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    <title>Hill Heat: Regions: The Building Blocks to a Sustainable Nation</title>
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      <title>Regions: The Building Blocks to a Sustainable Nation</title>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://narc.org/events/conferences/national-conference-of-regions.html"&gt;This year&amp;#8217;s conference&lt;/a&gt; will:
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	&lt;li&gt;Feature the regional role and federal outlook on significant policy areas that will dominate the 2008 legislative year, Presidential race and beyond.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;


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	&lt;li&gt;Explore, in detail, the federal fiscal future, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;SAFETEA&lt;/span&gt;-LU reauthorization, water infrastructure and resources, regional development in a global economy, and energy policy and innovations, as well as the possible outcome of the 2008 Presidential race.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;li&gt;Address rural and urban coordination in federal legislation.&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Engage nationally recognized experts, Congressional members and staff, and other DC Associations to discuss important topics that are shaping regions.&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Set the 2008 &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NARC&lt;/span&gt; Legislative Agenda.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;For more information, please email Shannon Menard (shannon@narc.org) or call 202.986.1032, x.217.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Omni Shoreham Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
2500 Calvert Street, NW&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <author>The Cunctator</author>
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