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  • NADO Joins Coalition Partners Urging Congress to Pass a Comprehensive Farm Bill

    Posted on: September 4th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On August 30, as part of the Campaign for Renewed Rural Development (http://www NULL.ruralcampaign NULL.org/), NADO joined 44 other organizations to urge House and Senate Agriculture Committee leadership to push for a comprehensive, five-year farm bill (rather than a short-term...

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  • White House Releases $473 Million in Unspent Transportation Funds

    Posted on: September 4th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On August 17, the White House announced that it will distribute $473 million in funds associated with unspent earmark projects from fiscal years 2003—2006. State departments of transportation will now have the ability to use unspent earmarked highway funds on...

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  • EDA Unveils Online Tool to Help Economic Developers Optimize Investments

    Posted on: September 4th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On August 31, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), in partnership with Portland State University (OR), announced a new online tool to help weigh benefits of economic development projects using the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) model. The new TBL Tool...

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  • Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce to Hold Free Webinar on Workforce Programs (September 5)

    Posted on: September 4th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    On September 5 at 2:00 p.m. EST, the Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce will hold a free webinar to discuss the current legislative and political situation impacting workforce development professionals and programs. NADO is a member of the Campaign...

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  • Conserving Treasured Landscapes for Prosperity in Posterity: Sheridan County, Wyoming

    Posted on: August 28th, 2012 by Kathy Nothstine

    This case study was researched and written by Parrish Bergquist, NADO Research Foundation Graduate Fellow. In Sheridan County, Wyoming, residents with widely divergent political views can usually agree on their profound affection for the land. Conservatives and liberals alike appreciate...

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  • Livable Regions and Communities in Appalachia

    Posted on: August 22nd, 2012 by Kathy Nothstine

    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 NULL.ddaa-ldd NULL.org/), and USDA...

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  • NADO Recognizes 2012 Innovation Award Winners

    Posted on: August 17th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    NADO Recognizes the 2012 Innovation Award Winners For 26 years, NADO’s Annual Innovation Award program has honored members who have had significant and positive impacts on their regions through innovative approaches to problem solving and program delivery.  We are pleased...

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  • Update on Sequestration

    Posted on: August 17th, 2012 by NADO Admin

    NADO Webinar on Sequestration (http://vimeo NULL.com/47607198) from NADO (http://vimeo NULL.com/nado) on Vimeo (http://vimeo NULL.com). When President Obama signed the Budget Control Act (BCA) (P.L. 112-25) in August 2011, ending a Congressional standoff over increasing the debt limit, the January 2,...

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  • Georgia Votes on Regional Sales Tax Initiative for Transportation Funding, With Mixed Results

    Posted on: August 14th, 2012 by Carrie Kissel

    On July 31, voters in Georgia made their choices about transportation funding in conjunction with the state’s primary elections, with their decisions having significant impacts for the state and causing ripples in the national conversation on infrastructure investment.  Up for...

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  • Vibrant Rural Communities: Lewistown, Pennsylvania

    Posted on: August 14th, 2012 by Kathy Nothstine

    This case study was researched and written by Parrish Bergquist, NADO Research Foundation Graduate Fellow. In the mid-1990s, Tom Grbenick with the SEDA-Council of Governments (http://www NULL.seda-cog NULL.org/Pages/Home NULL.aspx) (SEDA-COG) received a call from a banker who wanted to discuss...

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