GLIN==> Northeast-Midwest Weekly Update -- 22 June 2009

Weekly Update
22 June 2009
 
*	HUD, DOT, and EPA Announce Interagency Partnership for
Sustainable Communities
*	Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River Conference
*	Job Opening:  Director of Finance and Operations/Project Manager
 
 
HUD, DOT, and EPA Announce Interagency
Partnership for Sustainable Communities

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of
Transportation (DOT), and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) recently announced a new "Sustainable Communities
Partnership" to help American families gain better access to affordable
housing, and attain more transportation options at lower costs.
 
Earlier this year, HUD and DOT announced an unprecedented agreement to
implement joint housing and transportation initiatives.  With EPA
joining the partnership, the three agencies will work together to ensure
that the goals of these housing and transportation initiatives are met,
while simultaneously protecting the environment, promoting equitable
development, and helping to address the challenges of climate change.
The Partnership Agreement
<http://www.nemw.org/dot-hud-epa-partnership20090616.pdf>  and 
Livability Principles
<http://www.nemw.org/dot-hud-epa-principles20090616.pdf>  documents are
available on the Northeast-Midwest Institute's website.
 
Contact Evans Paull
<mailto:epaull at nemw.org?subject=Interagency%20Partnership>
(202/329-4282) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
 
 
Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River Conference
 
The Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River Conference
<http://www.conferences.uiuc.edu/mississippiriver/index.html>  will be
held in Collinsville, Illinois, from August 10-13.  According to the
hosts (The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, and The
Nature Conservancy), the conference "will attract diverse participants
with interest in our nation's largest river, including stakeholders in
the recreational, navigation, and agricultural sectors, researchers, and
natural resource professionals."  The conference will have four focus
areas:
 
*	ecosystem services and economic value;
*	flood plain connectivity, flood control and hydrologic regime;
*	ethanol production, and
*	clean water uses and threats.
 
The conference will include a session, "Policy Forum:  Presentations to
Elected Officials and Other Decision Makers," on the last morning of the
conference.  The goal of that session is to summarize the proceedings of
the conference, and present key policy issues to an audience of elected
officials and other decision makers governing the Mississippi River
basin.
 
Contact Mark Gorman
<mailto:mgordon at nemw.org?subject=Mississippi%20River%20Conference>
(202/464-4015) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
 
 
Job Opening:  Director of Finance and Operations/Project Manager
 
The Northeast-Midwest Institute, a small, private, nonprofit public
policy research organization located in Washington, DC, seeks an
energetic, full-time employee to oversee and manage the financial
accounting and operations systems for the Northeast-Midwest Institute
<http://www.nemw.org/> .  In addition, this position will be responsible
for administrative/financial reporting tasks associated with the
Institute's Great Ships Initiative
<http://www.greatshipsinitiative.org/>  program.  These two distinct
roles will require the successful candidate to report to two different
Institute directors - the Executive Director and the Director,
Environmental Projects.  Click here <http://www.nemw.org/JobFinance.pdf>
for a detailed job description.
 
 
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<http://www.nemw.org/reports.htm> 
 
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Washington DC 20001
202.544.5200
 
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