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2002 NRDP Leadership Conference Agenda & Notes
Hoosier Hospitality: At Home in Indiana
Saturday, August 24
| 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM |
Professional Development: Joint NRDP and the Henry A. Wallace Center Workshop on Value-Added Agriculture and Rural Development |
Sunday, August 25
| 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
Registration with Local Programs including the Lotus Dickey Band |
| 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
PRA Board of Directors Meeting |
| 11:00 AM |
Registration Opens |
| 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Joint Business Meeting for Council Leaders and Executive Directors with remarks by USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Gilbert Gonzalez |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Working Lunch |
| 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM |
Networking Break |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Joint Wrap-Up Meeting for Council Leaders and Executive Directors |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Buses Leave for Wilstem Ranch |
| 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Welcome to Indiana Reception at the Wilstem Ranch with a Program by Tim Grimm |
Monday, August 26: "Indiana Day"
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| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
New Member Orientation |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Plenary Session
Speakers: Tom Hylton, Author of Save Our Land, Save Our Towns |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Speaker: Martin Jischke, Purdue University President
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| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Lunch |
| 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Judy O'Bannon, Indiana's First Lady |
| 1:00 PM |
Buses Leave for Scottsburg |
| 2:00 PM |
Arrive in Scottsburg
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| 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Case Study of Scottsburg -- Concurrent Sessions |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Networking Break |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Group reconvenes for Scottsburg Showcase |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Scottsburg Celebration and Dinner:
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| 7:30 PM |
Buses Leave for French Lick |
Tuesday, August 27
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| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:00-8:30 AM |
Buses leave for Mobile Workshops
- Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center
- The Bedford Enterprise Zones
- Hoosier Upland's Affordable Housing Project
- The Changing Face of Rural Indiana
- Southern Indiana Rural Development Project (SIRDP)/Patoka Lake Regional Water and Sewer Districts
- Starlight Showcase: Agri-Tourism at Its Best
- Rags to Riches Through Historic Preservation; and Economic Development
- Acid to Alkaline: A More Viable Watershed
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| 5:00 PM |
Last bus returns from Mobile Workshop |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Dinner at French Lick Springs Resort with a Program by The Marlins and Culture from Indiana Historical Re-enactors and appearance by Lee Hamilton, Former Indiana Congressman |
Wednesday, August 28
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