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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. 2008 Calendar Spring 2008 (Jan - Mar) FastTrac Growth Venture- Entrepreneur Education Program-Jackson Kelly offices, 1600 Laidley Tower 500 Lee St. Charleston. Dates: Every Tuesday 2-5 p.m. from January 15 to March 18, 2008. 30 LED hours. For more information click here. JANUARY WVEDC Annual Legislative Conference - Charleston Marriott, Charleston WV. January 29-30, 2008. If you attended the WVEDC Fall Conference, you are eligible for 8 hours LED credit when you attend this conference. For agenda and registration form click here. MARCH 2008 WV Trails Conference - Holiday Inn, Oak Hill, WV. March 18,19,20, 2008. 8 hours LED credit. For agenda and registration form click here. APRIL Growing Home: Cultivating Tourism through Education and Economic Development - WV State Community & Technical College, Institute, WV. April 4, 2008. 3.5 hours LED credit. For information click here. For registration click here, then click on "A Tourism & Economic Development Symposium". Local Government Leadership Academy - Historic Clarion Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, WV. April 12 & 13, 2008. 15 hours LED credit. For agenda click here. For registration form click here. For scholarship form click here. 2008 WV Convention & Visitors Bureau Annual Conference - Charles Pointe, Bridgeport, WV. April 21 & 22, 2008. 11.5 hours LED credit. For registration click here. Fair Housing, Rights & Responsibilities - The Pines Country Club, Morgantown, WV. April 23, 2008. 4 hours LED credit. For registration click here. Managing Economic Development Organizations - IEDC Training, Baltimore, MD. April 24 & 25, 2008. 16 hours LED credit. For registration click here. Community Development Institute East 2008 - Morgantown, WV. April 28 -May 2, 2008. 30 hours LED credit. For more information click here. For brochure click here. APRIL & MAY Next Generation Marketing - Martinsburg WV April 30; Huntington, WV May 13; Charleston WV May 14; Wheeling WV May 21; Morgantown WV May 22. LED credit hours TBD. Early bird registration price deadline has been extended. Click here to get more information. MAY WV Conference on the Environment - "Sustainable Communities and the New Economy" - Charleston Marriott, Charleston WV. May 7, 2008. 8 hours LED credit. For agenda and registration click here. Beyond Innovation: Partnerships and Comprehensive Strategies for Transforming our Regional Economies - Crowne Plaza, Cleveland, OH. May 12-14, 2008. LED credit hours TBD. For agenda and registration click here. JUNE WVMA Annual Meeting - Glade Springs Resort. June 15-17, 2008. 5 hours LED credit. For registration click here. Business Retention & Expansion - IEDC Training, Savannah, GA. June 25 & 26, 2008. 16 hours LED credit. For registration click here. JULY NO SCHEDULED EVENTS AUGUST Real Estate Development & Re-use - IEDC Training, Monterey, CA. August 7-8, 2008. 11 hours LED credit. For registration click here. Energy Forum - Embassy Suites, Charleston. August 19, 2008. 3 hours LED credit. For information click here and go to "Events". ON TRAC Workshops - Being held around the state. Charleston, August 26; Fairmont, August 27; Martinsburg, August 28. 2 hours LED credit. For ON TRAC information click here. For workshop invitation click here. SEPTEMBER WV Brownfields Conference 2008 - Huntington. September 10-11, 2008. 11 hours LED credit for attending both days. For agenda click here. For session information click here. For registration click here. (A lot of clicking, isn't it?) Brushy Fork Institute - Berea, KY. September 10-12, 2008. 20 hours LED credit for regular session, 3 additional hours if attending early bird session on Sept. 9. For registration click here. ON TRAC Training - Morgantown. September 23-24, 2008. 4 hours LED credit; non MainStreet folks only attend 2nd day. For registration click here. Hit the Ground Running with GIS, Level 1 - Rahall Institute Training, MUGC, South Charleston. September 23-25, 2008. 20 hours LED credit if attended for all three days. For more information, click here. For registration click here. New South Economic Development Course - University of Southern Mississsippi. September 21-26, 2008. LED credit TBA. For more information, click here. For brochure click here. WVEDC Annual Conference 2008 - Parkersburg. September 28-30, 2008. Attendance at one WVEDC conference per year is required. Attending both events makes you eligible for 8 hours LED credit. For agenda click here. OCTOBER SEDC Annual Conference 2008 - Hot Springs, VA. October 4-7, 2008. 10 hours LED credit for conference, 8 additional hours if attending the CDFA seminar on 10/5. For registration click here. Hit the Ground Running with GIS, Level 2 - Rahall Institute Training, MUGC, South Charleston. October 7-9, 2008. 20 hours LED credit if attended for all three days. For more information, click here. For registration click here. IEDC Annual Conference 2008 - Atlanta GA. October 19-22,2008. LED credit TBA. For registration click here. Create WV Conference 2008 - Snowshoe. October 20-22, 2008. 15 hours LED credit for conference, 5 additional hours if attending the pre-conference events. For registration click here. NOVEMBER ARC/EDA/NBIA “Best Practices in Business Incubation” - Chattanooga Tenn. . November 5 - 7, 2008. 9 hours LED credit. For more information click here. IOF- WV - Charleston, WV. November 19, 2008. 7.5 hours LED credit. IEDC Business Retention & Expansion - New Orleans, LA. November 17-18, 2008. 13 hours LED credit. WV Economic Outlook Conference - Charleston Marriott. November 18, 2008. 3.5 hours LED credit. For more information click here. DECEMBER Economic Development Institute - Indianapolis, IN. December 7-11, 2008. 30 hours LED credit. For more information, click here. 2008 WV Energy Summit - Stonewall Resort. December 9, 2008. 7 hours LED credit. For more information, click here. 2007 Calendar 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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