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Events

The 2010 Southern Regional Summit: Generating Rural Innovation and Regional Partnership
May 11 thru May 12 at the Harris Conference Center

Visit the Summit Website to Register or for more information

Join national and regional USDA leaders, state agency leaders, non-profit and business leaders from throughout the northeastern United States for two days of strategic planning around four crucial directions for the rural northeast:

Food Systems: Local Foods Development and Regional Foods Systems
Energy: Advancing Efficiency, Generation and Fuel Development
Broadband: Global Opportunities & Rural Lifestyles
Rural Economic Development: Investment in Innovation

The Summit is 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.

What's New

FY09 Annual Report Investment in rural Georgia:
Over $1.97 billion