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Getting Started: Meeting Communities Where They Are

March 6, 2024 from 1:00 pm 2:00 pm EST

Join the Energy Communities IWG for a webinar highlighting key elements of our Getting Started Guide, a planning and action tool for community leaders, volunteers, and change agents whose communities are facing economic transition.

Energy Communities IWG leaders and experts will discuss:

  • How to effectively use the Getting Started Guide to meet your community’s unique needs.
  • Leveraging the guide based on the needs of your community’s economic transition.
  • Case studies showcasing how communities have used the guide for economic development projects.

Working Agenda

TopicSpeakersEastern Time
Welcome and Opening RemarksBrian Anderson, Executive Director, Energy Communities IWG1:00 p.m.
Getting Started Guide OverviewCindy Winland, Subject Matter Expert, Energy Communities IWG1:05 p.m.
Getting Started Guide Community ImplementationTwo community leaders talk through how they have used or plan to use the Getting Started Guide for local projects.

Speakers:

Chris Pasterz, Economic Development Director, Navajo County, AZ 

Kathie Brown, Director of Rural Outreach and Development, Greater Peoria Economic Development Council
1:15 p.m.
Q&ADiscussion with all speakers.1:35 p.m.
Closing RemarksBrian Anderson, Executive Director, Energy Communities IWG1:55 p.m.
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