Commerce and Small Business Administration Officials to Address Local Leaders

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Mar 09, 2010, 09:45 ET

WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Administrator Karen G. Mills of the Small Business Administration will address municipal officials during the opening general session of the National League of Cities' (NLC) 2010 Congressional City Conference. Locke and Mills will also be joined by several other members of the Obama Administration.

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America's cities and towns are still feeling the consequences of the current economic conditions and local leaders must find innovative ways to rebuild finances using economic development and job creation.

For more information or to download a preliminary conference schedule, visit http://www.nlc.org/pressroom/conferencepresspage.aspx.

The Congressional City Conference is the annual legislative meeting of the National League of Cities, designed to inform municipal leaders about federal policy issues while providing an opportunity for city leaders to bring local concerns to their federal elected officials in Washington, DC.

Who:

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke
Karen G. Mills, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Energy Secretary Steven Chu
Education Secretary Arne Duncan
Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan
Adolfo Carrion, Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs
Ambassador Ron Kirk, Office of the United States Trade Representative

What: NLC's Congressional City Conference

When: March 13-17, 2010

Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC

The National League of Cities is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.

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