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Technical Assistance Providers (TAPs) and RCAP Funders -- full access to conference

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Please note, exhibition space is optional.

• If you would like to select a booth space, click the box
• If you would NOT like to select a booth space, ignore the green button

Please note, exhibition space is optional.

• If you would like to select a booth space, click the box
• If you would NOT like to select a booth space, ignore the green button

Please note, exhibition space is optional.

• If you would like to select a booth space, click the box
• If you would NOT like to select a booth space, ignore the green button

Please note, exhibition space is optional.

• If you would like to select a booth space, click the box
• If you would NOT like to select a booth space, ignore the green button

Please note, exhibition space is optional.

• If you would like to select a booth space, click the box
• If you would NOT like to select a booth space, ignore the green button

Invitation only

Yoga, meditation, walk

Welcome from Olga, Brian Scales and National and RSOL board chairs 

Panel members from private funding groups, including foundations and banks, will speak on why they value investing in rural as a strategic priority, as well as share perspectives on how organizations can be successful working with funders. 

Doug Butler is a hardscrabble Vermont dairy farmer with an offbeat passion—dog mushing.

A veritable folk hero, Doug’s ease with cows, dogs and people is a joy to behold. And when he trains his team of mutts on the

family farm with a dream to compete at the world championships in Alaska, his teenage exuberance seems to erase the tired

lines on his sixty-five year old face.

Yet the demands of being a small-scale family farmer in a changing world are constant, and Doug has never once left his cows

for more than a few days. And behind the charming cocktail of racy anecdotes and repeated jokes is a darker picture than Doug

would ever choose to reveal.

Keenly aware of the fate of the other family farms that used to dot the landscape, Doug has managed for years to play one creditor off against the next to survive another season. But with the accumulated debt now insurmountable and Doug’s thoughts plunging into depression and suicide, his dogs offer solace. And perhaps a way out.

Brought to you by the generous support of RCAP Solutions.

Lead service line inventory approaches

Decentralized/Onsite systems: basics, uses, and the assessment tool

Navigating Political Topics in the Field

Increasing Cybersecurity Resilience at Public Water Systems

Community & Economic Development 101 

PFAS: New regulations, sampling, etc. 

Wastewater Operation Basics & Essential documents in any successful Wastewater Treatment Plant

Presenting Your findings to local officials

Creating Resilient Utilities  

Open for Business Panel 

Yoga, meditation, walk

Tour: Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC). A boxed breakfast and boxed lunch will be provided. The bus will depart promptly at 8am from the front entrance of the Hyatt Regency Boston.

Rural Policy Today: A View from the White House & USDA 

Instructional Design Workshop: Your roadmap to outstanding training 

Regionalization 101

Catalyst: ABCs of water communication (branding, content & strategy, collaboration, storytelling)  

Broadband 

Emergency Planning: Why it’s critical to ongoing operations 

Using GIS for LSL Inventorying and Data Collection

Working in Indian Country

Catalyst: ABCs of water communication (branding, content & strategy, collaboration, storytelling)  

Ecosystem Building

Yoga, meditation, walk

Roll out strategic plan and conversation about the implementation

15 minute talks + 5 minutes for rotations

1. Vermicompost in the classroom

2. Acoustic leak detection

3. Lead learning lab (materials demo)

4. Comms social media tips

5. 5 tips for engaging PowerPoint slides

6. Excel tips

7. Rate study basics

8. Best Practices for Planning your Work

9. CoBank

10. GIS demo from workshop day

11. CEC/AWWA

EFC: What you need to know – BIL, stormwater basics, rates, etc. 

Nutrient removal in lagoons 

Community Engagement & Environmental Justice: Creating an inclusive, community driven approach to TA

TAP “Coffee Klatch” and Program Feedback 

table(s) moderated by national staff for feedback on programs (what is working, not working, info for future apps, etc.)

Community Facilities