You are cordially invited to attend

 

The Freight Summit

For

Southeast Washington

 

Friday, January 27, 2006

1:00 - 4:00 pm

Colfax Education and Training Center (CETC)

119 N. Main, Colfax, WA

RSVP to < DopitaJ@wsdot.wa.gov > today!

 

Speakers:

WSDOT Director of Freight Strategy and Policy - Barbara Ivanov

Whitman County Growers, Inc. (Invited)

ConAgra Foods - Dennis Piatek

Tidewater Barge (Invited)

Swift Trucking (Invited)

Watco – Mark Blazer

 

 

The Freight Summit will:

 

·          Feature regional companies discussing their transportation needs.

 

·          Provide you a forum to hear the business community's priorities for freight investment.

 

·          Feature an interactive discussion of the Washington Transportation Plan (WTP) emerging freight recommendations.  These will set the statewide investment priorities for the next ten years.

 

·          Allow you to provide input on the WTP draft freight recommendations. Please see

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/freight/images/WTP%20Exec%20Summary..pdf  for an overview.

 

 

 

 

There is no charge for the event and the public is welcome to attend, but

space is limited to 100 and reservations are required.

 

RSVP to WSDOT by emailing your name, company name, title, email address and phone to

 DopitaJ@wsdot.wa.gov as soon as possible.

 

Many Thanks to the Freight Summit Co-Hosts:

The Lewis Clark Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization

The Palouse Economic Development Council

The Palouse Regional Transportation Planning Organization,

Palouse Region’s Chambers of Commerce,

The Washington State Department of Transportation, and

Washington State University

 

Directions to the Colfax Education and Training Center

The CETC is located in downtown Colfax at 119 North Main Street (Highway 195)

The building is on the southwest corner of Main St. and Wall St.