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Weekly Update

17 August 2009

 

*	New Northeast-Midwest Institute Web Site
*	Rep. Michael Turner to Hold Housing Field Hearing in Dayton
*	DOE Preparing Guidelines for Loan Guarantee Program

 

 

New Northeast-Midwest Institute Web Site

 

The Northeast-Midwest Institute has completely redesigned its website
<http://www.nemw.org/> .  In addition to enhanced design and visual
appearance, are several new features, including dramatically improved
site navigation.

 

Links to all news items and a calendar of events appear in a new right
column designed into every web page.  "Side menus" with links to all
major sections and subsections appear at the top of the right column.
The "side menus" contain links to all sections, and in some cases,
major subsections relevant to the current page.  The side column also
has links to contact information, relevant policy publications, links
to other policy resources, and links to policy initiative funders.

 

There are, of course, "drop-down" menus at the top of every page to
navigate to the major sectional pages.  There are four categories of
major sections:  Current
<http://www.nemw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout
=blog&id=3&Itemid=3>  Initiatives, Congressional
<http://www.nemw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=3&It
emid=4>  Coalitions & Task Forces, Resources
<http://www.nemw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&I
temid=21>  & Analysis, and Policy
<http://www.nemw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=5&It
emid=6>  Areas.

 

Contact Glenn Starnes
<mailto:glennstarnes at nemw.org?subject=New%20Website>  (202/997-9327)
at the Northeast-Midwest Institute if you have any questions
concerning navigation of, or problems with, the website.

 

 

Rep. Michael Turner to Hold Housing Field Hearing in Dayton

 

Co-Chair of the Revitalizing Older Cities Task Force, Rep. Michael
Turner (R-OH), is working jointly with the Northeast-Midwest Institute
to convene a forum in Dayton, Ohio, on the impact of the housing
crisis on local communities, and the federal response to this crisis.
The hearing will be held on August 26, from 8:30 AM until Noon, at the
Montgomery County Administration Building, 451 West Third Street.

 

The hearing will consist of two panels:  Miami Valley leaders who will
discuss the effects of the housing crisis on the region, and a second
composed of federal policy experts who will discuss the federal
responses to this crisis.

 

For more information, and a tentative list of experts providing
testimony, contact Greg Lewis
<mailto:glewis at nemw.org?subject=Dayton%20Field%20Hearing>
(202/464-4005) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

 

 

DOE Preparing Guidelines for Loan Guarantee Program

 

The Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing detailed instructions and
requirements for its Loan Guarantee Program, designed to facilitate
the financing of commercially available renewable energy production
and supply chain manufacturing projects.  Although the details are not
yet available (probably late August) small and mid-sized projects will
be encouraged.

 

DOE has initiated significant outreach to state, regional and local
development finance organizations to ascertain their ability to work
in cooperation with DOE to implement small- and medium-size projects.
This program received $6 billion in appropriations to pay for credit
subsidies associated with at least $48 billion in loan guarantees
included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  The
program represents a major initiative designed to spur the clean
energy technology transition.

 

As with all ARRA-funded projects, they must be implemented quickly -
by September 30, 2011.  The Northeast-Midwest Institute will notify
Weekly Update readers when the guidelines become available.

 

Contact Diane
<mailto:ddevaul at nemw.org?subject=DOE%20Loan%20Guarantee%20Program>
DeVaul (202-464-4009) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

 

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