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Project No. and Title: W4001 - Social, Economic and Environmental Causes and Consequences of Demographic Change in Rural America
Dates: 09/27/2019 to 09/28/2019
Contacts: [Lou Swanson] [E. Helen (Eddy) Berry ]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 09/27/2019 at Houghton, Michigan. :

Admin Advisor: Vicki A. McCracken (mccracke@wsu.edu)

W4001 Annual Meeting 2019- Agenda and Travel Information LOCATION: Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931 DATES: Sept 27 & 28, 2019 FLIGHT INFORMATION United Airlines flies into Houghton/Hancock, Michigan (CMX is airport code) through Chicago O'Hare. This is the only option unless you want to drive ~ 2 hours from Marquette or Iron Mountain. You need to get on the flight that arrives at CMX at 12:47pm. Note- if you are arriving from west coast, you may want to fly into Chicago on 9/26 and spend the night there, then fly up to Houghton the morning of 9/27. If you are driving in, I suggest you might want to stay in northern Wisconsin Thursday night (Ashland if coming from MN would be nice, or Rhinelander or Eagle River (or the Kemp camp) if coming from Madison), and then drive up Friday morning. BOOK YOUR FLIGHT EARLY, like NOW. There is only one plane that comes in that day that you'll need to arrive, and its small. So it will fill. The alternative would be to come in sooner (but there than are literally no hotel rooms) or to fly into Marquette where you would stay Thursday night (9/26) and drive the 2 hours to Houghton the next morning. HOTEL INFORMATION There is a block of rooms reserved at the Quality Inn and Suites in downtown Houghton, with check-in available starting 9/27 (sorry they are booked and you can't come early, but you can stay longer). Its under the name W4001. Rate is $160/night. Must book before August 27. Call local number to reserve: 906-482-1400. Address is 215 Shelden Ave., Houghton, MI, 49931, US LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CONTACT INFORMATION Richelle Winkler, Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography, Michigan Technological University, rwinkler@mtu.edu, 906-487-1886 (office), 608-843-1359 (cell) TENTATIVE CONFERENCE AGENDA- note we are on eastern time Friday- Sept 27: 1:00pm - Arrive at airport. Winkler will be there with a big van or 2 to transport everyone to the hotel. Its only 10-15 minute drive. 3:00-5:30pm - W4001 meeting. Includes stakeholder panel on indigenous communities and population/environment/health issues. Great Lakes Research Center, Michigan Technological University 6:00-8:00pm - Social hour, joint dinner. Saturday, Sept 28. 8:30am-3:30pm - W4001 meeting on MTU campus at Great Lakes Research Center (van transport available or you can walk from hotel). 3:45-10:00pm - field trip, panel with community stakeholders on population decline, environmental challenges, and revitalization strategies. dinner- Calumet, Michigan and Fitzgerald's Eagle River Inn. Sunday, Sept 29. There are flights out Sunday morning at 6:00am or at 1:30pm. OR, you can choose to fly out or stick around and have some fun. This should be peak foliage season and there is much to do in the local area. As we get closer I can provide some ideas. Or, if there is something you think you might want to do, just ask me and I can help point you in the direction. Some great options are: kayaking in Lake Superior, mountain biking in Copper Harbor (world famous), or historical mining/heritage tours, or a trip to Isle Royale National Park (the boat to get there leaves from Houghton, and this would be a splendid time of the year to go, except it might be chilly).

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