpoamerica/patel-hansen-rpo2012) View more...
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RPO America Peer Symposium: Sharing Innovations in Regional Transportation Planning
On April 25, 2012, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation held the RPO America Peer Symposium, during the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference.... This special session, held with support from the Federal Highway Administration, focused on
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Meaningful Engagement and Collaboration: Develop a Participation Plan
In this session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers included Rachel Beyerle, Easter Seals Project Action, Lewis Grimm, Federal Lands Highway Eastern Division, Dorathy Martel, Eastern Maine Development Commission, Vicki Rusbult, Eastern Maine Development Commission, and Jeff Kiely,...
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Plenary Luncheon: Transportation, Disaster Recovery, and Economic Vitality
In this session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers included Sue Minter, Vermont Agency of Transportation, and Jim Pratt, Cabot Creamery. Watch the video and view the slides below, or click here... to read a detailed summary of


