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Going Green: Sustainable Economic Development is a two-day course offered by the Economic & Community Development Institute (ECDI), a partnership of Auburn University and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.

On June 18-19, ECDI will assemble sustainable economic development experts and leading economic and community developers at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. These individuals will share innovative ideas and practices based upon proven success in energy conscious and environmentally-friendly development.

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The Course is designed to give participants opportunities to ask questions and engage in constructive dialogue about the essential components of economic development.

ECDI will provide each participant with a course CD containing faculty presentations and reference materials. Participants can view presentations on a personal laptop or on the screen in front of the classroom.

CLICK HERE for a tentative copy of the course agenda.

 
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  • Sustainability, Community, and the Green Economy: An Overview
  • Sustainable Community Design:
    LEED-Certified Neighborhoods
  • Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition
  • Renewing and Sustaining Alabama
  • The Alternative Energy Challenge:
    A Utility Company Perspective
  • Sustainable Economic Development:
    A Community Perspective
  • Sustainable Urbanism as an Economic Development Tool
  • Sustainable Community Design:
    A Planner’s Perspective
  • Sustainable Economic Development: From Talk To Action (An Open Forum)
Thursday, June 18th
9:00 a.m. First Session
11:30 a.m. Break for Lunch
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
Friday, June 19th
8:00 a.m. First Session
11:45 a.m. Adjourn

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  • Economic Developers
  • Chamber of Commerce Officials
  • State and Local Elected Officials
  • Community Leaders
  • Utility Company Representatives
  • Community and Regional Planners
  We have provided a variety of registration options for your convenience. Please
choose any of the following methods to register for the ECDI course:
  • Complete and mail the registration form and payment to the address listed on the course brochure.
  • Fax the completed registration form and credit card information as indicated on the form.
  • CLICK HERE and register online using a check or credit card.
  The course registration fee is $225. This includes:
  • Course CD
  • Refreshments during the Course
  • 1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
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  With 25 years of experience in economic development education and over 1,000 alumni across Alabama, ECDI is the state’s leading provider of economic and community development education.

Building upon the success of it’s annual two-week Intensive Economic Development Training Course, ECDI introduced the first Alabama Prosperity Forum (APF) course in 2006. The APF is a new series of short courses focusing on areas in which Alabama economic and community development professionals have expressed a desire for more training. This course is the second of three APF courses offered in 2009.


 

The course will be held at the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. Hotel room reservations are the responsibility of the individual participant and are not included in the course fee.

ECDI has reserved rooms for Wednesday, June 17th and Thursday June 18th. A group room rate of $96 per night is available for course participants until the room block is full.

Participants must indicate that they are attending the ECDI Going Green course in order to receive the special rate.

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Hotel reservations can be made by calling the AUHCC at 334-821-8200. Directions to the Conference Center are available at http://www.auhcc.com.


  Please contact Allyson Martin at (334) 844-3685 or ahm0007@auburn.edu.