Browse by Tag: Rural

• House Leaders Pull One-Year Farm Bill Extension from Agenda

  Posted on: August 14th, 2012 by NADO Admin

  After planning to move a one-year farm bill extension this week that also included drought aid, House Republican leaders changed course and pulled the bill from the floor schedule, signaling that they did not have the 218 votes needed to...

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• House Agriculture Committee Approves Farm Bill—What’s Next?

  Posted on: July 13th, 2012 by NADO Admin

  On July 12, the House Agriculture Committee advanced a five year farm bill, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) (H.R. 6083).  The House measure, which was approved by the committee 35 to 11, would amend and extend...

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• NADO Leaders Brief White House Rural Council

  Posted on: October 28th, 2011 by Jennifer Walsh

  NADO Board Member Joe McKinney, Executive Director of the Land-of-Sky Regional Council (NC) and NADO Executive Director Matthew Chase briefed the White House Rural Council’s Task Force on Quality of Place on October 26.  The presentation focused on an overview...

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• Rural Transportation Conference

  Posted on: April 6th, 2011 by NADO Admin

  Wednesday, August 24 – Friday, August 26, 2011 Washington, DC Hear updates on timely issues shaping the future of transportation planning and learn successful practices from regional transportation planning peers at the nation’s premier annual event for rural and small...

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• Clean Water for Virginia’s Coal Counties: A Case Study in Regional Leadership, Partnerships and Strategic Investment

  Posted on: August 31st, 2010 by Jonathan

  ...This report, released in November 2007, explores how the Lenowisco Planning District Commission (PDC) and the Cumberland Plateau PDC have formed partnerships with local officials and community leaders to address pressing water quality and treatment needs throughout this highly rural

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