Implementation Plans

2010 Northeast Rural Summit Outline

National and regional USDA leaders, state agency leaders, and non-profit and business leaders from throughout the Northeast U.S. came together for two days of strategic planning around four crucial directions for the rural "Northeast:

1. Local and Regional Food Systems
2. Energy
3. Broadband
4. Economic Development

The summit was designed to share best regional and place-based practices and build strategic partnerships among state Rural Development offices and rural leadership organizations throughout the region.

For copies of the presentations, click on the following links:

Opening Session	Food Systems	Energy	Broadband	Economic Development
Chuck Ross Senator Leahy State Director	Ellen Hahler VT Sustainable Jobs Fund	Andi Colnes Biomass Energy Resource Center	Laura & Al Duey Vermont Rural Broadband Project	Gerald Doeksen National Center for Rural Health Works
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Matt Chase National Association of Development Organizations	Sally Ward UNH and the Carsey Institute	Andy Broderick New Generation Partners	George Loftus OSHEAN	Joe Short Northern Forest Center
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Sandford (Sandy) Blitz Northern Border Regional Commission	Vern Grubenger NE SARE	Dorothy Wolfe groSolar	Mary Evslin Vermont Advocate	Stephan Goetz NE Regional Center for Rural Development
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Stephan Goetz Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development & Penn State University		Marie Audet Blue Spruce Farm	Michael Wood Lewis Front Porch Forum	Susan Hammond Four Directions Development Corp.
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Brian Dabson Rural Policy Research Institute		Mark Sinclair Clean Energy Resource Center	Tom Murray VT Telecom Authority	Tracy Stutzman Center for Maine Craft
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		Rick Weston Regulatory Assistance Project
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		Scott Johnstone Efficiency VT
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