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	At the request of the WV Development Office, WVEDC is featuring a calendar of events that are eligible for LED credit. If you are aware of a conference, training or event and it is not listed here, please contact dludwig@littlekanawha.com with information about the event. If it is approved for LED hours we will add it to the website calendar. 2007 Calendar JANUARY Taking Care of Business: TCB I - January 23-25, 2007; New River CTC, Summersville, WV. TCB II - March 20-21, 2007; New River CTC, Summersville, WV. Taking Care of Business is a training program from the National Development Council. LED hours have been assigned as follows: 15 hours for the January session and 10 hours for the March session. Registration Deadline is December 31, 2006. Access the registration brochure here. *January 25-26, 2007, New Orleans, LA:* IEDC Training, Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development Strategies. 12.5 LED hours credit. For more information click here. January 28,30; Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, CA: The Power of Leadership, 2007 IEDC Leadership Summit. For more information and registration forms click here. FEBRUARY *February 1-2, 2007; Newport Beach, CA:* IEDC Training, Real Estate Development and Reuse. 12 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *February 5-6* WVEDC Legislative Conference, Charleston Mariott: LED grant applicants must attend 1 WVEDC event each grant cycle. If you attended the 2006 Fall Conference, attending this conference also will give you 8 hours LED credit. *February 15-16, 2007; Baltimore, MD:* IEDC Training, Neighborhood Development Strategies. 10.5 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *February 27 - March 1, 2007; St. Simons Island, GA:* IEDC Training, Economic Development Credit Analysis. 23 LED hours credit. For more information click here. MARCH *March 18-20, Hyatt Regency, Arlington, VA:* 2007 IEDC Federal Economic Development Forum - "The Future of the Innovation Economy". 12 hours LED credit. For information click here. *March 19-21, 2007; Albany, NY:* IEDC Training, Economic Development Credit Analysis. 23 LED hours credit. For more information click here. APRIL *April 18-20, 2007, Imperial Palace Resort, Biloxi, MS: SEDC Spring Seminar "It's a Southern Thing".* 10 LED hours credit. Click here to download brochure. Click here to register. *April 19, 2007, I-79 Technology Park Research Center, Fairmont, WV: West Virginia VC Expo 2007.* 8 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *April 24-25, 2007,* *Radisson Plaza Hotel Lexington, Lexington, KY:* *Clean Coal Opportunities for Appalachia. 10 LED hours credit. For more information click here. April 30, 2007; Peirpont Technical & Community College, Fairmont, WV:* How Effective is your Website? Seminar taught by Mark James, CEcD. 4 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *April 30 - May 2, 2007; Reno, NV:* IEDC Training, Introduction to Economic Development. 22 LED hours credit. For more information click here. MAY *May 1, 2007; Marshall University Graduate College, South Charleston, WV:* How Effective is your Website? Seminar taught by Mark James, CEcD. 4 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *May 2-3, 2007; University of Charleston, Charleston, WV:* Greening and Growing Business. 10.5 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *May 7,8,9, 2007; Benedum Campus Community Center, WV Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV:* WV Hardwood Alliance Zone presents the 2007 Wood Industry Summit. 15 LED hours credit. For the event brochure, click here. For the registration form, click here. *May 17-18, 2007, Kansas City, MO:* IEDC Training, Real Estate Development and Reuse. 12 LED hours credit. For more information click here. JUNE *June 6-7, 2007, Atlanta, GA:* IEDC Training, Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development Strategies. 12.5 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *June 14-15, 2007, Baltimore, MD:* IEDC Training, Business Retention and Expansion. 12 LED hours credit. For more information click here. *June 30, 2007, Elizabeth, WV:* Regional Economic Development Summit. "Small Change Adds Up". 7 LED hours credit. For more information click here. JULY *July 30-Aug 1, 2007; Gaylor Opryland Resort, Nashville, TN: SEDC Summer Seminar.* 12 LED hours credit. To download brochure, click here. To register online, click here. AUGUST *August 19-21, 2007; Millennium Centre, Johnson City, TN: ARC's 8th Annual Business Incubation Conference.* 13 LED hours credit for the conference; an additional 4 LED hours credit is available for pre-conference events. Click here for more information. *August 20-23, 2007; Radisson Plaza Hotel, Lexington, KY: 2007 Kentucky Institute for Economic Development.* 30 LED hours credit. For agenda, click here. To download brochure, click here. SEPTEMBER *September 16-19, 2007; Westin Kierland, Phoenix, AZ: 2007 IEDC Annual Conference.* 25 LED hours credit for Sunday thru Wednesday attendance. For program-at-a-glance, click here. To register, click here. *September 16-18, 2007; American Mountain Theater, Elkins, WV: 2007 WV Planning & Development Councils Conference.* 10 LED hours credit. For itinerary, click here. Rooms available at Holiday Inn Express (304.630.2266) or Graceland Inn (304.637.1600). Special conference rate has expired. *September 25, 2007; Bridgeport Convention Center (Charles Pointe), Bridgeport, WV: 2007 WV Brownfields Conference.* 6 LED hours credit. For agenda, click here. To register, click here. OCTOBER *October 14-16, 2007; Pullman Square Hotel, Huntington, WV: 2007 WVEDC Fall Conference.* LED grant applicants must attend 1 WVEDC event each grant cycle. 8 LED hours credit if registrant attends both WVEDC events during the year. For tentative Conference agenda, click here. Registration form will be posted soon. NOVEMBER *November 4-7, 2007; The Peabody Hotel, Little Rock, AR: 2007 SEDC Annual Conference.* 10.5 LED hours credit if registrant attends Mark Goodman's program on Monday, 9.5 LED hours credit if not attending the Goodman program. For Conference program, click here. Online registration coming soon at www.sedc.org. *November 12-14, 2007; Stonewall Resort & Conference Center: 2007 Create WV Conference.* 11 LED hours credit. For Conference program, click here. For online registration click here. 2006 Calendar (March-Dec) NOTE: Twice a year, there are scholarships available to assist WVEDC members with continuing education and/or attendance of training necessary to meet LED requirements. To access the scholarship application, click here.

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