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  • NADO Board Officer Steve Etcher Testifies on Federal Economic Development Issues

    Posted on: July 28th, 2011 by Deborah Cox

    Washington, DC – On July 27, NADO Secretary Steve Etcher, Executive Director of the Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in Warrenton, Missouri, testified before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, on the...

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  • 2011 NADO Regional Sustainable Forum

    Posted on: July 22nd, 2011 by Matthew Chase

    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. Combined file of all forum presentations ...

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  • Senate EPW Committee Releases Outline of Surface Transportation Legislation

    Posted on: July 19th, 2011 by Jennifer Walsh

    The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), led by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), has released an outline of the Committee’s long-term surface transportation reauthorization measure, “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21).  The outline broadly describes...

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  • Congratulations to the 2011 NADO Award Winners

    Posted on: July 13th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

    Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the NADO Innovation Award and the Excellence in Regional Transportation Award! Click here for the list of Innovation Award winners (PDF) Click here for the project descriptions and contact information of the Innovation Award ...

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  • Rural-Urban Connections in the Sacramento Region

    Posted on: July 12th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

    To view a recording of the webinar, click here. (http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/uploads/sacog NULL.wmv) On Tuesday, July 12, NADO Research Foundation sponsored “Rural-Urban Connections in the Sacramento Region,” a webinar exploring how the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) is addressing...

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  • NADO Joins Letter to Support Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

    Posted on: July 12th, 2011 by Jennifer Walsh

    On June 28, NADO joined 43 other organizations in urging Senate leaders to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) along with staff from the offices of Senators Murray (D-WA), Harkin...

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  • Rural Development in a One America Policy

    Posted on: July 1st, 2011 by Matthew Chase

    By Matthew Chase, Executive Director National Association of Development Organizations (Reprinted from AgriPulse blog (http://www NULL.agri-pulse NULL.com/Opinion_Matthew_Chase_06282011 NULL.asp)) What do the White House, Council on Foundations, Farm Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative have in common?  All of these prestigious...

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  • EDA Reauthorization Bill Fails in Senate

    Posted on: June 29th, 2011 by Deborah Cox

    On June 21, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a cloture motion on a five-year reauthorization measure (S.782) for the Economic Development Administration (EDA).  Needing 60 votes for passage, the motion was defeated on a 49-51 vote with four Democratic...

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  • EDA Reauthorization Bill Faces Major Hurdles on Senate Floor

    Posted on: June 20th, 2011 by Deborah Cox

    Due to several unrelated amendments, the Senate’s five-year reauthorization bill (S. 782) for the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is facing major hurdles on the Senate floor next week. The EDA reauthorization bill has been on the Senate floor for...

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  • NADO Leads Coalition Letter on EDA Reauthorization

    Posted on: June 13th, 2011 by NADO Admin

    On June 3, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) led a coalition letter signed by the American Planning Association, American Public Works Association, the Association of University Research Parks, the Educational Association of University Centers, the International Economic Development...

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