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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello SORA members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 53<sup>rd</sup> annual
<a href="http://www.pnrec.org/">Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference (PNREC)</a> will be held in Seaside, Oregon on May 21-23. This conference attracts a lot of State of Oregon researchers when held in Oregon. The conference covers housing, energy,
transportation, natural resources, workforce among many other issues. To view the full program agenda, click
<a href="http://images.wolfpk.com/pnrec/pdf/program2019.pdf">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The conference also features a half-day training event with trainers from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and REMI. Keynote speakers include Dr. Enrico Moretti (<i>The
New Geography of Jobs</i>), Dr. Liz Laderman (Federal Reserve - San Francisco), and Matthew Gardner (chief economist for Windermere Real Estate). See
<a href="http://www.PNREC.org">www.PNREC.org</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Felicia Bechtoldt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Member of the Executive Committee
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">State of Oregon Research Academy (SORA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.OregonResearch.org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">www.OregonResearch.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Projections Economist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Oregon Employment Department
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Workforce & Economic Research Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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