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The Commerce Department will initiate a national teleconference Sept. 13-14 that will link more than 100 communities with business, government and environmental leaders around the country in an unprecedented event to further underscore the Clinton administration's commitment to promote sustainable development as a national goal and generate greater public understanding about its connections with environmental health and the economy.
The "National Teleconference on Sustainable Communities" will link solution-oriented community leaders via satellite with an audience of business, government, environmental and community leaders in Washington, D.C., to showcase communities that have succeeded in achieving sustainable economic development solutions to the problems facing our communities.
The list of communities participating hit the century mark today with Chillicothe, Ohio, the site of President Clinton's first Economic Summit.
"This teleconference is a national call to arms for the future of our communities," Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown said. "We will address issues that are important to our families, our lifestyles and our future."
"The conference will deal with an issue that is critical to our future competitiveness and our future economic and social prosperity -- sustainable community development," Brown said. "This teleconference will allow us to witness the strength of local ideas and the power of innovation that is already at work in our nation's communities," he said.
The teleconference will have six segments covering the issues facing our communities and close the last day with a roundtable on the remaining challenges and appropriate federal role in enabling and supporting sustainable communities.
As of today, the following communities will participate in the teleconference: Greensboro, Dothan, and Ozark, Ala.; Ketchikan, Alaska; Tucson and Benson, Ariz.; Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Cruz, Davis, San Francisco, Oakland and Chico, Calif.; Denver, Greeley, Golden and Pueblo, Calif.; District of Columbia (three sites); Miami, Tampa, Avon Park, Clearwater and Bradenton, Fla.; Savannah and Douglas, Ga.; Kahului, Hawaii; Pocatello, Idaho; Chicago (three sites), Urbana, Elgin, Macomb, Woodstock and Mount Vernon, Ill.; Muncie, Ind.; Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Ames and Marshalltown, Iowa; Wichita and Overland Park, Kan.; Frankfort and Henderson, Ky.; New Orleans, Alexandria and Plaquemine, La.; Augusta, Maine; Baltimore, Silver Spring, St. Mary's and Arnold, Md.; Amherst, Bridgewater, Sheffield and Barnstable, Mass.; Flint, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Novi, Hancock, Alpena, Ironwood and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; Minneapolis and Long Prairie, Minn.; Jackson, Miss.; Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield and St. Peters, Mo.; Great Falls, Missoula, Butte and Kalispell, Mont.; Lincoln, McCook, Kimball, Ogallala, Syracuse, Ord and Fairbury, Neb.; Durham and Laconia, N.H.; Newark, Camden and Metuchen, N.J.; Roswell and Portales, N.M.; New York City (two sites), Corning, Batavia, Lowville, Warrensburg and Binghamton, N.Y.; Chapel Hill, Greenville, Pembroke and Williamston, N.C.; Bismarck, N.D.; Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, Chillicothe and Oxford, Ohio; Portland, La Grande and Roseburg, Ore.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Narrangansett, R.I.; Spartanburg and Kingstree, S.C.; Aberdeen and Brookings, S.D.; Blountville, Tenn.; El Paso, San Antonio, Brownsville, Midland, Denton and Borger, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; St. Albans, Vt.; Roanoke, Annandale, Gloucester Point, Dublin, Lebanon and Northampton County, Va.; Seattle, Moses Lake, Pullman and Colville, Wash.; Sheridan, Wyo.; and Sarnia, Ont., Canada.