Event

GreenNEPA Recovery Act 2009 Seminar
May 7th, 2009

Recovery Act Seminar - Residential AmericaMay 7th, 2009 Join leaders from across Northeastern Pennsylvania to prepare and exchange ideas to develop Sustainable Green projects and programs available through the Recovery and Investment Act 2009.

Position your Community to get its Fair Share of the $787 Billion Recovery Funds. Focus: How to Position and Prepare for funding from ‘Recovery and Investment Act 2009’ incorporating mandated ‘green’ requirements in the Public and Private sectors.

Seminar Location: Marywood University, Swartz Center, Conference Room A, Scranton, PA 18509

Seminar Partners

Community Greenhouse FoundationMarywoodGreenNEPA
Pocono NortheastGreater Scranton ChamberGreater Wilkes Barre Chamber

 

Lead Sponsor

RejuvenEssence Shoener Environmental

Community Sponsors

Combat Cleanerz
Constellation Energy
Farnham & Associates, Inc.
Lackawanna Home Builders Association

Sponsorship Opportunities

Help us cover the cost of bringing this educational event to your community and be seen as a leader. Click these for more info:

Sponsor Package (176k PDF)
Sponsor Agreement (75k PDF)

Why is the Seminar is Critical for Local Leaders

The proposed legislation is loaded with incentives and financing vehicles that could act as a catalyst to move the country toward a more sustainable and energy efficient future for both the public and private sectors. The Community Greenhouse Foundation feels these incentives are an opportunity communities must take advantage of. It's time to “roll up our sleeves” and educate, facilitate and prepare the governmental and private sector for the Recovery Program. It is vital for these groups to be prepared for the opportunity which will facilitate the time frame to “get the funds on the street” and move America to energy efficiency.

What the Seminar Covers

  • The Projected Guidelines and funding flow
  • Targeted entities and how they can use funds
  • Timelines and deadlines on funding
  • Green Standards and Guidelines incorporated into the Bill
  • Private Sector opportunities and resources available in the Bill

Who should attend?

  • City, County and governmental leaders
  • City, County and governmental employees responsible for infrastructure, capital construction and facility maintenance
  • Public and Private housing entities and employees
  • Non-profit organizations involved in affordable housing programs
  • City, County and governmental agencies receiving and requesting NSP funds. (Neighborhood Stabilization Program)
  • Economic Development Organizations
  • Private sector entities involved in industrial, commercial and residential new and renovation construction

Target opportunities and programs to be reviewed as outlined in the Bill:

City, County, State Public buildings

  • Schools/retrofit
  • Wastewater
  • Housing retrofits/weatherization
  • NSP (Neighborhood Stabilization Program)
  • Energy Program Financing
  • Transportation Roads/bridges

Private Sector

  • New facilities/equipment
  • Retrofits/energy efficient
  • Contactors
  • Material Vendors
  • Manufacturers
  • Energy Generation
  • Credit and Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Tax credit leveraging

Presenter
Richard W. Evans
CEO/Chairman Community Greenhouse Foundation, Inc.

Richard Evans managed the development, operations and sales for both private sector and non-profit organizations including the management of federal, state and county contracts. The organizations specialized in the training, employment and service sectors related to the real estate, construction industries and economic development.

Through his leadership on Federal Empowerment Zone contracts he has managed the training and employment of over 3200 individuals over a two year period. The customized training models combined with On-the-Job performance based pay incentive programs fashioned by Evans provided the model for performance based contracting between industry and state welfare programs. He has developed and managed construction projects in both the housing and commercial sectors focused on creative “green” financing targeting economic development through Public-Private partnerships.

Richard Evans has over 20 years experience in program and project development specializing in creating “economic engines” in Public-Private partnerships.

Contact Richard at revans@CommunityGreenhouse.org

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Attendees

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Group rates available. This session limited to first 100 applicants.

Seminar Testimonials

“Very informative, we didn’t realize the incentives that were in the legislation for the private sector and how they can be utilized to make major improvements to our facilities. The long term savings after the upgrades will save us thousands each year in operational cost,”
- Bill Tamminga, Global Trade Development Corporation

“The seminar converted the legislation into language that we could understand and directly laid out how to develop our programs to capture funds for utility upgrades,”
- Bunney Brenneman, Chairman, Utility Advisory Committee, City of Fort Lauderdale

“Through the information provided in the seminar we now know how to develop a workforce training program targeting green jobs,”
- Walter Holynski, Daniel Morgan Construction

Seminar Topics and Schedule

9am - 9:30am
Overview of “Recovery and Investment Act 2009”

9:30am - 10am
Overview of “The American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan

10am - 10:30am
Public and Private sector targeted programs and industries

10:30am - 10:45am
Break

10:45am - 11:15am
Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)

11:15am - 11:45am
“Green Requirements and Incentives”

11:45am - 12:30pm
Positioning, program development, fast tracking and job creation.

12:30pm - 1pm
Q & A Session

1pm – 2:30pm
Sponsor Luncheon

Recovery Act Seminar