| Northeast-Midwest Institute Weekly Update |
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NEMWI Hosts Film-Screening and Panel Discussion on Revitalizing Small Older Industrial Cities: October 13
| NEMWI, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the State of Vermont's Department of Tourism and Marketing, is hosting a Capitol Hill-based screening of "The Blood in This Town," a new documentary that chronicles Rutland, VT's drive to revitalize. The film uses Rutland's Gift-of-Life Marathon blood drive to explore how an ailing rust-belt town can rebuild from the grassroots up. The event will also include a reception featuring VT products and a panel discussion on post-industrial revitalization of small cities and towns. Save the date for a unique event on October 13, 2011 from 6-9pm in the Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C.
For more information, contact Colleen Cain, Senior Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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Transportation (TIGER) Grants and Rural America Webinar This Week
| The second of a two-part webinar series on the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants (TIGER Grants and Rural America) will take place on Wednesday, August 31 at 2:00pm EDT. The webinar is an important opportunity for states, local governments, transit agencies, and their partners in the Northeast-Midwest region to gain assistance on the application process for TIGER grants. Moderator Roger Millar of Smart Growth America's Leadership Institute will moderate a panel of four speakers: grant writers who have been successful in getting TIGER funds in the past, an expert in benefit-cost analysis from USDOT, and a leader in the transportation field who has years of experience getting projects funded and completed.
For more information, contact Fritz Ohrenschall, Research Associate at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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Sustainability Conferences Come to Washington, DC
| The National Housing Conference presents the 2011 Solutions for Sustainable Communities Conference, to take place from September 26-28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC. The conference is meant to arm practitioners and policymakers with the best available information on how states and localities are working collaboratively and creatively across these different policy silos to develop more sustainable and inclusive communities while reducing overall government costs.
Register here. Another sustainability-focused conference, Rail~Volution 2011, will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC from October 16-19. Rail~Volution was started by leaders with a vision for using transit to promote smarter growth. This year, elected officials, planners, developers and advocates will convene in Washington, DC to explore the latest on transportation re-authorization, as well as the successful local and regional efforts to create livable communities in and around the nation's capital. For more information, contact Colleen Cain, Senior Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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