Connecticut League of Conservation Voters
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CTLCV is helping the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation get the word out about the "New Energy Jobs Boot Camp," scheduled for July 16 in Meriden.  If interested or for more information, please email kampman@tremainefoundation.org by July 9.
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Connecticut 's New Energy Economy...           

...Needs You!
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation And The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Invite You To A New Energy Jobs Boot Camp
 
Thursday July 16, 2009
11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Four Points Sheraton
275 Research Parkway
Meriden, CT
 
The Boot Camp will be a working forum for municipalities, town energy committees, small businesses, utilities, state agencies, workforce development agencies and organizations, and clean energy advocates to help them maximize the use of federal stimulus funds (and state and local funding) for energy efficiency.

As a complement to other state briefings, the mission of the boot camp is to provide a hands-on opportunity to shape local projects that will achieve the environmental and economic goals, and job creation objectives, associated with the stimulus package and other funding sources.

To help maximize the creation of New Energy Jobs in Connecticut, the July 16th event will be a multi-faceted training, providing technical assistance and peer-to-peer interactions for the boot camp participants.  We will be assisted by a spectacular group of expert practitioners.  Scroll down for the agenda.

For more information, or if you are interested in attending please RSVP by July 9th to kampman@tremainefoundation.org.


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BOOT CAMP AGENDA

11:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
THURSDAY JULY 16, 2009
SHERATON FOUR POINTS HOTEL
MERIDEN, CT
  • 11:30-12:00 REGISTRATION
  • 12:00-12:15 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
    • John Padilla, Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • 12:15-1:15 LUNCH SPEAKER AND RESPONDENTS.
    • Keynote Address--Joel Rogers, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
    • Respondents-Joe Carbone, the Workplace Inc.;CT Gov. Office; Dayna Cunningham MIT
    • Moderator-John Padilla
  • 1:15-2:15 DESIGN CHARRETTES
    • Groups of five to ten cities and towns (depending on turn out) would comprise a single design group. Each would be tasked with creating a potential project that would be of interest to the towns either singly, or as a group. Invited experts will circulate among the various charrettes and serve as a resource for the planning efforts on various topics of interest
  • 2:15 - 2:30 BREAK
  • 2:30 - 3:45 REPORTING BACK. 
    • Participants return to their groups and finalize their plans, and report back to the full plenary session. The experts/consultants described above would provide comment on each of the ideas presented by the team leaders for each group.  Moderators: Roger Koontz ENE and Roger Smith, CWA
  • 3:45 - 4:00 FINAL THOUGHTS/NEXT STEPS-Stewart Hudson, EHTF
Experts and consultants for this event will include:
  • Joe Carbone, The Workplace Inc.
  • Dayna Cunningham, Community Innovators Lab, MIT; and Associate
  • Jon Gorham, Gorham Associates and Woodbridge Town Energy Committee
  • Chris Halpin, Celtic Energy
  • Roger Koontz, Environment Northeast
  • Bill Leahy, Institute for Sustainable Energy
  • *John Olsen, CT AFL-CIO.
  • Joel Rogers, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
  • Roger Smith, Clean Water Action CT
  • *State Gov't/Agency Representative(s);*Invited not confirmed
For more information contact:  kampman@tremainefoundation.org
About the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters

The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters (www.ctlcv.org) is a bipartisan environmental advocacy group that focuses on getting smart, sustainable environmental policies enacted in Connecticut.  Its affiliates include the CTLCV Education Fund (conservationeducation.org) and the CTLCV PAC.