Commemorating the Western Mountains Alliance 20th Anniversary!

Social hour with local youth musicians, a silent art auction, displays by groups working for economic prosperity and strong communities, coffee and cash bar

Harvest dinner buffet featuring local farms

Comments on the Western Mountains Alliance’s twenty year history

Keynote Address:
“Helping Communities Shape Their Energy Future”
Joel Haskard, Clean Energy Resource Teams,
Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships,
St. Paul, Minnesota   

Joel Haskard is the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) co-coordinator for the University of Minnesota's Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships program.  CERTs works with citizens across Minnesota to connect them with the necessary technical resources they need to identify and implement community-scale energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Joel has over tens years experience coordinating and managing community and economic development activities in the U.S. and abroad. He is also a founding board member of the Phillips Community Energy Co-op (PCEC), an organization increasing energy-conservation services in south Minneapolis.