fall 2012

     We are very pleased to invite you to the following three free and important public events at Fitchburg State University, strongly supported by the Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI), and starting next week thru early November:

1.  October 9 (Tuesday/9:00 am, Mazzaferro Center):  Patrick-Murray Administration Manufacturing Workforce Initiative between Fitchburg State University and North Central Community Colleges.

2.  October 17 (Wednesday/6:00 pm, Kent Recital Hall):  REDI Press Conference on the State of Economic Development across North Central Massachusetts (Immediately precedes U.S. Congressional Debate)

3.  November 5 (Monday/7:00 pm, Mazzaferro Center):  REDI Public Research Forum on Newly Released Broadband Study Revealing Availability and Usage for Business and Municipal Impact across North Central Massachusetts

Spring 2012

REDI PUBLIC RESEARCH FORUM

Monday, April 9, 2012, 7:30 PM — 9:00 PM
President's Hall and The Mazzaferro Center (291 Highland Ave.)
Fitchburg State University 

(Reception from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in President's Hall)

Free: Sponsored by Fitchburg State University and the Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI)

"The Montachusett Region Cultural and Creative Economy Plan: Using Music, Art, and Health for Cultural Outreach and Regional Economic Development"

-- Dr. Jane Fiske, Professor of Humanities (Music) & REDI Researcher 
REDI Research Interns: 
-- Mr. Eric Gregoire, Leadership Academy and Political Science graduate
-- Ms. Amanda Rossi, Leadership Academy and Business Administration graduate

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REDI Broadband Community Forum at Fitchburg

STATE UNIVERSITY (Massachusetts broadband institute)

Monday, November 7, 2011, 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Kent Recital Hall
Free: Sponsored by Fitchburg State University and the REDI
(http://web.fitchburgstate.edu/fscnews/index.cfm?detail=914)

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Spring 2011

REDI "Regional Renaissance" Open House

Campus Underground (REDI Regional Renaissance)
March 29, 2011, 9:00 pm — Midnight
Theme: REDI's Outreach thru "Cultural Revitalization"
Share music, art, dialogue to celebrate cultural outreach

REDI — Women's History Month Joint Public Forum

March 30, 2011, 3:30 — 5:00 pm (President's Hall)
The Honorable Lisa Wong, Mayor of Fitchburg:
"A Woman's Work is Never Done: Strategies for Economic Empowerment during Hard Times in North Central Massachusetts"

REDI Public Research Forum

April 4, 2011, 7:30 pm — 9:00 pm
"An Architectural Feasibility Study for an Advanced Polymer Manufacturing Research, Technology Transfer, and Training Facility (at 10 Main Street, Fitchburg, MA)"
REDI Research Project — Fall 2010
Professor D. Keith Chenot, Assistant Professor of Industrial Technology (Architecture)

Fall 2010

(Ellis White Lecture Hall, Hammond Bldg)

REDI Public Research Forum

October 25, 2010, 7:00 pm
"Fitchburg as an Engine for Regional
Economic Development"
REDI Research Project 2009 — 2010
Dr. Susan Williams, Professor of History, REDI Researcher

REDI Public Research Forum

October 4, 2010, 7:00 pm
"North Central Massachusetts at a Crossroads: Housing Challenge"
REDI Research Project 2009 — 2010
Dr. Michael Turk, Professor of Economics, REDI Researcher
Dr. Jane Zhang, Assistant Professor of Geophysical Sciences and REDI Researcher

REDI Campus Research Forum

September 20, 2010, 3:30 pm
"Bringing Broadband to North Central Massachusetts"
REDI-Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI)
Joint Research Project
Dr. Joshua Spero, REDI Director
Mr. Jason Whittet, MBI Deputy Director