The Northeast Ohio Area Coordination Agency's (NOACA) 7th Annual Summit, "Exploring Our Region's Potential," will be held Friday, June 9, 2006. The Summit will focus on transportation, economic development, and air and water quality issues in Northeast Ohio. Lee Fisher (D) and Representative Tom Raga (R), candidates for lieutenant governor, will present their plans for economic development in Ohio and the region. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The Summit begins at 9:30 a.m. and runs to about 2 p.m.
Luncheon Speaker
- Gordon Proctor, Director, Ohio Department of Transportation will discuss future funding of transportation projects and the Cleveland Innerbelt project
Featured Speakers
- Shara Davis, Project Director, Voices and Choices will reveal what more than 10,000 individuals from Northeast Ohio said about the future of the region and the challenges we must overcome.
- Ed Morrison, Partner, in the Institute for Open Economic Networks, will speak on open source conomic development and the proposed economic development plan for Cuyahoga County.
- Paul Tait, Executive Director, of the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, will talk about his experience developing ties between transportation and econmic development and involving private interests
Special Presentation
Third Annual Walter F. Ehrnfelt, Jr. Award [1], for Outstanding Regional Contribution
Location
Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center [2] (map) [3]
2000 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Cost
To register online go to- http://cf.noaca.org/summit.cfm [4]
NOACA
1299 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3204
Telephone: (216) 241-2414
FAX: (216) 621-3024