<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://www.ivalley.org" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
 <title>MV-Region</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region</link>
 <description>The taxonomy view with a depth of 0.</description>
 <language>en</language>
<item>
 <title>Branding Campaign for Merrimack Valley Challenge</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/branding-campaign-merrimack-valley-challenge</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Merrimack Valley Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) has been published by the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission &lt;a title=&quot;http://www.mvpc.org/index.asp?menu=wp1282006115845&amp;amp;page=wp129200615588&quot; href=&quot;http://www.mvpc.org/index.asp?menu=wp1282006115845&amp;amp;page=wp129200615588&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #800080;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;2008 Merrimack Valley CEDS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Among the recommendations: 1. Brand Region and 2. Innovation should be highlighted; and 3.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/open-innovation&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Open Innovation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/branding-campaign-merrimack-valley-challenge&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/branding-campaign-merrimack-valley-challenge#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/open-innovation">Open Innovation</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/innovation">Innovation</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>michitson</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">989 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>The Trades Big Role in Green and Clean Economy</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-trades-big-role-green-and-clean-economy</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left;&quot; src=&quot;/files/u3/SolarRoof.jpg&quot; height=&quot;190&quot; width=&quot;249&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ansi-language: EN;&quot; lang=&quot;EN&quot;&gt;Haverhill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ansi-language: EN;&quot; lang=&quot;EN&quot;&gt;’s All&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/green-tech-clean-energy&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Green Tech &amp;amp; Clean Energy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-trades-big-role-green-and-clean-economy&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-trades-big-role-green-and-clean-economy#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/green-tech-clean-energy">Green Tech &amp;amp; Clean Energy</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/education-/-workforce">Education / Workforce</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/energy">Energy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/environment">Environment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/haverhill">Haverhill</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/innovation">Innovation</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>michitson</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">984 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>Haverhill’s Golden Opportunity to Boost Relevance in Global Economy</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/haverhill%E2%80%99s-golden-opportunity-boost-relevance-global-economy</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;&quot; _moz_resizing=&quot;true&quot; src=&quot;/files/u3/Haverhill.jpg&quot; height=&quot;163&quot; width=&quot;218&quot; /&gt;Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts visited Haverhill in April to announce that the City is the first of 16 regional &quot;growth districts&quot; designed to be magnets for new business development. The &quot;regional growth districts&quot; are key to the Governor’s long-term economic development strategy for the State. The districts are targeted for older mill towns and cities near highways or other transportation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/ivalley-insight&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;iValley inSight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/haverhill%E2%80%99s-golden-opportunity-boost-relevance-global-economy&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/haverhill%E2%80%99s-golden-opportunity-boost-relevance-global-economy#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/ivalley-insight">iValley inSight</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/civic">Civic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/education-/-workforce">Education / Workforce</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/environment">Environment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/haverhill">Haverhill</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/innovation">Innovation</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>michitson</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">980 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>The Way Ahead: The Merrimack Valley Regional Innovation Network (MVRIN)</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-way-ahead-the-merrimack-valley-regional-innovation-network-mvrin</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Merrimack Valley Regional Innovation Network (MVRIN)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Proposal by: John Michitson &amp;amp; Seth Itzkan, seth.itzkan@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Supporting economic growth and workforce development in the Green Technology Sector through innovative approaches to rapid product development and cross-industrial collaboration.  |&lt;a href=&#039;/files/old/MVRINProposal_1708.pdf&#039; title=&#039;MVRIN Proposal&#039;&gt;Download PDF&lt;/a&gt;|&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/files/old/MVRIN_1000px.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&#039;/files/old/MVRIN_475px.jpg&#039; alt=&#039;MVRIN_475px&#039; vspace=10 /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/ivalley-insight&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;iValley inSight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-way-ahead-the-merrimack-valley-regional-innovation-network-mvrin&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-way-ahead-the-merrimack-valley-regional-innovation-network-mvrin#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/ivalley-insight">iValley inSight</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/energy">Energy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/political">Political</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>michitson</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">956 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>The Green Chemistry Business Summit, Summary Notes</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-green-chemistry-business-summit-summary-notes</link>
 <description>&lt;div align=center&gt;&lt;img src=&#039;/files/old/SummitAnastasSlide450px.jpg&#039; alt=&#039;Anastas with Slide&#039; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Dr. Paul Anastas discussed the application of Green Chemistry across industrial sectors.]&lt;br /&gt;
[More Summit photos &lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/seth.itzkan/GreenChemistryBusinessSummit&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Download Summary Report &lt;a href=&#039;/files/old/GCBS_SummaryNotes.pdf&#039; title=&#039;GCBS Summary Notes&#039;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. ]
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;hr =1/&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Download Presentations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://planet-tech.com/docs/AmyCannonPresentation.pdf&quot;&gt;Amy Cannon Presentation&lt;/a&gt;, 12.6 MB&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/ivalley-insight&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;iValley inSight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-green-chemistry-business-summit-summary-notes&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-green-chemistry-business-summit-summary-notes#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/ivalley-insight">iValley inSight</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/green-chemistry">Green Chemistry</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/haverhill">Haverhill</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/ykanowbc">YKANOWBC</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/zddhxgxy">ZddHXgXy</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Seth Itzkan</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">955 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>Green Technology Conference Sponsored by MVVF on Wednesday, March 18, 5:00 pm</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/green-technology-conference-sponsored-mvvf-wednesday-march-18-500-pm</link>
 <description>&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;MVVF &lt;a name=&quot;next&quot; class=&quot;name &quot;&gt;Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;MVVF Monthly Meeting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Stay Tuned for Details on Our Next Event&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/green-technology-conference-sponsored-mvvf-wednesday-march-18-500-pm&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/green-technology-conference-sponsored-mvvf-wednesday-march-18-500-pm#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/environment">Environment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/haverhill">Haverhill</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>michitson</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">998 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>Innovation Valley: 3-Years of Excellence</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/innovation-valley-3-years-excellence</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Three cheers for the Valley Patriot on it&#039;s 5th Anniversary.  This upstart is creating a platform for new voices to be heard throughout the Merrimack Valley.  One of those new voices is us, writers of the Innovation Valley column.  For the past three years our column has been a regular feature and we are grateful.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As readers of the Innovation Column know, it&#039;s goal is to highlight the world&#039;s leading initiatives for municipal business development and quality-of-life improvements.  Every month we report on a program that provides opportunities for the Merrimack Valley. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/ivalley-insight&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;iValley inSight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/innovation-valley-3-years-excellence&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/innovation-valley-3-years-excellence#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/ivalley-insight">iValley inSight</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/civic">Civic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/downtown">Downtown</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/education-/-workforce">Education / Workforce</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/energy">Energy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/environment">Environment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/green-chemistry">Green Chemistry</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/haverhill">Haverhill</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/innovation">Innovation</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/lawrence">Lawrence</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/new-england">New England</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/political">Political</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/zyolfham">zyOlFHam</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Seth Itzkan</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">997 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>The Rise of Carbon Neutral Cities</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-rise-carbon-neutral-cities</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;By James Moreau &amp;amp; Seth Itzkan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/u3/CityBikes.jpg&quot; width=&quot;455&quot; height=&quot;304&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;/files/u3/VP_2-1-09_CarbonFreeCities.pdf&quot;&gt;Download PDF&lt;/a&gt; of this article as it appeard in the February 2009 issue of The Valley Patriot]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/ivalley-insight&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;iValley inSight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-rise-carbon-neutral-cities&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/the-rise-carbon-neutral-cities#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/ivalley-insight">iValley inSight</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/carbon-footprint">carbon-footprint</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/cities">cities</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/climate-change">climate change</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/downtown">Downtown</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/energy">Energy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/environment">Environment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/innovation">Innovation</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Seth Itzkan</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">996 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>Merrimack Valley 2.0 - How a Citizens Predictive Market can Steer our Future</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/merrimack-valley-20-how-a-citizens-predictive-market-can-steer-our-future</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img _moz_resizing=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px;&quot; src=&quot;/files/u3/PredictiveMarket1.jpg&quot; height=&quot;177&quot; width=&quot;292&quot; /&gt;By Seth J. Itzkan and John Michitson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;/files/u3/VP_12-08-PredictiveMarket.pdf&quot;&gt;Download  &lt;img src=&quot;/files/u3/PDF.gif&quot; height=&quot;16&quot; width=&quot;16&quot; /&gt; PDF&lt;/a&gt; of this article as it appears in the December 2008 issue of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.valleypatriot.com&quot;&gt;Valley Patriot&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ivalley.org/content/merrimack-valley-20-how-a-citizens-predictive-market-can-steer-our-future&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/merrimack-valley-20-how-a-citizens-predictive-market-can-steer-our-future#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Seth Itzkan</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">993 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
<item>
 <title>Regional Economic Development Presentation to Haverhill City Council</title>
 <link>http://www.ivalley.org/content/regional-economic-development-presentation-haverhill-city-council</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;John Michitson of Haverill MA, last night made presentation to the Haverhill City Council promoting the need for a regional innovative economic develoopment effort for the Merrimack Valley.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/files/u3/2008-10-28-economic-development.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/u3/PDF.gif&quot; height=&quot;16&quot; width=&quot;16&quot; /&gt; Download The Presentation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/group/ivalley-insight&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;iValley inSight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://www.ivalley.org/content/regional-economic-development-presentation-haverhill-city-council#comments</comments>
 <group domain="http://www.ivalley.org/group/ivalley-insight">iValley inSight</group>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/civic">Civic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/downtown">Downtown</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/economic">economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/economic">Economic</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/mytags/haverhill">Haverhill</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/haverhill">Haverhill</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/category/innovation">Innovation</category>
 <category domain="http://www.ivalley.org/locations/mv-region">MV-Region</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Seth Itzkan</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">991 at http://www.ivalley.org</guid>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

