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Eating Alabama is a film that documents the life of Andy Grace and his wife, Rashmi, as they embark on a yearlong resolution to eat nothing but food grown and raised in Alabama. The film recently debuted at the SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas and is set to premiere in Alabama during the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival,scheduled for Aug. 24-26 in Birmingham.
By Andy Grace:
Eating Alabama all started about four years ago, when I talked my wife, Rashmi, into doing something a little ridiculous. We had recently moved back to Alabama after graduate school out West, and, like a lot of people, we were starting to think more critically about the food we eat - where it's grown, how it gets to us, who grows it. Both Rashmi and I have farmers in our family histories, but a few generations back there was this clean break with the land. I understood on a kind of historical/economic/sociological level how that break from the land happened, but I'd never thought much about what it meant to those of us who came afterward. And so that was the genesis of this idea - what would it be like to try and go back?
Short of selling the house, quitting our jobs and starting a farm, the only way we knew how to go back to a local food economy was to completely change our diets. We decided to eat only food grown or raised within the state of Alabama. Some friends joined us too, and we started a blog. And I started filming.
I had a kind of naive assumption about this movie - that we would do our little eating project, that we would find some connection to all the farmers I assumed were out there, and that everything would wrap itself up into a nice and tidy package. But that's not usually how documentaries happen, and this one was no different. The film I ended up making doesn't look much like the one I envisioned. But that's partly why we're in this in the first place, right? To try and understand something better? Anyway, the film is finished. And now we're proud to show it off.
For more information and to watch the trailer please see www.eatingalabama.com.
By Andy Grace:
Eating Alabama all started about four years ago, when I talked my wife, Rashmi, into doing something a little ridiculous. We had recently moved back to Alabama after graduate school out West, and, like a lot of people, we were starting to think more critically about the food we eat - where it's grown, how it gets to us, who grows it. Both Rashmi and I have farmers in our family histories, but a few generations back there was this clean break with the land. I understood on a kind of historical/economic/sociological level how that break from the land happened, but I'd never thought much about what it meant to those of us who came afterward. And so that was the genesis of this idea - what would it be like to try and go back?
Short of selling the house, quitting our jobs and starting a farm, the only way we knew how to go back to a local food economy was to completely change our diets. We decided to eat only food grown or raised within the state of Alabama. Some friends joined us too, and we started a blog. And I started filming.
I had a kind of naive assumption about this movie - that we would do our little eating project, that we would find some connection to all the farmers I assumed were out there, and that everything would wrap itself up into a nice and tidy package. But that's not usually how documentaries happen, and this one was no different. The film I ended up making doesn't look much like the one I envisioned. But that's partly why we're in this in the first place, right? To try and understand something better? Anyway, the film is finished. And now we're proud to show it off.
For more information and to watch the trailer please see www.eatingalabama.com.
In a collaborative effort between the U.S. Access Board, the National Center on Accessibility (NCA), and Oklahoma State University, NCA is seeking to provide qualified professionals, resource specialists and operations staff of parks in the United States with descriptive and or/comparative information about the status of construction practices of pedestrian/hiker, natural surface trails in the United States. This study will provide better insight into the products used on trail surfaces, the firmness and stability of those surfaces, and the frequency of maintenance/repair activities performed.
Participation in this phase of the study requires completing an administered online survey that will take about ten (10) minutes to complete.
http://www.ncaonline.org/?q=node/1458
Participation in this phase of the study requires completing an administered online survey that will take about ten (10) minutes to complete.
http://www.ncaonline.org/?q=node/1458
Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual Alabama Festival and Event Development Conference being held Sept. 22 at the Wetumpka Civic Center. This affordable, one-day conference focuses on helping event planners in communities large and small with resources for planning, budgeting, funding, branding, and publicity. Registration is $35 per person. Speakers scheduled for the conference include:
Lee Sentell, Director, Alabama Tourism Department
Herb Malone, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism
Vicki Morese, Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival
Marianne McLeod, Jubilee City Fest
Pete Preston, River Region Runners
Selina Maddox, Navistar LPGA Classic/Bruno Event Team
Alabama Mountain Games
W. C. Handy Music Festival
For more information and online registration please see http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=5ettrvcab&oeidk=a07e3ilccvye8f0e521.
Lee Sentell, Director, Alabama Tourism Department
Herb Malone, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism
Vicki Morese, Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival
Marianne McLeod, Jubilee City Fest
Pete Preston, River Region Runners
Selina Maddox, Navistar LPGA Classic/Bruno Event Team
Alabama Mountain Games
W. C. Handy Music Festival
For more information and online registration please see http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=5ettrvcab&oeidk=a07e3ilccvye8f0e521.
Here Be Dragons
HIGH-TECH GLOBAL TREASURE HUNTING IN BIRMINGHAM
By Sam George
Right now, at this very moment, you are surrounded by hidden treasure. No matter where you might be in Birmingham, in all likelihood there are a number of carefully concealed containers near you. You spend your days walking blithely past these troves, oblivious to their presence and undesirous of their contents, but a small and rapidly growing population of high-tech treasure-hunters has begun to arise around the quest for their discovery. Read the full article here: http://bhamweekly.com/birmingham/article-1999-here-be-dragons.htmlhttp://bhamweekly.com/birmingham/article-1999-here-be-dragons.html
The Car Connection, a website that reviews automobiles, recently published a list of the "7 Most Dangerous Things You Can Do in Your Car," and reading billboards is listed among them as a "potentially deadly distraction." Digital billboard technology is especially distracting, presenting a new array of challenges to drivers. These new digital distractions include bright screens that change every 6 to 8 seconds, and high-resolution signs that show video right next to the roadway. "The best advice is keep your eyes on the road," Car Connections editors say, but that can be easier said than done when it comes to out-of-car distractions. The human eye is designed to notice movement, particularly in our peripheral vision, so a bright, changing screen may in fact be nearly impossible to ignore.
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7870
Urban farming is growing to accommodate more than community gardens grown in backyards and abandoned lots. Innovations for both individual and industrial scale urban farming are being developed across the continent. Business owners are beginning to use warehouses to meet the urban demand for locally grown and organic food. One example is an indoor farm that opened in Vancouver Canada, growing lettuce and spinach with high-efficiency LED lighting and a hydroponic system. Another farming opportunity for the individual agriculture enthusiast is the Windowfarms Project, which allows urban apartment dwellers to grow food in a modular, hydroponic "farm" that hangs in a window.
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7873
The Toyota International Teacher Program, administered by the Institute of International Education, is offering U.S. secondary school educators a unique opportunity to travel to South Africa South Africa South Africa U.S.
U.S. News and World Report voted urban planning among the 50 best careers for 2011. An increasing population has created the need for additional transportation systems, affordable housing, and schools in many parts of the country. The urban and regional planning field is expected to grow 19 percent over 10 years, from 38,400 jobs in 2008 to 45,700 jobs by 2018, according to the Labor Department.
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7867
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7867
A message from Planning Commissioner's Journal Editor Wayne Senville:
One of the most innovative online ideas we've seen in quite a while has been the creation of what's called a "Twitter newspaper." A small Swiss company by the name of Small Rivers has created a way of -- as they put it -- making Twitter postings and links available in an "easy to read newspaper-style format." And they're absolutely right.
What this means is that you can access some of the most interesting and relevant (to you) content on Twitter without even needing to use Twitter. And even if you're a Twitter user, the daily paper provides an amazingly convenient way to quickly view postings (aka Tweets) that will interest you.
We recently started the City Planning News Updatenewspaper. Take a look at today's edition.
This is a rebroadcast of Joey Brackner, Director of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture, interviewing Alabama native, and renowned artist, William Christenberry at his home in Washington D.C in 2007. This is the second of two interviews with Christenberry discussing his life's work as an artist that includes his acclaimed photographic documentation of rural Alabama, his unique dream house sculptures, the Klan Tableau, and ongoing mixed-media work.
This special radio series will air every Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:
- WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
- WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
- WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)
And every Saturday, broadcasting from Spring Hill College in Mobile, at 2:30 P.M. on:
- WHIL 91.3 Public Radio (Mobile-Biloxi-Pensacola)
This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at:http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#cberry2
If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov
Listen first hand using the link below.
The Governor's Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives (GFBCI), as the Alabama State Service Commission, was awarded the Volunteer Generation Fund in September 2010. The purpose of the fund is to provide Alabama the resources and support to increase the number of volunteers who serve in high-impact volunteer assignments addressing the critical unmet needs in Alabama communities, strengthen the infrastructure of volunteer connector organizations, and support a technology-based system tracking new and current volunteers and volunteer activities.
The Alabama Volunteer Generation Fund will allow the GFBCI the opportunity to streamline and strengthen volunteerism through strategic coordination of the volunteer sector in the State of Alabama.
The GFBCI will issue and provide oversight for two sub-grants for the 2010-2011 program year. The GFBCI is issuing one Request for Proposal seeking volunteer connector agencies to provide substantial evidence demonstrating the ability to develop strategies and goals to increase the number of volunteers recruited, trained, and individuals retained in high quality volunteer assignments including those that are aligned with special days of service such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day and the 9-11 Day of Service and Remembrance.
The GFBCI is issuing a second Request for Proposal to strengthen the current technology available for volunteer management in Alabama. The successful applicant must demonstrate the evidence of a technology-based system for tracking volunteers and volunteer activities. The application deadline is December 22, 2010.
For more information regarding the Alabama Volunteer Generation Fund please visit: www.ServeAlabama.gov
Design Alabama Executive Director Gina Clifford interviews Stacey Bryan, Director of theAlabama Communities of Excellence and Linda Swann from the Alabama development Office and current President of ACE. ACE is an organization which works closely with Design Alabama to create quality communities in Alabama. Founded in 2002, The Alabama Communities of Excellence (ACE)
program is a comprehensive three-phase approach to economic and community development for cities with populations between 2,000 and 18,000. With the mission of helping Alabama's smaller communities to plan, grow and prosper, ACE partners from the private sector, governmental agencies, and universities work with each community to successfully achieve the vision and goals created during the ACE program
This special radio series will air every Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:
- WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
- WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
- WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)
And every Saturday, broadcasting from Spring Hill College in Mobile, at 2:30 P.M. on:
- WHIL 91.3 Public Radio (Mobile-Biloxi-Pensacola)
This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/radioseries.html#ace
FREE
Wednesday October 20, 2010
Time: 10:00am -- 4:00pm
Alabama Power Company Water Course Conference Center
2030 Street South Clanton, Alabama
RSVP BY: October 18, 2010 Carolyn Bern, Outreach Coordinator The Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health Carolyn.Bern@adph.state.al.us or call: 334-206-5436 Topics included: What's in an Request for Proposal (RFP)
Tips on Submitting GrantsSources of Funding Opportunities
Basic Grant Writing Tips
OCTOBER 26, 2010 CAMP MONROEVILLE CLG TRAINING
CAMP is a training program provided by the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, an organization committed to sup-porting the work of local preservation commissions. National speakers will bring their expertise on the meeting topics. Past workshops in Demopolis and Mobile have received positive re-views from Alabama preservation commission members and city officials. We encourage all commission members, staff and city officials from our CLG communities and towns interested in the program to attend. Architects are eligible to receive continuing education credits for attendance.
CAMP FIRE TOPICS
Legal Issues: Covering the legal basis for commission operations including procedural due process, takings, appeals, ethics, prop-erty rights, economic hardship, and more.
Standards and Guidelines: This component provides an under-standing of the relationship be-tween Federal Standards and local design guidelines to use these tools effectively.
Public Support: Historic pres-ervation commissions regularly get bogged down in the day-to-day issues of reviewing applica-tions and forget they are public servants who should enthusiastically promote local preservation.
Participants learn how to en-gineer local support for designa-tions, survive unpopular decisions, and deal with reluctant elected offi-cials.
Local Planning Issues: A preser-vation commission is most effective when its work is a part of the larger local planning process. This session covers the essential elements of preservation planning and how to make it a part of your commission's operation.
Additional information will be presented on staffing options for small town HPC's and the eligibility requirements for properties to be designated as a World Heritage Site.
download the brochure:
Featured Presenters:
Thursday:
PlaceMakers: PlaceMakers addresses the full scope of placemaking, putting their focus on the kind of viability that turns vision into reality. United by their mutual passion for creating timeless and endearing places, they are a unique collection of professionals who've committed to translating time-tested principles into purposeful efforts for quality growth.
Friday:
Hall Planning and Engineering plans towns and cities with the nation's most respected New Urban design firms. HPE's practice centers on creating walkable, context sensitive transportation solutions. HPE bridges the gap between planning (often too general) and engineering (often too specific). HPE's role focuses on transportation planning for pedestrian scale, compact urban design. Services include TND charrette support, walkable thoroughfare design, public involvement, urban complete streets, traffic engineering, growth management and concurrency analysis, parking and circulation, and preliminary design studies.
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September has been designated National Preparedness Month by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. As part of its efforts for National Preparedness Month, the State of Alabama will hold its seventh annual Be Ready Day on September 1, 2010 in Birmingham, Alabama. Be Ready Day is hosted by the Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, the Alabama Department of Homeland Security, and the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency.
Be Ready Day, provides a unique opportunity for professional and volunteer responders to interact with citizens by exhibiting response equipment, hosting interactive demonstrations, and stressing the importance of citizen preparedness. The goal of Be Ready Day is to increase public awareness about the importance of preparing for any type of disaster or emergency as well as demonstrating our state's response capabilities.
Governor Bob Riley will be in attendance along with thousands of other Alabamians. We invite and encourage you to invite your faith and community-based organizations, schools, family, and friends to participate in this important statewide event. For additional information please contact Brooke Fussell via email at Brooke.Fussell@ServeAlabama.gov
Be Ready Day, provides a unique opportunity for professional and volunteer responders to interact with citizens by exhibiting response equipment, hosting interactive demonstrations, and stressing the importance of citizen preparedness. The goal of Be Ready Day is to increase public awareness about the importance of preparing for any type of disaster or emergency as well as demonstrating our state's response capabilities.
Governor Bob Riley will be in attendance along with thousands of other Alabamians. We invite and encourage you to invite your faith and community-based organizations, schools, family, and friends to participate in this important statewide event. For additional information please contact Brooke Fussell via email at Brooke.Fussell@ServeAlabama.gov
WASHINGTON -- Small nonprofit organizations at risk of losing their tax-exempt status because they failed to file required returns for 2007, 2008 and 2009 can preserve their status by filing returns by Oct. 15, 2010, under a one-time relief program, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.
The IRS today posted on a special page of IRS.gov the names and last-known addresses of these at-risk organizations, along with guidance about how to come back into compliance. The organizations on the list have return due dates between May 17 and Oct. 15, 2010, but the IRS has no record that they filed the required returns for any of the past three years.
We are doing everything we can to help organizations comply with the law and keep their valuable tax exemption,‖ IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. ―So if you do not have your filings up to date, now's the time to take action and get back on track.
Two types of relief are available for small exempt organizations - a filing extension for the smallest organizations required to file Form 990-N, Electronic Notice (e-Postcard), and a voluntary compliance program (VCP) for small organizations eligible to file Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax.
Small organizations required to file Form 990-N simply need to go to the IRS website, supply the eight information items called for on the form, and electronically file it by Oct. 15. That will bring them back into compliance.
The IRS today posted on a special page of IRS.gov the names and last-known addresses of these at-risk organizations, along with guidance about how to come back into compliance. The organizations on the list have return due dates between May 17 and Oct. 15, 2010, but the IRS has no record that they filed the required returns for any of the past three years.
We are doing everything we can to help organizations comply with the law and keep their valuable tax exemption,‖ IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. ―So if you do not have your filings up to date, now's the time to take action and get back on track.
Two types of relief are available for small exempt organizations - a filing extension for the smallest organizations required to file Form 990-N, Electronic Notice (e-Postcard), and a voluntary compliance program (VCP) for small organizations eligible to file Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax.
Small organizations required to file Form 990-N simply need to go to the IRS website, supply the eight information items called for on the form, and electronically file it by Oct. 15. That will bring them back into compliance.
United Way of Central Alabama and the Alabama Association of Nonprofits are pleased to offer free training for non-profit organizations. The two-hour sessions include: Grant Writing (August), Outcome Measurements (September), Evaluating Program Effectiveness for Non-Profits (October), Free Tax Assistance Programs and Beehive Alabama (November). For additional information and to register, visit www.uwca.org or www.aanp.org.
11:30-2:45, Friday, August 27, 2010, St. James Hotel, Selma, Alabama
MAIN STREET ALABAMA AND THE ALABAMA BLACK BELT HERITAGE AREA INVITE YOU TO A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP FEATURING BOB WILSON
Director, Mississippi Main Street Association Board Member, Heritage Hills Heritage Area
The Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area has more than 50 towns that could qualify for a local Main Street Program. Created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation over 25 years ago, Main Street is the nation's most effective downtown revitalization strategy. Join us in Selma to learn how this program could benefit Black Belt communities.
AGENDA All sessions held in St. James Hotel
11:30 - 12:00 Welcome and updates on the Heritage Area and Main Street Alabama
12:00 - 1:00 What Can Main Street Do for Me? Bob Wilson, Keynote Luncheon speaker
1:15 - 2:30 Concurrent Workshops
Information: Shebra Kidd, Downtown Selma Association / Main Street 334-874-2169 Wimberly Comer, Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area, 205-532-9582 Ellen Mertins, Alabama Historical Commission, 334-230-2657
PLEASE REGISTER BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010
Download the registration form: mainstreet2010.pdf
MAIN STREET ALABAMA AND THE ALABAMA BLACK BELT HERITAGE AREA INVITE YOU TO A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP FEATURING BOB WILSON
Director, Mississippi Main Street Association Board Member, Heritage Hills Heritage Area
The Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area has more than 50 towns that could qualify for a local Main Street Program. Created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation over 25 years ago, Main Street is the nation's most effective downtown revitalization strategy. Join us in Selma to learn how this program could benefit Black Belt communities.
AGENDA All sessions held in St. James Hotel
11:30 - 12:00 Welcome and updates on the Heritage Area and Main Street Alabama
12:00 - 1:00 What Can Main Street Do for Me? Bob Wilson, Keynote Luncheon speaker
1:15 - 2:30 Concurrent Workshops
2:30 - 2:45 Wrap Upa) Getting Ready for Main Street
Bob Wilson and Main Street Alabama Board Member Sanquenetta Thompson tell you what steps to take nowb) Enhancing the Visitor Experience in Your Community
Tourism consultant Mary Jeanne Packer shares ways to use signage, existing facilities, and local people to enhance the visitor experience
Information: Shebra Kidd, Downtown Selma Association / Main Street 334-874-2169 Wimberly Comer, Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area, 205-532-9582 Ellen Mertins, Alabama Historical Commission, 334-230-2657
PLEASE REGISTER BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010
Download the registration form: mainstreet2010.pdf
ICMA has released a new report, "Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural Communities," which focuses on how to adapt smart growth strategies to rural communities. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Sustainable Communities, the report examines the challenges rural communities face, including rapid growth at metropolitan edges, declining rural populations, and the loss of working lands. It highlights smart growth strategies that can help guide rural growth while preserving the unique rural character of existing communities.
The report focuses on three central goals: 1) support the rural landscape by creating an economic climate that enhances the viability of working lands and conserves natural lands; 2) help existing places to thrive by taking care of assets and investments such as downtowns, Main Streets, existing infrastructure, and places that the community values; and 3) create great new places by building vibrant, enduring neighborhoods and communities that people, especially young people, don't want to leave. Featuring case studies from across the country, the report highlights how local governments, states, and non-profits have successfully implemented smart growth strategies to support rural lands, revitalize existing communities, and create great new places for residents and visitors.
To read the full report, visit: www.icma.org/ruralsmartgrowth. Hard copies of the report will be available later this summer. Stay posted to ICMA's website for information on ordering hard copies of the report.
The report focuses on three central goals: 1) support the rural landscape by creating an economic climate that enhances the viability of working lands and conserves natural lands; 2) help existing places to thrive by taking care of assets and investments such as downtowns, Main Streets, existing infrastructure, and places that the community values; and 3) create great new places by building vibrant, enduring neighborhoods and communities that people, especially young people, don't want to leave. Featuring case studies from across the country, the report highlights how local governments, states, and non-profits have successfully implemented smart growth strategies to support rural lands, revitalize existing communities, and create great new places for residents and visitors.
To read the full report, visit: www.icma.org/ruralsmartgrowth. Hard copies of the report will be available later this summer. Stay posted to ICMA's website for information on ordering hard copies of the report.
Last week NASAA alerted you to new arts opportunities available through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program.
HUD and the National Endowment for the Arts will be co-hosting a webinar on Wednesday July 7th to provide information for arts organizations that are interested in joining application consortia for the grants.
Please see the link to the press release below for more information and details on how to join the webinar.
http://www.nea.gov/news/news10/HUD.html
Jesse Rye
Policy and Program Associate
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Phone: 202-347-6352 ext. 118
Email: jesse.rye@nasaa-arts.org
Website: www.nasaa-arts.org
Save the Date: NASAA Assembly 2010, October 14-16
HUD and the National Endowment for the Arts will be co-hosting a webinar on Wednesday July 7th to provide information for arts organizations that are interested in joining application consortia for the grants.
Please see the link to the press release below for more information and details on how to join the webinar.
http://www.nea.gov/news/news10/HUD.html
Jesse Rye
Policy and Program Associate
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Phone: 202-347-6352 ext. 118
Email: jesse.rye@nasaa-arts.org
Website: www.nasaa-arts.org
Save the Date: NASAA Assembly 2010, October 14-16
Did you know Alabama's nonprofit sector now employs more than 126,000 people and generates $12.4 billion in annual revenue? Nonprofits in communities throughout Alabama are working each day to make a profound impact through the missions they believe in.
There is no question nonprofits play an important role in our state's overall economy, and without our sector a monumental and devastating void would occur. Thanks to the feedback of many nonprofit leaders, we believe it's time we come together, unified as one, to leverage the strength of our sector as a whole to create a greater understanding and recognition of the vital role we play at the local, state and national levels.
Please make every effort to attend a forum nearest your community. This is the defining moment for nonprofits in Alabama! This is our opportunity, working together, to demonstrate our worth and openness to excel on all levels within each of our organizations.
Come join John Stone, Association President, and Russell Jackson, Director of Member Services, as they unveil several new initiatives of the Alabama Association of Nonprofits. This is open to the public and we encourage you to invite your top volunteers and board members to attend. For more information on how you can register for a forum near you: http://www.alabamanonprofits.org/training/calendar.aspx
There is no question nonprofits play an important role in our state's overall economy, and without our sector a monumental and devastating void would occur. Thanks to the feedback of many nonprofit leaders, we believe it's time we come together, unified as one, to leverage the strength of our sector as a whole to create a greater understanding and recognition of the vital role we play at the local, state and national levels.
Please make every effort to attend a forum nearest your community. This is the defining moment for nonprofits in Alabama! This is our opportunity, working together, to demonstrate our worth and openness to excel on all levels within each of our organizations.
Come join John Stone, Association President, and Russell Jackson, Director of Member Services, as they unveil several new initiatives of the Alabama Association of Nonprofits. This is open to the public and we encourage you to invite your top volunteers and board members to attend. For more information on how you can register for a forum near you: http://www.alabamanonprofits.org/training/calendar.aspx
Learn how to effectively engage and retain volunteers, trends in volunteer management, volunteers in disasters, new state and federal funding opportunities to expand volunteerism and service, incorporating volunteers into community preparedness, and exciting new initiatives including the Volunteer Generation Fund and Cities of Service.
The GVLC will be held at the Renaissance Ross Bridge. Registration cost is $150 / per person and the conference hotel rate is $92+ tax per night. For more information, please visit: www.ServeAlabama.gov
The GVLC will be held at the Renaissance Ross Bridge. Registration cost is $150 / per person and the conference hotel rate is $92+ tax per night. For more information, please visit: www.ServeAlabama.gov
Hosted by the Birmingham Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB)
Representatives from the Governor's Office on Disability (GOOD) and the Federal Highway Administration (Alabama Division Office) will conduct a full day interactive workshop providing an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and associated policies, rules and design guidelines for street crossings, sidewalks and shared use trails.
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Place: Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
First Floor Conference Room
1731 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203
This free workshop includes lunch. Seating is limited. Registration will be handled on a first come first served basis. Anyone interested in attending should contact Cissy Edwards, mpo@rpcgb.org or 205-264-8402 and advise her of any special needs. For general questions regarding the workshop contact Tom Maxwell, tmaxwell@rpcgb.org or 205-264-8445.
Representatives from the Governor's Office on Disability (GOOD) and the Federal Highway Administration (Alabama Division Office) will conduct a full day interactive workshop providing an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and associated policies, rules and design guidelines for street crossings, sidewalks and shared use trails.
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Place: Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
First Floor Conference Room
1731 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203
This free workshop includes lunch. Seating is limited. Registration will be handled on a first come first served basis. Anyone interested in attending should contact Cissy Edwards, mpo@rpcgb.org or 205-264-8402 and advise her of any special needs. For general questions regarding the workshop contact Tom Maxwell, tmaxwell@rpcgb.org or 205-264-8445.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is announcing today that it has certified a petition for catfish under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers program. Beginning today, U.S. catfish producers, nationwide, will have 90 days to apply for training and benefits. -- Your local farmers and producer groups may be eligible for the program.
Producers who believe they are eligible and can participate should submit an application to their local Farm Service Agency Service Center within 90 days. Applications are available at the FAS Web site at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/taaforms.asp. General information on the TAA for Farmers program can be found at http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/.
Producers who believe they are eligible and can participate should submit an application to their local Farm Service Agency Service Center within 90 days. Applications are available at the FAS Web site at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/taaforms.asp. General information on the TAA for Farmers program can be found at http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/.
