Amtrak Summit
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 21, 2013
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Location
Faith Community Ministries, Lafayette, IN 47905
Contact Information
(765) 742-4044
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Amtrak Summit
Description
Welcoming Remarks at 8:30am by Senator Brandt Hershman,
followed by:
- Amtrak's Ray Lang, Chief, State Government Relations
- Panel Discussion, “Why the Hoosier State Matters”
Including Eric Angermeier (Nanshan), Mayor Todd Barton (Crawfordsville,), Mayor Dennis Buckley (Beech Grove),
Mayor John Dennis (West Lafayette), Fred Lanahan of the Northeast IN Passenger Rail Association,
County Commissioner Tom Murtaugh (Tippecanoe), Mayor Tony Roswarski (Lafayette),
Mayor Stephen Wood (Rensselaer), and Chief of Staff Troy Woodruff of the IN Dept. of Transporation.
- Keynote Speaker Tim Hoeffner, Director, Office of Rail, MI Dept. of Transportation, and
Vice Chair, Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission
“Future of Passenger Rail in the Midwest”
- Arvid Olson, Greater Lafayette Commerce, “Passenger Rail - From Good to Great”
- State Representative Randy Truitt, “Where We Go From Here” and Q & A.
