2008 Legislative Policies & Priorities

A REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADVANCING AND SERVING AMERICA'S LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Federal-State Commissions

• Use existing regional development organizations as the local liaison for both new and existing federal-state regional commissions, including the proposed Northeast Regional Development Commission, SouthEast Crescent Authority and Southwest Regional Border Authority and the authorized-but-unfunded Northern Great Plains Regional Authority.
• Fully fund the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and Delta Regional Authority (DRA) at the authorized levels, including support for the ARC and DRA local development districts .

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