National Rural Economic Developers Association

📢 It’s not too late to join us for the 2024 Annual Conference! Online registration will close this week, so just contact our office at nreda@assnoffices.com for information about registering onsite. If you are already registered to attend the conference, please be sure to post your experiences on social media at the conference using #ruralproud! #NREDATakesOmaha #NREDA #AnnualConference #EconomicDevelopment

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We're excited for the NREDA Pre-Conference Optional Session – "The Ripples of Connection" with Ginger Johnson, Author & Human Connection Expert! Ginger invites you too. Are You Joining Us? https://lnkd.in/e9JSMxmp It’s not too late to register! https://lnkd.in/e6kbPims #NREDATakesOmaha #NREDA #RuralProud #EconomicDevelopment

The USDA has announced a new awardee and additional finalists for funding from the $9.7 billion Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program to help electric cooperatives deliver clean, reliable power to their members. https://lnkd.in/damjgyQ7 via NRECA #NREDATakesOmaha #NREDA #RuralProud #EconomicDevelopment

Join us for the "Costco/Lincoln Premium Poultry Project: The Ripple Effects" session, which will begin with Dr. Eric Thompson providing an overview of the real economic impacts of this project. Then, the panelists will be invited to discuss the opportunities and challenges both during and after the project. https://lnkd.in/e6kbPims #NREDATakesOmaha #NREDA #AnnualConference #RuralProud #EconomicDevelopment

🎤 Speaker Alert! On Friday, November 15th, attend T. Marni Vos' presentation, "Small Stones, Wide Ripples," at our 2024 Annual Conference! Just as a small stone can spread ripples across a pond, so can one individual’s actions and qualities have a wide-ranging impact on family, neighbors, and whole communities. Stress impacts all areas of our lives, but so too, does the entire range of positive emotions. It’s not too late to register; details here: https://lnkd.in/e6kbPims #NREDATakesOmaha #NREDA #AnnualConference #RuralProud #EconomicDevelopment

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🎤 Speaker Alert! Friday morning at our 2024 Annual Conference, Rand Fisher and Benjamin Kelahan will present, "Green on the Scene? Assessing the Impacts of Renewable Energy Projects on Your Community." As the United States continues to move rapidly toward carbon-free energy resources, the burden of hosting utility-scale wind and solar generation facilities is falling largely on rural communities, even as the energy itself is often exported to population centers hundreds of miles away. For many reasons—from protecting agricultural heritage to preserving viewsheds to simply NIMBY-ism—those rural communities are starting to push back, imposing moratoriums on new projects, enacting strict permitting requirements, and embracing grassroots campaigns to oppose the projects altogether. But the benefits of saving the planet, fortifying our electric grid, and bringing jobs and taxable infrastructure to rural areas and their residents are compelling for struggling small towns and remote counties. So, what’s a responsible economic developer to do? The experts on this panel will discuss the various considerations you should weigh when assessing the impacts of proposed renewable facilities, the role you can play in helping your community make decisions, and the most pressing questions you should be asking both proponents and opponents of any particular project. Learn more and join us: https://lnkd.in/e6kbPims #NREDATakesOmaha #NREDA #AnnualConference #RuralProud #EconomicDevelopment

Our informational webinar, "What Salary Surveys Mean for Your Next Professional Step," is next week, Tuesday, October 29th! Be sure you are registered to attend! https://lnkd.in/ekD3QzzD #NREDA #Webinar #RuralProud #EconomicDevelopment

Listen to the latest episode of NRECA's podcast, Along Those Lines: Federal Funding Accelerates Energy Innovation Among Co-ops - A surge in public funding is taking energy innovation to the next level! https://lnkd.in/e_QdwcK9 #NRECA #ElectricCoops #NREDA #EconomicDevelopment