PROGRAMMING AREAS

   Community Capacity Building

   Regional Economic Development

   Entrepreneurship

   Local & Regional Food Systems

   Balanced Use of Natural Resources

   Other

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
nercrd@psu.edu

Description
An opportunity for Northeast researchers and extension professionals to network and sketch out a multi-state land use research and extension programming plan of work. 

Agenda

Wednesday, October 11 (Institution Building Day)

10:30-11:00	Gathering/Registration
11:00-Noon	Sharing our work and interests
	Setting the Stage for our retreat
Noon	Lunch
1:00 - 5:15 NEELUN as an institutional starting place
1:00 - 1:30	Progress report on 2004 NEELUN proposal
1:30 - 3:30	Building for the future and identification of the various components: NEELUN; proposed Land Use Policy, Research and Outreach Consortium; administrative structure; action steps and assignments. Coffee break will be included
3:30 - 4:45	Extension/research programming vis-a vis fund development in our results-oriented environment.
	Will clear demonstration of impacts lead to funding support? What is the research base that supports the claims we are making about our land use programming? What is the public value of our land use programming?
4:45 - 5:15	Wrap-up and Break for Dinner (request that you continue the discussion in small groups over dinner)
7:30 - 9:00	Continue NEELUN institutional planning (steering committee and whoever else may be interested with others freely networking)
Thursday, October 12 (Project Day)
7:30 - 8:15	Breakfast Buffet
8:30 - 8:45	Instructions for the day
8:45 - 10:15	BREAKOUTS (by primary interest area)
	Public policy education for all audiences Electronic resources; distance learning; toolkit Land use policy and planning research topics Quality of life research topics Ag econ. development and farmland pres. topics
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:30	Breakouts report to plenary sessions
11:30 - 11:45	Preparation for the afternoon
11:45 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 1:30	BREAKOUTS (on more focused ideas from the first breakout session)
1:30 - 2:30	Plenary: Discussion, developing a plan of work Break included
2:30 - 3:00	Wrap-up and next steps
3:00	Safe trip home
Background Information/Resources http://www.nercrd.psu.edu/Land_Use/index.html
The following documents are on the NERCRD website at:  http://www.nercrd.psu.edu/NEELUN.Meeting/NEELUNMeeting.html,  "Strategic Directions in Community and Economic Development Extension and Research in the Northeast: Building a Stronger Network in a Critical Time" and “Economic and Community Development Issues and Priorities for Extension and Research”

 

 

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is located at the Pennsylvania State University and collaborates with land grant institutions in the northeast U.S.