USDA Rural Development
Elk River Region Roundtable
10AM – 4pm
Coonskin Clubhouse

SAVE THE DATE: September 11, 2018
Elk River Relief Initiative – Progress Review
USDA Rural Development (RD) cordially invites you to participate in a
Progress Review of USDA’s Elk River Relief Initiative.
USDA Rural Development (RD) requests your involvement in providing insight and recommending action steps in 
a relief initiative which originated from the May 15th visit by Secretary Anne Hazlett.  The Secretary created the 
initiative after hearing of the region’s plight in the wake of the devastation wrought by the June 2016 Floods.  
 

The May 15th round-table conference became the first step in USDA’s effort to bring its expertise and 
considerable resources to bear on the residual challenges facing the region. 
 

In this next stage of its initiative, USDA Rural Development is hosting the first of a series of Progress Reviews in 
which the region’s local communities will convene to collaborate and craft the action steps and tangible 
solutions to their insidious, enduring problems.    
 

Invited to this event will be community Stakeholders and resource providers who can support the region 
(financially, technically, or as a network connector). 
 

USDA is interested in hearing your insights and investigating how partnerships can be formed to support regional 
communities in achieving their visions.   
 

The expected outcome from this first progress review will be to develop a coalition of willing partners who will 
move ideas, projects, and actions steps forward.  
 

We hope you can join us for this first event on September 11, 2018.  
Date: September 11, 2018
Location: Coonskin Park Clubhouse, Large Meeting Room
– 275 Henry C “Hoppy” Shore Dr., Charleston WV 25302
Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm (Lunch meal will be provided)
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Please -- RSVP By August 29 to: Angela Callie, NE Region Coordinator, USDA Rural Development
Innovation Center: angela.callie@wdc.usda.gov –SUBJECT: SEPT 11 Roundtable (202-568-9738)

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