2010 Conference and Annual Meeting: Day 3

Mid-America Freight Coalition 

Day 3 of the 2010 MVFC Annual Meeting was devoted to a discussion about the future. MVFC Facilitator Ernie Wittwer conducted a discussion to help the conference attendees look toward the future of the coalition and to consider the issues important to the member states and to the region as a whole.
The discussion was lively and the attendees generated a lot of great ideas. Look for a summary of these issues and priorities in the coming weeks.
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