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On June 2, 2009, a coalition of Ohio universities is sponsoring a forum in Columbus, Ohio, on Financing Water Infrastructure for policymakers and stakeholders. The forum is designed to assist state policy makers and water stakeholders in improving water infrastructure management in the State of Ohio.
The forum will highlight insights from a panel of experts on water infrastructure financing, and will include discussions of current water infrastructure needs, available funding sources, and ways in which water and wastewater systems can work together to improve infrastructure financing and services. The panel of experts discussing these issues includes: Mr. Ken Kirk, executive director, National Association of Clean Water Agencies in Washington, D.C.; Mr. Steve Grossman, executive director, Ohio Water Development Authority, and; Mr. Bill Jarocki, director of U.S. EPA’s Environmental Finance Center in Boise, Idaho.
Dr. John Hoornbeek, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Public Administration and Public Policy at Kent State University, will moderate the discussion. Mr. Kevin O’Brien from Cleveland State University (CSU), Director of the Ohio Urban University Program, will host the forum and provide introductory remarks.
The forum is being held at the Athletic Club of Columbus, 136 E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 on Tuesday June 2, 2009, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. To register, please complete a registration form at www.urban.csuohio.edu/uup/. For more information, please contact John Hoornbeek at 330-672-7148 or Claudette Robey of CSU at 216-687-2188.