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- Announcing the 2017 NADO Photo Contest!
- Secretary of Commerce Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee; Faces Questions on Proposed Elimination of EDA
- CDBG National Support Letter Sent to Appropriators; Over 1,800 Signatures Collected
- CEDS Spotlight Case Studies
- CEDS Spotlight: Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Planning & Development Commission
- Opposition Mounts to Rural Development Cuts and USDA Reorganization Proposal; Letter Circulating for Organizations to Sign
- NADO Webinar on the President’s FY2018 Budget Request: Recording and Slides Available
- CEDS Outreach & Communication Materials for EDDs
- President Releases FY2018 Budget Request; EDA and Other Key Agencies Targeted for Elimination
- CEDS Spotlight: Land of Sky Regional Council
- FHWA Performance Measure Rules Take Effect
- CEDS Spotlight: Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission
- Trump Administration Issues Executive Order on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity
- Congress Approves FY2017 Omnibus Spending Package
- Conference Presentations Available for “Strengthening Economies in the West”
- Recent CEDS Training Presentation Materials Now Available
- Webinar Materials Available: Access vs. Isolation: Preserving Rail Connectivity
- 2017 Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards Announced
- Learn More about Recent NADO RF Publications
- Congress to Adjourn for Two-Week Recess; FY2017 Continuing Resolution Expires April 28
- Recording and Slides Available for Innovation Index 2.0 Webinar
- Apply for a 2017 NADO Innovation Award (April 3 – June 3)
- Share Your Stories and Memories as NADO Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
- 2017 NADO Innovations Award Application
- Administration Submits Fiscal Year 2017 Spending Recommendations
- Two Upcoming NADO RF Webinars: Stats America (4/4), Preserving Rail (4/21)
- NADO Presents 2017 Legislator of the Year Award to Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- NADO Presents 2017 Legislator of the Year Award to Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Registration Open for Regional Forum for Western Coal-Reliant Communities (April 19-21)
- Upcoming Webinar – Better Planning Through Better Data: A Closer Look at the StatsAmerica Innovation Index 2.0
- President’s FY2018 Budget Request Includes Elimination of Community and Economic Development Programs
- President’s FY2018 Budget Request to Reportedly Include Cuts to CDBG and HOME Investment Partnerships Programs
- RTPO Peer Exchange Summary
- Trump Administration to Issue Slimmed-Down FY2018 Budget Request on March 14
- Newsletter Archive: “Building Stronger Economies in Appalachian Coal Country”
- NADO Research Foundation Seeks Applications for Round 2 of the Training Program for Emerging Leaders in EDA Austin Region
- Senate Approves Education, Justice, and HHS Department Heads
- President’s FY2018 Budget Blueprint Expected in Coming Weeks
- New Issue of “Building Stronger Economies in Appalachian Coal Country” Now Available
- Stronger CEDS, Stronger Regions: Resource Archive
- Cabinet Confirmation Hearings Begin in the Senate
- Republican Appropriations Committee Chairman Announces Subcommittee Members
- “Building Stronger Economies in Appalachian Coal Country” Newsletter Now Available
- Senate Approves Continuing Resolution Through April 28, Avoiding Government Shutdown
- House Votes to Extend FY2017 Continuing Resolution through April; Action Stalled in Senate with Threat of Government Shutdown Looming
- FY2017 Spending: Congress Plans to Extend Continue Resolution Through April
- NADO Submits Comments on EDA’s Proposed Reforms to the Revolving Loan Fund Program
- NADO Legislative Priorities for 2017 Available
- Measuring Rural Wealth Creation: A Guide for Regional Development Organizations
- Recording Available for NADO Webinar on the 2016 Elections and the Impacts on Regional Development Organizations
- Economic Development District Training Program Graduates 10 Participants: Pilot Program Serves Five-State EDA Southwest Region
- It’s a Wrap! 2016 NADO Annual Training Conference
- Register for November 16 NADO Webinar on the 2016 Elections and the Impact on Local Governments
- Second Round of POWER Funding Announced this Week; Recipients Include NADO Members and NADO Research Foundation
- CEDS 101 Resources
- ATC Conference Program Now Available for Download
- Organizational Leadership Briefs for Executive Directors
- Regional Wealth Creation Case Studies
- Congratulations to the 2016 NADO Photo Contest Winners!
- Senate Leadership Introduces Continuing Resolution to Fund Government Through December 9
- USDOT Reopens MPO Coordination Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Comment Period for 30 Days
- NADO Joins AMPO and NARC in Submitting Comments to USDOT on MPO Coordination NPRM
- Congratulations to the 2016 NADO Innovation Awards Recipients
- Announcing the 2016 NADO Photo Contest!
- Archived Presentation Materials Now Available for Create | Challenge | Change Conference
- Regional Rural Transportation Planning: State Models for Local Consultation, Regional Coordination, and Regional Transportation Planning Organizations
- Planning for Transportation Together: Collaborating to Address Transportation and Economic Resilience
- Congress Adjourns until September; Future of FY2017 Appropriations Unclear
- House Appropriations Committee Releases FY2017 Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill
- Sanctuary Cities Legislation Fails to Advance in the Senate
- NADO President Participates in Senate Rural Summit
- Senate “Hotlines” Bill that Includes EDA Revolving Loan Fund Localization Language
- Sanctuary Cities Legislation Introduced in the Senate; EDA and CDBG Funding Targeted
- Senate CJS Appropriations Bill Sidelined; Future of EDA Elimination Amendment Uncertain
- Regional Data and Analysis to Plan for Transportation Safety
- Senate Begins Consideration of the FY2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill; EDA Elimination Amendment Yet to Be Considered
- Closing Plenary: Future Directions for Federal Transportation Programs
- Freight Planning Workshop
- Planning Tools for Linking Rural Development and Transportation
- Forces Shaping Transportation’s Future
- From Strategic Planning to Project Prioritization
- Strategies to Improve Transportation Safety
- Complex Issues in Multimodal Planning
- RPO America Annual Business Meeting and RPO Council Meeting
- State and Regional Collaboration
- Making the Case for Transit
- Opening Plenary: Inspiring Innovations from the Field
- GIS and Technology Applications for Transportation Planning and Analysis
- House Approves EDA Revolving Loan Fund Reform Language
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Spending Bill; Includes 4.5 Million for U.S. Economic Development Administration
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Overtime Rule
- Senate Approves FY2017 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill
- House Appropriations Committee Releases FY2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill; Includes 5 Million for EDA
- House Appropriations Committee Releases FY2017 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
- Advancing Collaborative Planning: Summary of a Focus Group on Transportation and Economic Development
- Senate Approves FY2017 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill; Transportation-HUD and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Bills Up Next
- Now Accepting 2016 Innovation Awards Applications
- 2016 NADO Innovation Awards Application
- DDAA Travel Subsidy for 2016 National Regional Transportation Conference
- Thanks for Submitting Your Application!
- Senate Rejects Amendment to Eliminate Funding for Federal-State Regional Commissions
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill; Provides 4 Million for U.S. Economic Development Administration
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2017 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill; Billion Provided for CDBG Program
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2017 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
- House and Senate Appropriations Committees Release FY2017 Energy and Water Appropriations Bills; Funding Provided for Federal-State Regional Commissions
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill; Includes Increases for Rural Development Programs
- Senate and House Appropriations Committees Take Action on 302(b) Subcommittee Allocations
- Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act Sent to President for Signature
- Recording and Presentation Slides Now Available for “Economic Diversification in Coal-Reliant Regions” Webinar
- House Budget Committee Approves FY2017 Budget Resolution
- Overtime Rule Sent to White House Office of Management and Budget; Overtime Legislation Introduced in Congress
- House to Consider Older Americans Act Reauthorization This Week
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Approves EDA Revolving Loan Fund Reform Language
- FY2017 EDA Funding Support Letters Circulating in House and Senate
- NADO 2016 Congressional Partnership Award Recipients Announced
- NADO Research Foundation to Host Upcoming Webinar on Economic Diversification in Coal-Reliant Regions
- Bipartisan Manufacturing Legislation Introduced in Congress Endorsed by NADO
- FTA Releases Transit Safety Proposed Rule, Guidance
- Register Today: NADO Webinar on the President’s FY2017 Federal Budget Request; February 17
- Webinar Recording & Slides: NADO Webinar on USDA’s Strategic Economic and Community Development Program and How Rural Communities Can Apply
- Congress Returns for Second Session of 114th Congress
- President to Release FY2017 Budget Request on February 9
- Register Today: NADO Webinar on USDA’s Strategic Economic Community Development Program and How Rural Communities Can Apply
- Congress Passes Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Spending Package
- House and Senate Approve Tax Extenders Bill
- Webinar Recording & Slides: Regional Engagement for Green Infrastructure Decision Making & Implementation
- Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Spending Package Overview
- Fiscal Year 2016 Spending Update: Congress Expected to Pass Another Short Term Continuing Resolution
- Webinar Recording, Slides, and Comment Template: “Nuclear Plant Decommissioning: Host Community Engagement”
- Congress Approves Surface Transportation Conference Agreement; President Expected to Sign into Law
- Congress Faces December 11 Deadline to Finalize FY2016 Spending Deal
- Webinar Recording & Slides: An Overview of Planning for a More Resilient Future: A Guide to Regional Approaches
- Surface Transportation Reauthorization Update: House and Senate Negotiators Reach Conference Agreement
- AICP CM Credits Available for NADO Annual Training Conference
- Register Today: Webinar on NADO Research Foundation’s New Publication: Planning for a More Resilient Future
- EDA to Host December 8 Webinar on New Grants Process; ATC Resources Available
- NADO Executive Committee Visits with Federal Agencies, Congress, and National Partners
- Congress Approves Two-Week Surface Transportation Extension
- Senate Approves Its First FY2016 Spending Bill
- House and Senate Name Conferees for Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- Weathering Economic Downturns: The Importance of Diversifying the Regional Economy
- The RDO’s Role in Cultivating Healthy Communities
- A Win-Win-Win: Collaborating Across Jurisdictional Boundaries
- Developing a Brand: Tools for Marketing Your Region
- Learning Lab: Building Economic Resilience – One Business at a Time
- Maximizing Your CEDS: Aligning Your CEDS with Other Planning Initiatives
- Concurrent Session: Making Main Street Work: Case Studies in Downtown Redevelopment
- Tapping the Unique Power of Story and Narrative
- Concurrent Session: Changing Faces, Changing Places: Demographic Shifts in Small Towns and Rural Regions
- Taking your Workforce to the Next Level: Strategies to Support Worker Training
- Brownfields: A Redevelopment Game Changer
- Learning Lab: Making Data Work for You and Your Communities
- Learning Lab/Mobile Workshop – From Eye Sores to Eye Candy: Introduction to Brownfields
- Learning Lab: Claiming and Sharing Your Region’s Stories
- Regional Renaissance in Action: Re-building, Re-branding, Re-energizing the Gulf Coast
- Strategies for Exceptional Board Governance
- Preparing for the Future: Early Career Executive Directors/Assistant Directors
- EDA’s Streamlined Application Process
- House Approves Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- Transportation Safety: Moving the Nation Toward Zero Deaths
- Economic Gardening: A New Tool Heping Businesses Grow and Expand
- A Primer on OMB’s “Uniform Guidance” for Federal Awards
- Preparing for Your Annual Audit
- The Entrepreneurial RDO: Alternative Funding Strategies for Your Organization
- Strengthening Your SWOT and Building Wealth
- Congress Approves Bipartisan Two-Year Budget Deal and Debt Ceiling Increase
- House to Consider Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill Next Week; Current Programs Extended Through November 20
- Planning for a More Resilient Future: A Guide to Regional Approaches
- Congress Returns Next Week to Full Agenda
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Unveils Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill; Mark-Up Scheduled for October 22
- Congratulations to the 2015 NADO Photo Contest Winners!
- House Republicans Postpone Leadership Elections
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Move Forward with Consideration of Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill Without Funding Identified
- Congress Approves Continuing Resolution Averting a Government Shutdown
- September with the CEDS: Webinar Series Recordings Now Available
- House Speaker’s Resignation Announcement Makes a Government Shutdown Less Likely
- Meet the Participants: Economic Development District Training Program
- 10 Participants Selected for Economic Development District Training Program
- House and Senate Leaders Working Toward Short-Term Continuing Resolution to Avoid Government Shutdown
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Delays Consideration of Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- Webinar Recording & Slides: “September with the CEDS: Strengthening the SWOT Analysis”
- Webinar Recording & Slides: “September with the CEDS Series: Planning More Efficiently & Effectively – Aligning the CEDS with Other Regional Plans”
- Upcoming Webinar Series: OMB Grant Guidelines Webinar
- Join Us for the “September with the CEDS” Webinar Series
- NADO Announces 2015 Innovation Award Winners
- Announcing the 2015 NADO Photo Contest!
- Materials Available from “Weathering the Storm” Workshop (Nashville, TN)
- Webinar Slides Available: The Regional Development Organization’s Role in Disaster Preparedness
- NADO Member Profile – Deadline Extended!
- House and Senate Approve Short-Term Extension of Highway Trust Fund Through October 29; Senate Passes Six-Year Transportation Reauthorization
- ARC Reauthorization Included in Senate Passed Transportation Bill
- Senate Clears Procedural Hurdle to Begin Debate on Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Approves Energy Reform Legislation
- Online Resource: Planning for Prosperity in Small Towns and Rural Regions
- House Approves Short-Term Extension of Highway Trust Fund Through December 18
- Senate Approves Older American Act Reauthorization
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 Agriculture Spending Bill
- Senate Commerce Committee Approves Their Title of Surface Transportation Reauthorization Legislation
- Transportation Infrastructure
- Regional Approaches to Resilience: A Tour of Resilience Work Around the Country
- Southwestern Massachusetts: Strengthening Businesses and Communities through Disaster Recovery
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 Agriculture Spending Bill; Includes .5 Billion for Rural Development Programs
- EDA Releases FY2014 Annual Report
- Energy
- Southwestern Massachusetts: Strengthening Businesses and Communities through Disaster Recovery
- Census Bureau Webinar on Economic Indicators to Occur July 8
- New Eno Primer: Highway Trust Fund 101
- Senate Committee Approves Six-Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill; Funding Remains Uncertain
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 T-HUD Spending Bill; Includes .9 Billion for CDBG
- House and Senate Appropriations Committees Approve FY2016 Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bills
- Bipartisan Brownfields Reauthorization Legislation Introduced in Senate
- Hazard Mitigation Planning
- Google Ad Grants Available for Nonprofits
- House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Agriculture Spending Bill; Includes .5 Billion for RD Programs
- House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Labor-HHS Spending Bill
- USDA Now Accepting Applications Under Strategic Economic and Community Development Program
- Green Infrastructure
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Bill
- House Approves FY2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill; Includes Billion for CDBG
- 2015 Innovation Awards Application Deadline Extended to July 3
- Buyouts and Relocation
- House Approves Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill; No Amendments Offered to Cut EDA Funding
- Incorporating Resilience into the CEDS
- Issue Brief: Creating Opportunity and Prosperity Through Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 Funding Increases for Several Regional Commissions
- 2015 Innovation Award Application Deadline Extended
- Webinar Recording and Slides: “POWER Initiative: Opportunities for Economic Diversification and Workforce Development
- Build Skills and Support NADO through Lynda.com Membership
- Materials Available from “Making Resilience the New Normal” Convening (Washington, DC)
- EDA, DOL Announce .5 Million Available for Coal-Impacted Communities; Register for NADO & NARC Webinar on Grant Opportunities
- House Subcommittee Approves FY2016 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill; Provides Level Funding for EDA
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill; Includes Billion for CDBG
- Materials Available from HUD Western Rural Grantee Gathering (Billings, MT)
- Senate Adopts FY2016 Budget Resolution
- NADO Research Foundation Announces Economic Development District Training Program in Austin Region
- House Passes FY2016 Budget Conference Agreement
- House Passes FY2016 Energy-Water Appropriations Bill
- House T-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2016 T-HUD Funding Bill; Includes Billion for CDBG
- NADO Past President Speaks at Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Capitol Hill Briefing
- House to Begin Consideration of FY2016 Appropriations Bills on Floor Next Week
- FY2016 Budget Conference Agreement Expected on House Floor Next Week
- NADO Joins National Organizations to Call for Federal Transportation Funding to Meet Local Needs
- The NADO Research Foundation’s Economic Development District Training Program
- NADO Announces Partnership with Software Training Website lynda.com!
- House Appropriations Subcommittees to Begin Consideration of Fiscal Year 2016 Spending Bills Next Week
- House and Senate on Recess Until April 13; Face Quick Action on Budget Conference Agreement Upon Return
- Senior Administration Officials and KY Governor Steve Beshear Announce POWER Initiative
- Highlights from NADO’s 2015 Washington Policy Conference: NADO on the Hill
- U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Addresses NADO 2015 WPC Attendees; Announces NADO/NACo Innovation Challenge Winners
- NADO Recognizes Representative Aderholt as the 2015 NADO Legislator of the Year
- Center for Disease Control’s Community Health Status Indicators
- Webinar Recording and Slides: “Building Economic Resilience in Your Community: Linking Economic Development and Hazard Mitigation Planning”
- Building Economic Resilience in the Kerr-Tar Region: Recommendations for Linking Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies and Hazard Mitigation Plans
- Lessons from the Storm: Case Studies on Economic Recovery and Resilience
- Senate Budget Committee to Consider FY2016 Budget Resolution Next Week
- Workshop Materials Available for “Growing the Local/Regional Food System” (Louisville, KY)
- Recording Now Available for CEDS Content Guidelines Webinar
- Moving toward Performance-based Transportation Planning in Rural and Small Metropolitan Regions
- Materials Now Available from Business Continuity Workshop for Regional Economic Resilience
- In Case You Missed It: NADO Webinar on the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request to Congress and Washington Policy Conference Preview
- Upcoming Webinar (2/26): A Closer Look at the New CEDS Content Guidelines
- President Releases FY2016 Budget Request; Includes Significant Increase for EDA Planning Grants, Decrease in Public Works Funding
- Register Today: NADO Webinar on the President’s FY2016 Budget Request and Washington Policy Conference Preview
- Sustainable Communities Learning Network Video Series: CONNECT Our Future (North Carolina)
- Grantee Reflections: Interviews from the HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative
- President Obama to Release Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request on February 2nd; NADO to Hold Budget Webinar on February 11
- Senate HELP Committee Advances Older Americans Act Reauthorization
- Sustainable Communities Learning Network Video Series: Livable Roanoke Valley (Virginia)
- East Central Vermont’s Recovery after Tropical Storm Irene Paves the Way for Future Resilience
- President Obama Delivers State of the Union Address
- House Appropriations Democrats Name Subcommittee Ranking Members
- Grantee Reflections: Interviews from the HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative
- Sustainable Communities Learning Network Video Series: Heartland 2060 (Florida)
- Senate Appropriations Committee Names Subcommittee Chairs
- Sustainable Communities Learning Network Video Series: Resilient Region (Minnesota)
- 114th Congress Sworn In This Week
- White House to Release FY2016 Budget Request on February 2
- Register Now for Spring Rural Wealth Creation Training, Upcoming Webinars
- Sustainable Communities Learning Network Video Series: GROWashington-Aroostook (Maine)
- Save the Date for the 2015 Washington Policy Conference: NADO on the Hill; Registration Opens in January
- EDA Releases Final Rule on Regulation Changes to Economic Development Assistance Programs; Includes Recommendations from NADO Members
- FY2015 “Cromnibus” Approved by Senate; Signed into Law by President Obama
- Texas Gulf Coast: Diversifying Disaster Recovery Investments for Long-term Economic Revitalization
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- FY2015 “Cromnibus” Unveiled; House Passes Narrowly
- Congress Releases FY2015 Omnibus Spending Bill
- Tackling Transportation Funding and Financing
- Transportation Safety Planning
- New Directions in Transportation Alternatives
- Partnering for Performance with State DOTs
- Promising Practices in Regional Transit
- Rural and Small Metropolitan Approaches to Performance Measurement
- Inclusionary Outreach to Transportation Stakeholders
- Emerging Models for Regional Transportation Planning
- Regional Resilience and Rural Evacuations
- GIS & Technology Tools for Transportation
- Opening Plenary: Collaboration to Improve and Integrate Transportation Decisionmaking
- Materials Now Available from “Regional Economic Resilience and the CEDS” Workshop
- Appropriators Continue Work to Complete a Year-End Spending Package; Possibility of Continuing Resolution Still Remains
- House Approves Tax Extenders Package
- Senate and House Release 2015 Legislative Calendars
- Workshop Materials Now Available from Lessons from the Storm: Building (and Rebuilding) Strong, Sustainable, and Disaster Resilient Communities
- NADO Executive Committee Visits with Federal Officials, Members of Congress, and Staff
- NADO Executive Director Serves as Featured Speaker on Local Economic Development during OECD Report Launch
- House Appropriations Committee Names New Subcommittee Chairs for the 114th Congress
- Congress Returns for Post-Election Lame Duck Session
- PILT Legislative Update
- In Case You Missed It: Recording Available for NADO Webinar on the 2014 Midterm Elections and the Impacts on Regional Development Organizations
- Recording and Slides Available for Regional Food Systems and Health Webinar
- In Case You Missed It: NADO 2014 Midterm Election Analysis Webinar
- Congress Returns November 12 for Post-Election Lame Duck Session
- EDFS Peer Learning Conference Registration Open
- Materials Available from NADO/HUD Water Infrastructure Workshop in Wichita, KS
- Registration, Hotel Deadlines Extended to 11/14 for National Rural Transportation Conference
- Upcoming Webinar (11/13): Building an Inclusive Regional Food Economy
- Upcoming Webinar: Diverse Roles of Universities in Regional Innovation Ecosystems
- Save the Date: NADO Webinar on the 2014 Midterm Elections and the Impact on Local Governments
- Event Materials Available for HUD Region 5 Convening on Economic Resilience
- Comment Period for USDOT Proposed Planning Rule Ends October 2
- NADO Research Foundation, NACo, and NARC to Co-Sponsor Webinar Highlighting New Housing Affordability Tool
- Congress Approves Stop-Gap Spending Measure Through December 11; Adjourns Until After the November Midterm Elections
- Webinar Recording and Slides: The National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System: An Introduction and Discussion of the RDO Role
- House Postpones Action on Stop-Gap Spending Measure until Next Week
- Senate Agriculture Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for USDA-Rural Development Nominee
- Submit Your Projects: NADO’s Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards
- NADO Members Invited to Offer Input on Airport-Community Impacts
- Congratulations to the Winners of the 2014 NADO Photo Contest!
- NADO Seeks Public-Private Partnership to Establish American Small Town Leaders Award Program
- Congress Approves Highway Trust Fund Fix Through May 2015
- Congress Adjourns for August Recess with FY2015 Appropriations Work on Hold
- President Obama Signs Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act into Law
- Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Spending Levels; Includes Funding for Regional Commissions
- White House Releases Report on Review of Federal Workforce Programs; Encourages Regional Partnerships
- Webinar Recording and Slides Now Available for Rural-Urban Connections Presentation
- House Approves Highway Trust Fund Patch Through May 2015
- Recording Available for NADO Webinar on USDOT’s Proposed Planning Rule
- House Approves Workforce Reauthorization Legislation
- House and Senate Committees Advance Highway Trust Fund Patch
- Webinar Recording and Slides: The Regional Development Organization’s Role in Disaster Recovery
- Upcoming Webinar (7/24): Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections to Support Competitive Regions
- Senate Advances Workforce Reauthorization Legislation
- Senate Finance Committee Begins Work on Short-Term Highway Trust Fund Fix
- Senate to Consider Workforce Reauthorization Legislation Next Week
- FY2015 Appropriations Package to Fund Commerce-Justice-Science, Transportation-HUD, and Agriculture Appropriations Bills Pulled from Senate Floor
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2015 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill; Includes Funding for Federal-State Regional Commissions
- Announcing the 2014 NADO Photo Contest
- Strengthening Regional Economic Resilience through Business Continuity Planning: Webinar Available for Download
- Recording and Slides Available for ‘Nuts and Bolts of Designing a Regional Plan’ Webinar
- Recording Available for Joint NADO/NACo Webinar on Workforce Reauthorization Legislation
- House of Representatives Passes FY2015 Transportation-HUD Spending Bill; Funds CDBG at Billion
- Senate to Consider FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science, Transportation-HUD, and Agriculture Appropriations as a Package Next Week
- June 16 Webinar – The Nuts and Bolts of Designing a Regional Plan
- Building Local Government Financial Resilience to Disasters: Workshop Materials
- Senate Appropriations Committee Unanimously Approves FY2015 Commerce-Justice Science Appropriations Bill; Provides 2 million for EDA
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves THUD Bill; Funds CDBG at Billion
- Joint NADO/NACo Workforce Legislative Webinar on June 10
- USDOT Issues Proposed Planning Rule; Webinar Scheduled for June 13
- House Approves FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill; Amendment to Eliminate EDA Funding Soundly Defeated
- NADO Sends Support Letter on Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization to Congress
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2015 Agriculture Bill; Funds Rural Development at .6 Billion
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2015 Agriculture Bill; Funds Rural Development at .4 Billion
- House FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill Expected on House Floor After Memorial Day; EDA Funding Amendments Likely
- Congress Announces Deal on Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
- House and Senate Approve Conference Agreement on Water Resources Bill
- Rural-Urban Connections Workshop Materials (Omaha, NE)
- House FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill Expected on House Floor the Week of May 26; EDA Funding Amendments Likely
- Jay Williams Confirmed by Senate as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Approves Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- NADO Webinar: FY2015 Funding for EDA (5.14.14)
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Spending Bill
- NADO to Host Webinar on FY2015 EDA Funding
- House Appropriations Committee Approves 302(b) Allocations for FY2015 Spending Bill
- Recording Available for NADO Webinar on FHWA Proposed Rules on Safety and Performance Measures
- House THUD Subcommittee Approves Appropriations Bill; Funds CDBG at Billion
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Spending Bill
- USDOT Releases Surface Transportation Reauthorization Proposal
- RDO Executive Director Dawn Keeley Testifies Before Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Regional Strategies in Rural Economic Development
- Congress Returns from Spring Recess Next Week; House Appropriations Subcommittee to Consider FY2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Spending Bill on April 30
- EDA Re-Launches EDA.GOV Website
- Recording Now Available for Tennessee Community and Economic Development Case Studies Webinar
- Quarterly Workforce Indicators Web Tool
- House Approves FY2015 Budget Resolution
- House Appropriations Committee Approves Two FY2015 Spending Measures
- HUD-CDBG Appropriations Update
- Using Community and Economic Development Strategies to Build Disaster Resilient Economies: Webinar Available for Download
- House Budget Committee Approves FY2015 Budget Resolution
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Approves Brownfields Reauthorization Legislation
- APA Regional and Intergovernmental Division to Hold Livable Communities Events
- Upcoming NADO Research Foundation and Tennessee Regions’ Roundtable Webinar to Cover Best Practices in Community and Economic Development
- Highlights from NADO’s 2014 Washington Policy Conference: NADO on the Hill
- President Obama Signs Flood Insurance Bill into Law
- Conference Legislative Fact Sheets Now Available
- Greater New Orleans: Building on Competitive Advantages to Strengthen Economic Resilience
- Register now for 2014 International Transportation and Economic Development Conference
- FHWA Publishes Safety Performance Measurement Proposed Rule, Holds Webinar
- NADO to Release Comprehensive Budget Report on March 18
- House and Senate Appropriations Committees Begin Hearings on President’s FY2015 Budget Request
- EDA Releases FY2015 Budget Details; Will Hold Conference Call on March 20
- Senate Approves Flood Insurance Bill; President Obama Expected to Sign
- Foreign Direct Investment and Exporting Webinar Now Available for Download
- President Obama Releases FY2015 Budget Request
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee Holds Hearing on the Role of Transit in Surface Transportation Reauthorization
- House Approves Flood Insurance Bill
- Sustainable Working Waterfronts Webinar Now Available for Download
- Building Economic Resilience to Disasters in the Buffalo Niagara Region: Workshop Materials
- President’s Budget to be Released March 4; Includes Focus on Manufacturing
- President to Reveal Details of Surface Transportation Reauthorization Proposal in Budget Request
- Sign Transportation-HUD 302(b) Funding Letter to Congressional Appropriators
- Navigating Our Future: Best Practices Case Studies from the Tennessee Regions’ Roundtable Network
- Save the Date: The First-ever Comprehensive Training for New Executive Directors, May 15 – 17
- House and Senate Approve Debt Ceiling Increase
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Holds Hearing on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
- Senate Passes Farm Bill with NADO Priorities Included; President Signs Into Law Today
- Senate Committee Votes to Advance EDA Nominee to Full Senate
- White House Announces Initiative to Boost Rural Exports
- Downtown Redevelopment Webinar Now Available for Download
- USDOT Holds Webinar on TMA Designations
- Building Economic Resilience to Disasters in the Southern Tier: Workshop Materials
- House Passes Farm Bill Conference Report; NADO Joins Letter Urging Final Passage
- Apply Now for Economic Development Training Scholarship, Funding Opportunity
- Organizational Toolkit for State Associations of Regional Councils Now Available
- President Signs FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations Package into Law
- House and Senate Return Next Week; President Delivers State of the Union Address
- President’s FY2015 Budget Will Be Released on March 4
- SKILLS Act Introduced in the Senate
- FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations Package Approved by House and Senate
- Farm Bill Pushed Back to Late January
- House and Senate Appropriators Continue Work on FY2014 Spending Package; Short Term Continuing Resolution Needed Next Week
- Release of President’s FY2015 Budget to be Delayed
- Upcoming Webinar (2/5) – “Meet Me Downtown”: Case Studies in Small Town Economic Development
- Omnibus Appropriations Bill for FY 2014 Taking Shape
- Farm Bill Conference Committee to Resume Work Next Week
- Senate Approves Budget Deal; Attention Now Turns to Completing FY2014 Appropriations
- Senate Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for EDA Nominee
- The Wachusett Station Smart Growth Corridor Plan: A Case Study on Engaging Underrepresented Communities
- House-Senate Budget Conference Committee Reaches Spending Deal for FY2014 and 2015
- Farm Bill Left Unfinished in 2013
- Regional Innovation Acceleration Network (RIAN) Webinar Now Available for Download
- NADO Executive Committee Visits with Federal Officials and Congressional Staff
- Budget Negotiations Continue; House Appropriators Push for Agreement on FY2014 and FY2015 Spending Levels
- USDA Issues Report on Economic Importance of Passing a Farm Bill
- NADO Joins Coalition Partners Supporting CDBG Program
- House-Senate Budget Conference Committee Meets for Second Time; Faces Short Timeframe for Action
- House Joins Senate in Appointing Conferees for Water Resources Bill
- Infrastructure Bill Introduced in Senate
- Senate Names Conferees for Water Resources Bill
- Farm Bill Update
- Budget Conferees Hold Informal Discussions; Will Meet Next on November 13
- East Central Iowa: On-the-Ground Assistance and Business Loans Support Recovery and Economic Competitiveness
- Senate HELP Committee Advances Older Americans Act
- Budget Conference Committee Holds First Meeting
- NADO Joins Coalition Partners Urging Agriculture Leaders to Include Strong Rural Development Title in Final Farm Bill; Conferees Hold First Meeting
- Senators Launch NADO Endorsed Manufacturing Jobs for America Initiative
- NADO Joins Coalition Partners Urging Senate Leaders to Bring WIA to the Floor
- House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Advances FEMA Reauthorization Bill
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Freight Panel Issues Recommendations
- Webinar Materials: Strategic Prioritization in North Carolina
- NADO Members Receive Make It in America Challenge and Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership Grants
- New Report Features Small Towns Implementing Innovative Sustainability Policies
- Congress Votes to Reopen Government and Raise Debt Ceiling
- Government Shutdown Continues; Debt Limit to be Reached Next Week
- Impacts of Lengthy Government Shutdown Being Felt in Unforeseen Ways
- Government Shutdown Continues; No Deal in Sight for FY2014 Funding
- Farm Bill Extension Expires with Government Shutdown
- Southwest Arkansas: Promoting Disaster Resilience and Recovery through Better Data
- NADO Joins Letter to USDOT on Transit Representation on MPO Boards
- NADO Update on Government Shutdown
- Congress Continues Work on FY2014 Continuing Resolution to Avoid Government Shutdown
- Status of Farm Bill Unclear; Extension Expires September 30
- Senate HELP Committee to Take Up Older Americans Act
- NADO Co-Hosts Forum on Regional Innovation in Rural America with USDA and White House Rural Council
- Using GIS to Improve Decision Making and Project Tracking in North Carolina
- 2010 – 2013 RPO America Peer Symposium Proceedings
- House Moves Continuing Resolution
- House Approves Billion Cut to Food Stamp Program
- House Leadership Postpones Consideration of Continuing Resolution
- President Obama Nominates Jay Williams as Assistant Secretary for Economic Development at the U.S. Department of Commerce
- AICP CM Credits Available for 2013 NADO Annual Training Conference
- NADO Transportation Webinar: Strategic Prioritization in North Carolina
- Smart Location Database | Smart Growth | US EPA
- Cloud–Based Project Management and Information Exchange
- Plenary Session: Becoming a Better Advocate for Local Approaches to Regional Development
- Strengthening Small Businesses
- Case Studies in Downtown Redevelopment
- Emerging Issues in Workforce Development
- Effective Executive Director Evaluations
- Building Back Better: Communities Come to Life after Disasters
- WealthWorks 101
- Building Enduring Regional Partnerships
- Broadening Economic Development to Include New Sectors
- Making Jobs Accessible: Transit and Workforce
- Intentional Leadership is the Best Legacy
- Federal Resources for Disaster Recovery and Resilience
- Speaking to Influence and Persuade
- Building Truly Resilient Communities, One Decision at a Time
- Keynote Luncheon: The Invaluable Role of Rural Regions in State and National Economic Development
- Federal-Local Partnerships to Implement Place-Based Economic Development
- Engaging Staff During Times of Change
- Plenary Session: Regional Resilience in Action
- Assessing the Value of a Statewide CEDS
- Executive Director Learning Lab: Successful and Beneficial Evaluation Process
- Policy Officials Learning Lab: Defining Your Role
- Incorporating Disaster Plans into CEDS
- Executive Director Learning Lab: Why Audit Quality is Important for Auditees
- Data: The Cause of and Solution to All of Life’s Problems
- Executive Director Learning Lab: Affordable Care Act and RDOs
- CEDS: A Primer
- Executive Director Learning Lab: Embracing Technology as a Management Tool
- Watch NADO’s 2013 ATC Video
- BLS Data Finder
- Employment Training Administration’s Skimming for Skills: Finding Skills Data
- Annual Training Conference (ATC) Program Now Available for Download
- Rural Mobility Planning for Everyone in Florida
- New Rural Transportation Newsletter Issue Published
- How Do Economic Developers See the World? Some Thoughts for Planners
- New England HUD Peer Exchange Materials (Portsmouth, NH)
- NADO and RPO America Hold Webinar on Performance Measurement in Regional Long-Range Plans
- NADO and RPO America Represented at National Transportation Events
- House and Senate Fail to Move Forward with Consideration of FY2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations Bills
- Senate HELP Committee Approves WIA Reauthorization Bill
- Senate Appoints Farm Bill Conferees; NADO Weighs in on Rural Development Title
- House Appropriations Committee to Resume Interior and Environment Funding Bill in September
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning in Rural Regions in South Carolina
- Improved Transportation through Statewide Collaboration in Oregon
- STATS America Tool Webinar Now Available for Download
- NADO Member Speaks at U.S. House of Representatives Roundtable on Freight Policy
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2014 Commerce, Justice, Science Spending Measure; Funds EDA at 6 Million
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2014 Commerce, Justice, Science Spending Measure; Funds EDA at 0 Million
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2014 Homeland Security Spending Measure; Includes .5 Billion for FEMA’s Preparedness Grants
- Financial Planning for Disasters Webinar and Workbook Available for Download
- Post-Disaster Economic Recovery and Disaster Preparedness Opportunities at IEDC’s Annual Conference
- House Approves Agriculture-Focused Farm Bill
- House Approves FY2014 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies FY2014 Spending Bill
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2014 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
- Upcoming Webinar: Increasing the Financial Resiliency of Your Region in a Disaster-Filled World
- NADO Recognizes 2013 Innovation Award Winners
- NADO Joins Coalition Partners Opposing House Cuts to CDBG Program
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Spending Bill
- House Defeats Farm Bill; Path Forward Unclear
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill
- House Appropriations Committee Releases FY2014 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2014 Agriculture Spending Bill
- Growing Stronger in the Delta: Event Materials
- Coordinating with State Agencies and Philanthropic Organizations to Implement Change
- Forum Materials: Working with Funders and Other Partners
- Community Development and Philanthropic Organizations: Partnerships to Achieve Mutual Goals
- Forum Materials: Cultivating Entrepreneurship and Building a Skilled Workforce
- Forum Materials: New Approaches to Regional Economic Development Planning
- Forum Materials: Growing Economic Competitiveness through Place-Based Strategies
- NADO Sends Joint Letter to the Senate on Workforce Reauthorization Priorities
- NADO Joins Coalition Partners Urging House Agriculture Leaders to Include Rural Development Funding in Farm Bill
- House Appropriations Committee Approves 2014 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
- Upcoming Webinar: Building Vibrant Local Economies: Connecting Regional Food Systems
- Senate Approves Farm Bill
- NADO Government Relations Department Hires New Director
- House Passes First 2014 Spending Bill
- Congress in Talks about a Six-Year Transportation Bill with Fixes to Highway Trust Fund
- IEDC and NADO Seek Input from Regions and Communities Impacted by FY2011 Disasters in the Northeast and Southeast
- U.S. House Appropriations Update; Cuts to Non-Defense Programs Likely
- USDA Announces Funding for Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)
- EDA and NADO Host Webinar on Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership
- EDA and NADO to Host May 23 Webinar on Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership
- Senate and House Agriculture Committees Approve Farm Bills
- Case Study: Adding Value to the CEDS through HUD’s Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants
- Triple Bottom Line Tool Webinar Now Available for Download
- EDA Announces Funding for Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership
- Sen. Merkley Sends EDA Public Works Funding Support Letter to Appropriators
- Farm Bill Slated to Move This Month in Congress
- USDA Publishes Sustainable Rural Downtowns Case Study Series
- Penny Pritzker Nominated as DOC Secretary
- Sen. Schumer and Sen. Gillibrand Send Letter Supporting EDA Public Works Funding to Senate Appropriators
- Cluster Mapping Webinar Now Available for Download
- Revving the Economic Engine: South Carolina’s Auto Cluster
- 2013 Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards
- Transportation Professionals Gather at National Rural Transportation Conference; Training Presentations Posted Online
- Upcoming Webinar: Building Vibrant Local Economies by Connecting Regional Food Systems
- RPO America Annual Business Meeting and National RPO Council of Peers Meeting
- Closing Plenary: Future Directions for the Federal Surface Transportation Program
- Workshop: Getting a Perspective on the Human Landscape
- Healthy, Active Transportation
- Plenary Session: 2013 RPO America Peer Symposium
- Opening Plenary: Putting Federal Resources to Work to Create Vibrant Regions
- Southeast Region HUD Peer Exchange Materials (Greenville, SC)
- Workshop Materials: Collaborating with New Partners to Implement Community and Economic Development Plans
- Workshop Materials: Prospering as an Entrepreneurial Community
- Workshop Materials: Building Local Leaders and Experts for Long-Term Community Change
- Workshop Materials: 5×5 Grantee Presentations
- Workshop Materials: Growing Economic Competitiveness with Place-Based Strategies
- Youth with a Voice (Biddeford, Maine)
- Youth with a Voice: Biddeford, ME
- Youth Storytelling and Community Engagement in Biddeford, ME
- Lessons Learned: Biddeford, ME
- Student Voices: Tom Laverriere (Biddeford, ME)
- Student Voices: Victoria Eon (Biddeford, ME)
- DOT Announces Notice of Funding Availability for 2013 TIGER Funds
- Rural Transportation Safety
- Freight and Economic Development: Understanding Freight Flows
- Meeting Mobility Needs through Regional Transit Solutions
- Developing Long-range Transportation Plans
- Public Participation and Engagement
- GIS and Technology Tools for Transportation
- RPO Models: State-Regional Relationships in Transportation Planning
- NADO Treasurer Terry Bobrowski to Testify Before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- NADO Releases Presentation on President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget
- Rep. Michaud and Rep. Duncan Send EDA Support Letter to House Appropriators
- Webinar Materials: Addressing Equity and Rural Poverty
- Upcoming Webinar: An Analysis of the President’s FY2014 Federal Budget (April 18)
- NADO Issues Action Alert Supporting EDA Funding for 2014
- NADO Issues Action Alert Supporting HUD-CDBG Program Funding for 2014
- Bi-Partisan Group of Senators Introduce Brownfields Reauthorization Bill (BUILD Act)
- NADO Research Foundation Hires New Program Manager
- Workshop Materials: Prosperous Places (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Workshop Materials: Implementing a Regional Plan as an Over-arching Economic Development Strategy – Focus on Implementation Strategies and Toolkit
- Workshop Materials: Best Practices in Creating Strong Regional Economic Development Strategies
- Workshop Materials: Progress and Challenges in Place-Based Rural Policies
- Workshop Materials: Rural Poverty and Equitable Development
- Workshop Materials: Scenarios Planning 101 and Part 2
- Workshop Materials: Finding and Leveraging Competitive Advantage
- Workshop Materials: Regional Visioning Based on Shared Values
- NADO Joins Coalition Partners in Supporting National Community Development Week: April 1-6
- NADO Announces 2013 Excellence in Regional Transportation Award Winners
- Congress Advances Continuing Funding Resolution; Avoids Government Shutdown
- NADO Executive Director Testifies Before House Subcommittee
- Youth with a Voice: Brownsville, PA
- Students in Action Project (Brownsville, PA)
- Best Practices and Lessons Learned: Brownsville, PA
- Student Voices: Franchesca Legros (Brownsville, PA)
- Student Voices: Chelsea Gump (Brownsville, PA)
- U.S. House Passes Workforce Reauthorization Bill (SKILLS Act)
- FTA Opens Dialogue on Transit Representation on MPO Boards
- Register Now for National Rural Transportation Conference
- Youth With a Voice: Engaging Young People in Rural and Small Town Community Development
- Update on Sequestration
- Rep. Michael Michaud to Reintroduce the Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act
- U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee to Introduce WIA reauthorization bill
- House Appropriations Leadership Announces Plans for FY 2013 Spending Bill
- White House Releases Fact Sheet on Sequestration
- Senate Plans to Introduce Bill to Avert Sequestration
- Future Transportation Funding Options Studied
- NADO Applauds Rep. Michaud’s Letter to the President Supporting EDA
- President Asks Congress to Delay Sequester
- CBO Releases Report on Budget Outlook for the Next 10 Years
- In Case You Missed It: NADO on the Hill Preparation Webinar
- Submit Your Projects: NADO’s Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards
- Transportation for America Webinar: How to Use the 2012 Federal Transportation Bill to Strengthen Rural Economies
- Sequester Cuts Likely to Take Effect March 1
- Senate Passes Bill Suspending Debt Ceiling until May
- NADO Supports Made in America Manufacturing Act Introduced in the House
- Funding Available to Build Economic Security for Low-Income Families and Individuals: The Assets for Independence Program
- House Passes Bill Suspending Debt Ceiling until May
- NADO Supports Made in America Manufacturing Act
- Connect SI: Regional Prosperity through Collaborations in Southern Illinois
- Alabama Statewide Consolidated Economic Development Strategies: Planning for the Future
- President Obama’s 2014 Budget and the Debt Ceiling
- House Passes Billion in Sandy Disaster Relief
- NADO Participates in Transportation Research Board Conference
- Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design Issues RFP for Rural Communities
- Las Vegas, NM: A Place with a Past (and Future)
- House Passes First Installment of Hurricane Sandy Disaster Aid Funding
- Congress Passes Agreement to Avoid Fiscal Cliff; Delays Sequester Cuts and Extends Farm Bill
- NADO 2012: Year in Review
- FY2013 Omnibus Spending Bill Unlikely
- EDA Announces Application Package for FY2013 Economic Development Assistance Programs
- Funding Opportunities from HUD for Businesses Located in an Empowerment Zone (EZ) or Renewal Community (RC)
- In Case You Missed It: NADO Webinar Addressing the Fiscal Cliff
- Presentation: Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
- Presentation: Randolph County Housing Authority
- Presentation: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
- Presentation: Prosperous, Healthy, Vibrant Rural Regions and Communities
- Vibrant Rural Communities Case Studies Series
- On the Right Track: Guthrie, Kentucky to Showcase its Transportation History
- House Republicans Offer Fiscal Cliff Plan
- White House to Request Billion for Hurricane Sandy Cleanup
- “The Good Ol’ Days Are Back”: The Revival of the Potosi Brewery
- Farm Bill Update
- Congress Considers Omnibus Spending Bill and Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief
- Debate Over the Fiscal Cliff Continues
- Video: Partnerships in Transportation, Economic Development, and Sustainable Regions and Communities
- In Case You Missed It: NADO 2012 Election Analysis Webinar
- Webinar Recording: Engaging Stakeholders in Your Community’s Projects
- Asset-Based Economic Development and Building Sustainable Rural Communities
- FHWA to Hold MAP-21 Freight Provisions Webinar
- NADO Represented at Rural Public and Intercity Transportation Conference
- Webinar: Transit-Oriented Development That Is Transforming Communities
- Update on “The Fiscal Cliff”
- Update on the Transportation Alternatives Program in MAP-21
- Façades, Festivals, and Footpaths: Greenville, Kentucky’s Downtown Redevelopment
- Best Practices for EDDs and CEDS
- Upcoming Webinar: Engaging Stakeholders in Your Community’s Projects
- ArtPlace Seeking LOIs for Community Placemaking Initiatives
- Joe McKinney Named NADO Executive Director
- National Endowment for the Arts releases funding guidelines for Our Town
- Rural Community Spotlight: Lavonia, Georgia
- Aligning Strategies to Maximize Impact: Case Studies on Transportation and Economic Development
- EPA Offers Free Technical Assistance on Smart Growth Approaches
- FTA Schedules Environmental Justice Webinar
- OMB Directs Federal Agencies to Continue Normal Spending Despite Upcoming Sequester
- President Obama Signs Six-Month Continuing Resolution into Law
- Southwest Tennessee Development District: REDI College Access
- Piedmont Triad Regional Council: Forsyth County Real World Event
- South Plains Association of Governments: Today’s Kids Under Attack
- Lake Cumberland Area Development District: Houseboat to Energy Efficient Residences
- Buffalo Trace Area Development District: Increased Training for Regional Advancements in Nursing (I-Train)
- Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments: Triangle Worksource
- South Delta Planning and Development District: Mobile Outreach Skills Training
- Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments: SC Works Trident and Trident Technical College Workforce Training Collaboration
- Northern Arizona Council of Governments: State Energy Sector Partnership
- North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission: Wood Technology Center of Excellence
- Western Piedmont Council of Governments: Future Workforce Alliance
- Piedmont Triad Regional Council: Advanced Manufacturing Academy
- East Central Intergovernmental Association: Smarter Travel Pilot Study
- Mid-Minnesota Development Commission: City of Willmar Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
- Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission: Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Economic Development Map Tool
- Middle Georgia Regional Commission: Georgia Economic Development Fiscal Impact Model
- Southern Georgia Regional Commission: Comprehensive Police Reporting System
- Bluegrass Area Development District: Tool Set for Road Sign Inventory and Maintenance
- Texoma Council of Governments: Texoma Regional Economic Dashboard
- Western Piedmont Council of Governments: Student Growth Estimation Models for the Catawba County School System
- LENOWISCO and Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions: Appalachian Prosperity Project
- Lower Savannah Council of Governments: Eastern Orangeburg County Sustainability Study
- Capital Area Council of Governments: Pecan Street Innovation Cluster
- South Central Oregon Economic Development District: Woodstove Change Out Rebate Program
- Missouri Association of Councils of Government: Missouri Watershed Planning and Wastewater Study
- Roanoke Valley- Allegheny Regional Commission: Save-A-Ton
- East Central Iowa Council of Governments: Linn County Strategic Growth Plans and Fringe-Area Agreements
- Pennyrile Area Development District: Greenville Downtown Revitalization Project
- CSRA Regional Commission: Picture Grovetown Urban Redevelopment Plan
- Great Falls Development Authority: West Bank Redevelopment Project
- First Tennessee Development District: Northeast Tennessee Neighborhood Stabilization Project
- Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council: Regional Economic Adjustment Plan for Building Disaster Resilient Communities (Regional EAP)
- Mid-East Commission: Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project
- Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District: Comprehensive GIS Data in Disaster Recovery
- Boonslick Regional Planning Commission: City of Silex Community Relocation Project
- EDA Disaster Recovery Collaborative of Wisconsin: Community Economic Recovery Guidebook
- North Central Florida Regional Planning Council: North Central Florida Economic and Disaster Resiliency Study
- Missouri Association of Councils of Government: Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan for Missouri’s Electric Cooperatives
- Three Rivers Planning and Development District: Three Rivers Regional Emergency Notification System
- Purchase Area Development District: Emergency Preparedness Backpacks for Child Care Centers
- South Plains Association of Governments: Built to Weather Any West Texas Storm
- North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission: North Central PA PREP
- Central Florida Regional Planning Council: Preparing for the Future in the Heartland
- Northwest Michigan Council of Governments: Community Placemaking Guidebook
- Western Nevada Development District: Using SET to Achieve CEDS
- North Central Florida Regional Planning Council: North Central Florida Regional Policy Plan
- East Central Planning and Development District: Lauderdale County Call Center Project
- Alabama Association of Regional Councils: Alabama Consolidated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
- Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District: Tishomingo County/Dennen Steel Yellow Creek Industrial Port Authority
- New River Valley Planning District Commission: Built NRV, A Planning Game for Public Engagement
- Sonoma County Economic Development Board: State of the County Breakfast
- Texoma Council of Governments: TCOG Economic Impact Statement FYE2011
- Great Falls Development Authority: Montana Eggs Expansion
- Northeast Oregon Economic Development District: Microenterprise Development – IDAs and Business Education
- Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham: Accounts Receivable Lending Program
- Arrowhead Regional Development Commission: Northern Aero Alliance
- Land-of-Sky Regional Council: WNC Forest Products Cooperative Marketing Project
- Central Mississippi Planning and Development District: Medical Towers at Tuscan Court
- SC Appalachian Council of Governments: Upstate Aging and Disability Resource Center Website
- Bluegrass Area Development District: Help-At-Home Worker Registry
- Green River Area Development District: Stop Senior Hunger
- Mid-East Commission Area Agency on Aging: Beaufort County Resource Connection
- East Central Planning and Development District: Town of Pachuta Senior Citizen Center
- Georgia Mountains Regional Commission: Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center
- 2012 NADO Innovation Awards
- Linking Employment Clusters and Ridesharing Options: Mid-Columbia Economic Development District
- The Rise of the Greek Yogurt Industry in Central New York
- FHWA Issues Interim Guidance Documents for MAP-21 and Schedules Stakeholder Webinars
- FTA Schedules Environmental Justice Webinar
- Webinar: Addressing Environmental Justice in Transportation Planning Practice
- NADO Partners with NACo to Host White House Forum on Economic Development
- Legislation Introduced in Senate to Reauthorize Older Americans Act
- Congressional Leaders Agree on Time Frame for Farm Bill Action
- Sustainable Communities Capacity Building Workshop Materials: Fostering Partnerships
- Webinar: Technical Assistance for Sustainable Communities Program
- Despite Calls for a Grand Bargain, Sequestration is Still a Very Real Possibility
- EDA Announces Workshop on Building the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
- House Advances Continuing Resolution; Senate Expected to Clear Measure
- House Approves Sequester “Replacement” Bill
- House Passes Manufacturing Competitiveness Act
- House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Holds Hearing on DOT’s Truck and Bus Safety Program
- FTA Releases Final Transit in the Parks Solicitation
- FTA Releases Civil Rights Guidance
- NADO Joins Coalition Partners Urging Congress to Pass a Comprehensive Farm Bill
- White House Releases 3 Million in Unspent Transportation Funds
- EDA Unveils Online Tool to Help Economic Developers Optimize Investments
- Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce to Hold Free Webinar on Workforce Programs (September 5)
- Conserving Treasured Landscapes for Prosperity in Posterity: Sheridan County, Wyoming
- Livable Regions and Communities in Appalachia
- NADO Recognizes 2012 Innovation Award Winners
- Update on Sequestration
- Webinar on Housing and Transportation Affordability: August 14, 2012
- Georgia Votes on Regional Sales Tax Initiative for Transportation Funding, With Mixed Results
- Vibrant Rural Communities: Lewistown, Pennsylvania
- House Passes a Disaster Aid Bill
- White House Proposes Creation of National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
- Postal Service Legislative Update
- House Leaders Pull One-Year Farm Bill Extension from Agenda
- NADO Hosts Webinar with Bipartisan Policy Center on Sequestration
- New Search of RDO Websites
- Congress Reaches Agreement to Avoid Government Shutdown
- USDOT Announces Billion for TIFIA Loans
- Tribes and Sustainable Development Workshop Materials
- Rural Jobs Accelerator Winners Announced
- Vibrant Rural Communities: Clinton, Iowa
- Federal Resource Guide of Programs to Assist Rural Communities Now Available
- NADO Executive Director Matthew Chase Named New Director of National Association of Counties
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2013 Labor-HHS Spending Measure; Maintains Level Funding for Most Workforce Programs
- Collaborative Leadership: Partnerships between Regional Development Organizations and Community Foundations
- House Passes Bill to Require White House to Provide Detailed Report on Sequestration
- Vibrant Rural Communities: Rome, Georgia
- National Rural Transportation Conference Presentations
- USDOT, FHWA, and FTA Release Environmental Justice Orders
- Development District Association of Appalachia Impact Brief
- Development District Association of Appalachia Impact Brief
- Livable Regions and Communities in Appalachia: Kingsport Workshop
- NADO To Hold Webinar on Sequestration on August 13
- Upcoming Webinars and Conferences for Planners
- Project Prioritization: Conclusions
- Project Prioritization: Case Study: Flexible Process Enables Yakima Valley Region to Quickly Respond to Changing Priorities
- Project Prioritization: Case Study: North Central Pennsylvania’s Project Prioritization Process
- Project Prioritization: Case Study: North Carolina Develops Statewide Performance-based Prioritization Process
- Project Prioritization: Statewide and Regional Transportation Improvement Programs
- Project Prioritization: Spotlight: Kentucky’s Regional Concept Plans
- Project Prioritization: Spotlight: Virginia’s Statewide and Rural Long-range Plans
- Regional Long-range Transportation Plans
- Project Prioritization: Regional Transportation Planning Activities
- Project Prioritization: Planning Tools and Techniques
- Project Prioritization: Rural Transportation Leadership
- Project Prioritization: RPO Characteristics
- HUD CDBG: FY2013 Appropriations Update
- EDA: Summary of 2011-2012 House Floor Roll Call Votes
- EDA Action Alert: VOTE “YES” ON THE MICHAUD AMENDMENT
- Project Prioritization: Introduction
- Noteworthy Models and Examples of EDA-funded CEDS
- House Agriculture Committee Approves Farm Bill—What’s Next?
- President Signs Transportation Reauthorization into Law; NADO Invited to Signing Ceremony
- House Agriculture Committee Releases Draft Farm Bill; Mark-Up Scheduled for July 11
- Update on FY13 T-HUD Appropriations Bill: CDBG, HOME, and Essential Air Service
- FY2013 HUD CDBG Appropriations Update
- NADO Policy Conference Features Special Guest Speakers
- Lessons Learned from Irene: Vermont RPCs Address Transportation System Recovery
- Transportation Deal Reached; Draft Conference Report Includes Regional Transportation Planning Organizations
- Transportaton Update: Three Days Until Current Authorization Expires
- House Takes Up T-HUD Appropriations Measure; Provides Increase for CDBG
- Senate Approves Farm Bill Reauthorization
- Regional Development Organizations (RDOs) Featured at White House Forum on Regional Innovation
- Update on Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2013 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Measure
- House Education and Workforce Committee Approves WIA Reauthorization Measure
- USDOT to Hold Environmental Justice Training
- The Alabama Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
- The Northern Maine Rail Initiative
- Sustainable Eastern Connecticut
- Highway Department Timesheet Program
- RPC Involvement in the Recovery of Vermont’s Transportation Network After Tropical Storm Irene
- Wind Turbines and the Transportation Network
- FHWA Freight Funding Opportunity
- EDA Denver Regional Workshop
- 2011 Know Your Region Training
- 2010 Know Your Region Training
- 2012 Know Your Region Webinars
- 2011 Know Your Region Webinars
- 2010 Know Your Region Webinars
- Nuts and Bolts: Peer Exchange on Management and Operations Challenges
- Leveraging Your CEDS for Statewide and Regional Initiatives
- Positioning RDOs for the Future: TED Style Talks About Industry Innovations
- Becoming Relevant in Your Region by Building Effective Partnerships
- Lessons Learned from Statewide and Regional Assessments: How Does the External World View Your Organization, Including Funders, Elected Officials, and Competitors?
- Executive Directors Networking Luncheon: Rapid Roundtable on Emerging Trends and Noteworthy Initiatives
- 2012 NADO Federal Policy and Legislative Report
- Plenary Luncheon: Session Summary
- NADO Holds Webinar on Transportation and Disaster Recovery
- Statewide CEDS and Other EDD Innovations
- Know Your Region Webinar: Creating Statewide Approaches to Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (5/31/2012)
- Meaningful Engagement and Collaboration: Session Summary
- Opening Keynote Address: Session Summary
- Two Upcoming Webinars: Transportation & Disaster Recovery and Communication Strategies
- Visioning and Beyond: Session Summary
- NADO Participates in NACDEP Conference
- Negotiations Continue on Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- Webinar: Effective Strategies for Engaging Your Community
- National Rural Transportation Conference: Opening Keynote Address
- Livable Regions and Communities in Appalachia: Cartersville Workshop
- From Vision to Project Selection: Performance-based Planning
- RPO America Peer Symposium: Sharing Innovations in Regional Transportation Planning
- Meaningful Engagement and Collaboration: Develop a Participation Plan
- Plenary Luncheon: Transportation, Disaster Recovery, and Economic Vitality
- Using Technology to Enhance Transportation Operations
- Using Technology to Enhance Transportation Planning
- Rural Transportation Safety
- RPO America Annual Business Meeting, immediately followed by the National RPO Council of Peers Meeting
- Coordinated Transportation and Mobility Management
- Freight and Economic Development
- Visioning and Beyond: Developing Plans and Measuring Implementation
- NADO Issues Action Alert on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
- NADO Issues Action Alert on EDA
- Apply Now for a 2012 NADO Innovation Award
- FHWA Holds Urban Area Webinar
- NADO Recognizes Excellence in Regional Transportation Award Winners
- Know Your Region Webinar: Creating Asset-Based Strategies and Partnerships (5/3/2012)
- 2012 EDFS Presentations
- HUD Rural Grantees Workshop
- Past President Mazer Testifies on Rural Development
- House and Senate Leaders Name Conferees to Negotiate Surface Transportation Legislation
- House Committee Examines Challenges Facing the Workforce Investment System; WIA Reauthorization Proposal Introduced
- NADO Issues Action Alert on Upcoming House-Senate Conference of Surface Transportation Reauthorization
- House Clears Another Short Term Extension of Surface Transportation Programs, Paves the Way for Possible Conference with Senate
- FY13 Appropriations Process Moves Forward as Subcommittees Begin to Markup Bills
- Regional Resilience
- Congress Clears 90-Day Extension of Surface Transportation Programs
- Census 2010 Urbanized Areas/Urban Clusters Released
- Why HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative Means Local Jobs and Economic Development
- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Recognized for National Economic Development Leadership
- U.S. Representative Richard Hanna (R-NY) Recognized for National Economic Development Leadership
- Know Your Region Webinar: Utilizing EDA Data Tools in your CEDS (3/14/2012)
- Freight Transportation and Economic Development: Planning for the Panama Canal Expansion
- Apply Now for the 2012 NADO Innovation Award
- ACTION ALERT: HUD CDBG Program
- NADO’s Executive Director Presents at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum 2012
- Webinar: Rural Coalition Building
- NADO Analysis of the President’s FY13 Budget
- McCauley Outlines NADO Rural Development Priorities at Senate Hearing
- Senate Finance Chair Releases Funding Ideas for Transportation Bill
- House Transportation Committee Approves Surface Bill After Long, Partisan Markup
- Final FAA Reauthorization Deal Modifies Essential Air Service
- Surface Transportation Bills Moving Ahead
- DOT Announces Next Round of TIGER Grants
- Building Disaster Resilient Economies Webinar
- House Begins to Move Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
- President Obama Recommends Consolidation of Commerce Agencies
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- 2012 NADO Washington Policy Conference
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- House Republicans Introduce Workforce Legislation
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- Federal Update for South Carolina State Association
- Transportation Project Prioritization and Performance-based Planning Efforts in Rural and Small Metropolitan Regions
- New Partnership for Sustainable Communities Report: Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities
- NADO Issues Action Alert on Senate’s Surface Transportation Bill
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- FCC Votes to Overhaul Billion Telecom Fund
- House Releases 2012 Congressional Schedule
- Rep. Michaud Circulates NADO-Led Coalition Letter to Support EDA
- 2012 Rural Transportation Conference
- NADO Leaders Brief White House Rural Council
- NADO’s 2011 Annual Training Conference Video
- FHWA and FTA Accepting Nominations for 2012 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards
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- NADO Releases Special Edition of NADO News at Annual Training Conference
- 2011 Trailblazer Award Winners
- EPA Smart Growth Implementation Assistance Program
- Regional Food Systems Infrastructure
- Connecting the DOTs
- Regional Approaches to Sustainable Development
- Raising Local Funds through a Regional Sales Tax Initiative in Georgia
- Proactive Air Quality Efforts in Illinois and Iowa
- Addressing Transportation and Housing to Meet Demographic Change and Local Needs in Virginia
- Integrating Land Use, Transportation, and Economic Development at SEDA-COG
- Merging Transportation and Economic Development Plans in Iowa
- Regional and State Planning Partnerships to Shape Policy, Planning, and Projects in Maine
- Growing Rural Innovation-Based Economies: Kansas Opportunity Innovation Network
- Mobilize Maine: Asset-Based Regional Economic Development
- Senate Moves Bill Containing EDA Funding
- Surface Transportation and Aviation Programs Extended
- 2011 National Rural Transportation Conference
- President Obama Announces the American Jobs Act
- NADO Provides Legislative Update to Members
- NADO Executive Director Attends President Obama’s Rose Garden Address
- Census Bureau Defines “Urban Areas” for 2010 Census
- NADO Conference Attendees Tour White House
- OMB Memo Establishes Expectations for FY2013 Spending
- Transit and Air Quality Make a Connection
- Ethanol Production Impacts Transportation System
- Regional Alliance Pulls Toyota to Tupelo: PUL Alliance Efforts Attract New Jobs
- Southeast Tennessee Transportation: Positioning the Chattanooga Region in the Global Economy
- Short Line Railroads: Saving an Endangered Species of Freight Transport
- Arrowhead Region: A Portfolio of Transportation Assets
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- Role of Transportation Planning in the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Process: A Nationwide Scan
- 2009 National Scan: Rural Transportation Planning Organizations
- National Symposium for Rural Transportation Planning Organizations and Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Assessing the Structure and Benefits of Collaboration
- GIS Brings Economic Vitality to Appalachian Communities
- State Associations of Regional Councils and Regional Development Organizations: Insights into Organizational Structures, Governance Models and Strategic Initiatives
- Progress in Motion: Regional Strategies, Solutions and Partnerships That Achieve Economic Growth and Improve Local Communities
- Oregon’s Economic Development Districts: Creating Opportunities for Regional Prosperity
- Upcoming NADO Conferences & Events: 2012-2013
- New Mexico Association of Regional Councils: Partnerships, Progress and Promise
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- Leveling the E-Field: Local Development Districts Promote Forward-Thinking Investments in Appalachia’s Broadband Communications
- Partnerships, Prosperity and Progress: Comprehensive Regional Approaches to Advancing Oklahoma’s Local Communities
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