FALL 2008
Transportation as a Critical Component of Community and Economic Development
November 21, 2008
Yael Levitte, Industrial and Labor Relations
Maralyn Edid, Industrial and Labor Relations
Chrisophia Somerfeldt, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Tim O'Hearn, County Administrator, Schuyler County
David Brown (moderator), CaRDI & Department of Development Sociology
SPRING 2008
Workforce and Economic Development: The Competitive Position of NYS Regions
March 28th, 2008
Kevin Jack, NYS Department of Labor, Division of Research & Statistics
Warren Brown, Program on Applied Demographics, Cornell University
Mike Mankowski, Ontario County Economic Development
Susan Christopherson, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
David Brown, CaRDI & Department of Development Sociology
FALL 2007
The Brain Drain/Brain Gain Issue in Upstate New York: Research, Education & Outreach Responses
November 2nd, 2007
Richard Dietz, Branch Chief Economist of the Buffalo branch of the Federal Reserve Bank
Susan Christopherson, Professor of City & Regional Planning at Cornell University
Isabelle Andrews, Project Director, Workforce Intelligence, NYS Association of Counties
Deb Mohlenhoff, Chair, Ithaca Forward
SPRING 2007
The 2007 Farm Bill: Implications for State & Local Food & Agricultural Policy in New York
February 27, 2007
Duncan Hilchey, CaRDI, Dept. of Development Sociology
Nelson Bills, Applied Economics & Management
Jerry Cosgrove, American Farmland Trust
Jennifer Wilkins, Division of Nutritional Sciences
John Tauzel, New York Farm Bureau
Rural Sprawl in Upstate NY: Observations on Residential Development & Housing Prices
March 9, 2007
David Kay, CaRDI, Department of Development Sociology
Nelson Bills, Applied Economics & Management
Pat Pavelsky, Ontario County CCE
Kris Hughes, Ontario County Planning & Research
Jordan Suter, Applied Economics & Management
What is Cornell University's Role in Local & Regional Economic Development?
April 6, 2007
Max Pfeffer, Department of Development Sociology
Bob Seem, Geneva Experiment Station
Linda Dickerson Hartsock, Cortland County BDC-IDA
Terri Standish-Kuon, Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities, and www.knowledge4NY.org
Viewing Health as a Centerpiece of Community Development
April 20, 2007
Nina Glasgow, Department of Development Sociology
Karen Madden, Office of Rural Health, NYS DOH
Pamela Stewart Fahs, Rural Health Studies, Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton University
Rhoda Meador, Human Development, CHE
Pam Hildrebrandt, CCE Delaware County & Rural Health Alliance Coordinator
Poverty in the 21st Century: Research & Action in NYS
May 4, 2007
Tom Hirschl, Department of Development Sociology
Pete Meyers, Tompkins County Workers' Center
Christine M. Olson, Nutritional Sciences, CHE
Nancy Welch, Hamilton County CCE