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Please note that while there is no fee to attend the forum, registration is required. Please register before July 5, 2022.
You can register by clicking here or emailing [email protected].
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Hotel direction:Â 23.1 miles S
This hotel does not provide shuttle service.
Exit the airport onto I-29 South. Go approximately 18 miles and merge onto US-71 South. Follow US-71 South for approximately 4 miles. Take the exit for Emanuel Cleaver II blvd/Swope Parkway. Turn right on Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. Go approximately 1.5 miles and turn right on Main Street. Proceed to 45th and Main Street. The Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza main entrance will be on the right immediately after crossing 45th Street.
The forum will be held July 21-22, 2022 immediately following the 2022 National Regional Transportation Conference (which is also a program of the NADO Research Foundation).
The Forum will officially begin at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, with a joint session with the Regional Transportation Conference that will feature the KC Rising Partnership for inclusive programs.
Attendees may also participate in one of two sessions earlier that morning: Data for Regional Planning: Challenges, Opportunities, and Resources, or Positioning Your RDO/RPO for Future Opportunities.
Topics to be covered during the Forum will include positioning EDDs for success, organizational capacity building, strengthening economic resilience, fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems, data usage and more.
The Forum will conclude at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 22. Time has been built into the agenda for peer-to-peer networking, including during a lunch on Thursday and a breakfast on Friday.
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Joe McKinney serves as Executive Director of the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO). Headquartered in Washington DC, NADO provides advocacy, education, research, and training for the nation’s 500+ regional planning and development organizations.
Joe has thirty-one years of experience having served in city, county, regional, national association, and government management since 1991. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy Analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a candidate for a master’s degree in Public Administration from UNC-Chapel Hill.
McKinney has provided congressional testimony on numerous occasions regarding the importance of regional development organizations in helping shape the nation’s economic growth. He is nationally recognized for promoting innovative solutions in areas such as planning and economic development, workforce development, transportation and transit, and aging services.