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Our quarterly meeting will be held on Thursday, December 10th at 4-6:00 p.m. at UMass Dartmouth's Woodland Commons. The agenda is below.

Quarterly Meeting
Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth
December 10, 2009

Agenda

• Introductions Susan Peterson
• Stepping Into Action Chad McGuire
• Consensus Action Items Louise Hardiman
• Action Items from Working Groups:
  • Economic Development Dick Shafer (draft report)
  • Energy Glenn Bachman (draft report)
  • Food Kathleen Christianson (draft report)
  • Natural Resources Chad McGuire (draft report)
  • Transportation Alan Slavin (draft report)
• Discussion Susan Peterson
• Wrap-up

Please join us for this important meeting as we chart our course of action….

By ROBERT BARBOZA, Editor
September 23, 2009 12:00 AM

FALL RIVER — The former head of the state's Commonwealth Development agency said Thursday that South Coast communities need to focus on cutting energy consumption and rethink transportation policy in order to make the region a greener, more sustainable place to live and work.

• Economic Development - Tuesday, October 27 at 3:00 p.m.
  SRPEDD, Taunton (Directions)
• Energy - Tuesday, August 18th, 3-5 pm, 3:00 p.m.
  ATMC, Fall River (Directions)
• Food and Agriculture - Thursday November 19th at 4 p.m.
  Bristol Community College, Fall River, BLDG G, room TBA
• Natural Resources - Thursday, October 22nd, 3:00 p.m.
  Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts
  63 Union Street, New Bedford, MA
• Transportation - Thursday, October 15th, 3:30 p.m.
  ATMC, Fall River (Directions)

Thursday, September 17, 3:45 PM at the ATMC in Fall River
Keynote speaker Douglas Foy, former president of the Conservation Law Foundation and Chief of Commonwealth Development. See presentations of the five groups and help plot a course to a more sustainable future.