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The Economic Future of the
Sacramento Valley
Thursday,
September 20, 2001 at the Butte College Campus Center in Oroville,
California
Scenes
from the Forum
The Great Valley Center's Sacramento Valley Forum is
an annual event focusing on the issues and interests of California's
Sacramento Valley. The forum brings together business and
community leaders, governmental officials, farmers, environmentalists
and individuals who have an interest in the future of the
region.
AGENDA
(PDF)
The
forum serves as an opportunity to address the unique challenges
facing Sacramento Valley communities. This year's event will
feature the release of the New
Valley Connexions
strategy
report: The Economic Future of the Sacramento Valley: Regional
Pathways to Prosperity.
Additional
topics include:
Connecting
individual choices with regional prosperity and well-being
Exploring
Innovative uses for rice straw in the Sacramento Valley
Bridging
the Digital Divide
Playing
the development lottery--hints for landowners on development
vs. conservation from the American Farmland Trust
Speakers
include:
Charles
Buki, Congressional Millennial Housing Commission
John Melville, Collaborative
Economics
Greg Kirkpatrick, American Farmland
Trust
Paul Buttner, California Rice
Commission
Jerry Uhland, California Agriboard,
Inc.
Francis Hickel, Rice Farmer
Patrick Michael Hayes, California Straw Building Association
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