Browse by Tag: USDA Rural Development

• McCauley Outlines NADO Rural Development Priorities at Senate Hearing

  Posted on: February 15th, 2012 by Matthew Chase

  NADO Member Mathias (Matt) McCauley of the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments testified on USDA Rural Development issues before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on February 15. The 2012 Farm Bill hearing focused on energy and economic growth for rural America.

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• NADO Staff Address Sustainable Communities Initiative Working Group

  Posted on: December 16th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  On Wednesday, December 7, NADO Associate Directors Carrie Kissel and Kathy Nothstine provided an update on NADO Research Foundation work to the Rural Implementation Group.  This working group was formed to implement the principles of the Sustainable Communities Initiative (SCI)...

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• New Partnership for Sustainable Communities Report: Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities

  Posted on: November 21st, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  The HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities and the USDA have released Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities (http://www NULL.epa NULL.gov/smartgrowth/publications NULL.htm#huddotepa), a report that discusses how the four agencies are collaborating to support rural communities. This publication highlights how small towns and...

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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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• NADO President Tim Ware Participates in White House Rural Meeting

  Posted on: August 15th, 2011 by Jennifer Walsh

  On July 25, NADO President Tim Ware, Executive Director of the Mid-East Commission in Washington, North Carolina, participated in a White House Rural Council meeting led by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, White House Office of Public Engagement...

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• Rural America’s Role in the Federal Innovation Agenda

  Posted on: July 1st, 2011 by Matthew Chase

  Rural America’s Role in the Federal Competitiveness and Innovation Agenda By Matthew Chase, NADO Executive Director (Reprinted from AgriPulse blog at www.agri-pulse.com/Opinion-Matt-Chase-01-31-2011.asp (http://www NULL.agri-pulse NULL.com/Opinion-Matt-Chase-01-31-2011 NULL.asp)) Sports fans in the DC area have become all too accustomed to defeatist attitudes...

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• Rural Industries Can Drive Nation’s Export Agenda, Fuel Local Sustainability and Development

  Posted on: July 1st, 2011 by Matthew Chase

  By Matthew Chase, NADO Executive Director (Reprinted from AgriPulse blog at www.agri-pulse.com/Opinion-Matthew-Chase-03-14-2011.asp (http://www NULL.agri-pulse NULL.com/Opinion-Matthew-Chase-03-14-2011 NULL.asp)) The economies, landscapes, governance structures and demographics of America’s regions remain incredibly complicated and dynamic, especially those with significant urban-rural connections.  This reality was...

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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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