FRIDAY ADVISORY: SENATOR OSTEN TO HOST REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE AT FOXWOODS

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Thursday June 30, 2016                                                              desk: 860-240-8820

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FRIDAY: SENATOR OSTEN TO HOST REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE AT FOXWOODS

 

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

 

 

WHO:             State Senator Cathy Osten (D-Sprague); Rhode Island State Senate Minority Leader Dennis Algiere; Rodney Butler, Chairman, Mashantucket Tribal Nation; Chuck Bunnell, Chief of Staff, Mohegan Tribe; Susan Adams, Electric Boat; Chris Jewell, Eastern Advanced Manufacturing Alliance (EAMA); John Beauregard, Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board (EWIB); Stephen McKenzie, Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region (SECTER); Bonnie Stewart, Vice President, CT Business and Industry Association (CBIA); Dr. Mary Ellen Jukoski, President, Three Rivers Community College; Kristin Harnett, Mystic Chamber of Commerce; Tony Sheridan, Eastern CT Chamber of Commerce; Marjorie Valentine, Associate Dean, Workforce and Community Development, Three Rivers Community College; Paige Bronk, Manager of Economic and Community Development, Town of Groton (former Economic Development Manager in North Kingstown, Rhode Island); and other southeastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island stakeholders.

 

WHAT:           Senator Cathy Osten and Rhode Island State Senate Minority Leader Dennis Algiere will co-host a roundtable discussion among stakeholders from southeastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island on topics including: job creation, workforce development and transportation.

 

                        Senator Osten will also discuss legislation she led passage of in the General Assembly this year: SB 398 – An Act Requiring a Study of Certain Employment Transitions in Eastern Connecticut.

 

 

 

WHEN:           Friday, July 1, 2016; 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

 

WHERE:         Fox Tower Conference Room at Foxwoods Resort Casino;

39 N Westerly Rd, Ledyard, CT 06339

 

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