Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Transportation Secretary LaHood to Host Community Forum on Rural Economic Development
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2009 – On Thursday, July 16, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will hold a rural community forum near La Crosse, Wis., as part of the Obama Administration’s Rural Tour. At the forum, the two officials will share information with local residents about the work the Obama Administration is doing to revitalize and rebuild rural America and ask local residents how the departments can be helpful in supporting and initiating other programs and projects to help the community participate fully and successfully in the new, 21st century economy. They will also highlight American Renewal and Reinvestment Act projects improving communities in Wisconsin and benefiting people throughout rural America.
In June, President Obama announced that Secretary Vilsack will lead the Administration’s Rural Tour, during which Vilsack and other top officials will visit rural communities in states throughout the country. Rural Tour events are currently scheduled in Alaska, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. These upcoming events follow the rural listening sessions that Secretary Vilsack held earlier this year in Concord, N.H., Danville, Ind., Geneseo, Ill., Harrodsburg, Ky., Ludowici, Ga., Portageville, Mo., and Brush, Colo.
All Americans can follow the Rural Tour’s progress online at http://www.RuralTour.gov or on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/RuralTour.
WHAT: ‘Rural Tour’ Community Forum on rural economic development with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle will also attend the forum.
WHEN: Thursday, July 16, 2009
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: La Crosse Interstate Fairgrounds
N 4985 County Road M
West Salem, WI
