CSI IS HELPING THOUGHT LEADERS

UNDERSTAND + ADDRESS 

INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES 

Oregon Infrastructure Summit

Oct 20-21

Salem Convention Center 

Will initiate a discussion and share information to begin to 'set the infrastructure table. CSI Executive Director, Rhys Roth will be the featured keynote sharing ideas about "Planning the Northwest's Infrastructure of Tomorrow".

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2019 IACC Conference
October 22-24
Wenatchee Convention Center

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CSI and YVCOG session focuses on "How Innovative Infrastructure Investment Strategies Can Support Community Health" 

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RECENT EVENTS

Standing Room Only for AWC Clean Manufacturing Panel + New Podcast

City leaders packed the room to learn was about clean manufacturing and production at the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Conference. CSI led a panel discussion with Scott Simmons, Spokane's Public Works Director, and Miles Thomas, Kennewick's Economic Development Manager.  The rich Q&A segment probed how diverse towns and cities in the room could get started in clean manufacturing. 

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BioCycle West Coast Conference 2019
 

April 2019 

- CSI Executive Director, Rhys Roth was a keynote speaker and on other panels  at this conference which brought

experts together to address current core challenges and solutions to catalyze organics recycling:

• Changing behavior, from households to municipal decision makers, to improve the success and effectiveness of organics recycling programs.

• Composting facility assessments to upgrade operations to take multiple feedstock streams and build high value compost markets.

• Business and logistics of renewable natural gas from anaerobic digestion facilities

• State and local policies that facilitate organics diversion and market development

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CSI SPEAKERS

Need a Speaker or Workshop for Your Conference or Event that focuses on Sustainable Infrastructure (Energy, Transportation, Water and Waste) or the Circular Economy? 

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IN THE NEWS

CSI Partners in the News Spokane + John Day 

CSI partners are generating excitement ... and news. West Plains PDA landed a story in the Spokane Journal of Business around its idea to creating an Innovation Park, focused on clean manufacturing and production. And another CSI-related project, the City of John Day's Rural Economic Diversification Summit was featured in the Grant County paper Blue Mountain Eagle.

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PODCAST: 

AWC interviewed Rhys for a special podcast to learn more about clean manufacturing and production. Listen here! 

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