Energy Transitions: Land, Economic and Community Mar. 30-31 Watkins Glen

A Systems Approach to Energy Transitions: Land, Economic and Community Transformations

March 30-31, 2011 at Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel

Sponsored by: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Community and Energy Program Work Team, Cornell Marcellus Shale Team, Community and Regional Development Institute, and Penn State Cooperative Extension

Save the Date flyer: http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/outreach/cardi/upload/SaveTheDate03-30-2011-1-page.pdf

Draft agenda: http://cce.cornell.edu/EnergyClimateChange/NaturalGasDev/Documents/PDFs/EnergyTransitionsSummit.pdf

All of this information is posted at naturalgas.cce.cornell.edu under Upcoming events (including a link for leaving name and e-mail to be notified when the registration site is available mid-February)

Options:

Attend March 30 evening presentation (no fee); see below

Attend March 31; registration cost will be $40

Attend both March 30 and 31 ($40)

Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, 16 North Franklin Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891
(607) 535-6116 http://www.watkinsglenharborhotel.com/

For overnight accommodations reference: “energy transitions†($109) or for government rate: “government energy transitions†($77); note that these are for village view rooms; you may opt for a waterfront room and pay a higher rate.

March 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Marcellus Shale: Economic Development Implications (Sponsored by SCoPED and the Watkins Area Chamber of Commerce)

How would a sudden increase in natural gas development in the region affect local economies, and how can communities and businesses be better positioned for the significant changes that often accompany such development? Presenters will share insights and experiences from Marcellus boom towns in Pennsylvania and the positioning that needs to occur in New York State.

Presenters:

Dr. Tim Kelsey, State Program Leader, Economic and Community Development and Professor

of Agricultural Economics, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Dr. Susan Christopherson, Professor, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University

Sponsored by SCoPED and the Watkins Area Chamber of Commerce

Rod Howe

Assistant Director, Community & Economic Vitality, Cornell Cooperative Extension

www.cce.cornell.edu

Executive Director, Community and Regional Development Institute

www.cardi.cornell.edu

Cornell Economic Development Administration (EDA) University Center

 

43 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

t. 607-255-2170; c. 607-351-6611; f. 607-255-2231; e. rlh13@cornell.edu