2008 Texas Conference on Regionalism - Exhibitor/Sponsor Registration Available
TARC invites exhibitors and sponsors for the 2008 Texas Conference on Regionalism to register online and reserve your space today. The conference will be held October 1-3, 2008 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and will be hosted by the Coastal Bend Council of Governments. Today, regional councils operate programs across subject areas ranging from public safety and emergency preparedness to human and social services. Texas’ regional councils are instrumental in the planning and expenditure of funds derived from local, state, and federal resources.Visit the Conference Pages for details and online registration.
Tom Green County CERT Assists at Shelter for Women and Children from YFZ Ranch
The Tom Green County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was recently called into action by local officials after women and children who identify themselves as members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints were removed from the group’s YFZ Ranch near Eldorado, in rural Schleicher County. The women and children were placed into shelter facilities in San Angelo in what has been described as is one of the largest child custody operations in the nation’s history. Read complete article....
CAPCOG Facilitates Regional Coordination
The Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CARTPO), the rural planning organization of the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) in Austin, Texas, provides a connection between state transportation agencies, local elected officials and stakeholders to coordinate transportation planning for a ten-county region. CARTPO recommends changes in policy and practice, advocates for legislation, recommends regional priorities and directs certain planning and data initiatives. Read the complete article from NADO Rural Transportation News....
Texas Association of Regional Councils
The Texas Association of Regional Councils is the state organization of Texas' 24 regional councils of governments. With 2000 plus local government members, the regional councils of governments join local governments, as well as state, federal, and private partners, to provide cost-effective, better planned, and more accountable public services in each region of Texas.
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On The Calendar
May 20-22, 2008
Texas Hurricane Conference
June 3-4, 2008
Texas Citizen Corps Conference, Sheraton Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
July 9-11, 2008
TARC Quarterly Meetings, Omni Hotel Downtown - Austin, Texas
October 1-3, 2008
Texas Conference on Regionalism, Corpus Christi, Texas
December 3-5, 2008
TARC Quarterly Meetings, Omni Hotel Downtown - Austin, Texas
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