Event Calendar

Sep 08, 2010: Michigan by Rail Forum - St. Joseph

Opportunity for the public to contribute to the development of Michigan’s state rail plan.

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Sep 15, 2010: Michigan by Rail Forum - Dearborn

Opportunity for the public to contribute to the development of Michigan’s state rail plan.

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Sep 20, 2010: Rail Now! Oregon

Day-long conference exploring of economic and environmental benefits of increased passenger and freight rail service in the Willamette Valley and throughout the nation.

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Sep 22, 2010: Michigan by Rail Forum - Holland

Opportunity for the public to contribute to the development of Michigan’s state rail plan.

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Oct 14, 2010: Michigan by Rail Forum - Grand Rapids

Opportunity for the public to contribute to the development of Michigan’s state rail plan.

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Oct 14, 2010: Fall Council of Representatives Meeting

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, Oct. 13-16.

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The approximately 90-member Council meets twice a year. All NARP members are welcome! Council meetings are Friday-Saturday, Oct. 15-16. 

Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo speaks Friday morning.  Click below for complete list of guest speakers

Registration (including breakfasts and lunches both days, plus a Friday evening reception) is $160 if paid by September 30; $180 thereafter.  The special NARP rate at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel is $125 (single & double) plus tax, available only through September 12 by calling 1-800-253-3590.

Thursday will feature a limited-capacity, first-come-first-served bus tour of rail facilities, that includes a ride and lunch on the Coopersville & Marne Railway. Tour registration costs $40 per person. Cut-off date is October 1. Click below for more details.

A summit on grass-roots organizing and closer cooperation between NARP and state rail passenger associations will take place Wednesday afternoon.

October 14-16, 2010: Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Oct 19, 2010: Rail-Volution 2010: Making Portland a Livable Community Capital

This annual conference “provides an opportunity to see and hear about the last decade of creating livable communities in Portland and the challenges this city is facing. Recent Rail-Volution conferences have attracted planners, business leaders, elected officials, community leaders, funders and transportation advocates from more than 300 communities in 30 states.”

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Oct 21, 2010: Michigan by Rail Forum - Monroe

Opportunity for the public to contribute to the development of Michigan’s state rail plan.

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Oct 27, 2010: Michigan by Rail Forum - Detroit

Opportunity for the public to contribute to the development of Michigan’s state rail plan.

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Nov 17, 2010: Michigan by Rail Forum - Kalamazoo

Opportunity for the public to contribute to the development of Michigan’s state rail plan.

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