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Growing Rural Innovation-Based Economies: Kansas Opportunity Innovation Network
This report is presented in two parts, a case study overview and a detailed description of steps performed & visualizations created to better understand regional economic development.
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Surface Transportation and Aviation Programs Extended
On September 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a combined extension of surface transportation programs and aviation programs. H.R. 2887 provides for a six month extension of highway programs (until March 31, 2012) and a four and a half...
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President Obama Announces the American Jobs Act
On September 8, before a Joint Session of Congress, President Obama outlined his new plan to create jobs and boost the economy. In his proposal, The American Jobs Act, the President calls for greater investment in the nation’s infrastructure and...
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NADO Provides Legislative Update to Members
On September 8, the NADO legislative team provided a federal policy and legislative status report to NADO members through a national conference call. The purpose of the call was to provide NADO members with the latest news from Capitol...
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NADO Executive Director Attends President Obama’s Rose Garden Address
On August 31, NADO Executive Director Matthew Chase attended a press event held by President Obama at the White House Rose Garden. Speaking to a group of transportation and infrastructure stakeholder groups, President Obama, joined by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood,...
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NADO Conference Attendees Tour White House
On Friday, August 26, as a special event of NADO’s 2011 National Rural Transportation Conference and Economic Development Finance Service (EDFS) Training Conferences, conference attendees, their families, and NADO friends in the Washington, D.C. area attended a tour of the...
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New White House Report on Jobs and Economic Security for Rural America
With the recent establishment of the White House Rural Council, led by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, President Obama has committed the Administration to improving the economic security of rural America. In a new White House report, “Jobs and...
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East Tennessee Development District Hosts White House Business Council Roundtable
On August 4, the White House Business Council and Terry Bobrowski, NADO board member and Executive Director of the East Tennessee Development District, hosted the Morristown Business Roundtable, in Morristown, TN. The roundtable featured Earl Gohl, Federal Co-Chair of the...
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Exploring the Role of Regional Transportation Projects as Rural Economy Drivers
(http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/uploads/RegTransit NULL.pdf)The NADO Research Foundation has just released a new report on regional transit, developed through its Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development in July 2011. With case studies in Alabama, Oregon, and Vermont, this report explores...
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Rural Cluster Development in Kansas
NADO staff joined leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) in a peer exchange with Kansas State Universities’ Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) (http://www NULL.amisuccess NULL.com/) and the Kansas Association of Regional Development Organizations...




