Environment Committee Meeting

Environment Committee 8:00am, Tuesday, January 28 Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce 2600 Commerce Tower, 911 Main St., KCMO Board Room (26th Floor) Guest Speaker: Laura Loyacono, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, regarding the Brookings Institute/Kauffman Foundation Report on "Growth in the Heartland" Laura Loyacono, Manager of Public Affairs for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation will be our speaker for the January 28th meeting regarding the Brookings Institute/Kauffman Foundation Report on "Growth in the Heartland." From the "Growth in the Heartland Study" "…Represents the first comprehensive effort to analyze the direction, scope and implications of development in the state (Missouri) as well as to assess the potential role of state and local policy in shaping those trends…. Assesses key population, economic, social and land-development trends as they affect the state's six largest metropolitan areas. " Additional information re: Brookings report. www.emkf.org/pages/331.cfm www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/urban/ If you have any questions, please call Christine Murray, Programs Manager at The Chamber, 816-374-5413.