08.23.11

Hoeven Public Events Schedule for the Week of August 21

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven is holding events throughout North Dakota in August while the U.S. Congress is in recess. Some events are scheduled and others are still being planned. Advisories will be issued as additional events are scheduled. Hoeven’s agenda for public events for the week of Aug. 21 is as follows: 

Tuesday, August 23         

Hoeven invites North Dakotans to participate in a business climate update and town hall at the Nodak Electric Building in Grand Forks. Hoeven will provide an overview of his work in Congress to promote pro-business legislation, create jobs and a healthy economy, and then open the floor for questions from constituents. Following the town hall, Senator Hoeven will join the Greater Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce for a roundtable discussion.

10:30 a.m. Business Climate Forum and Town Hall
                    
Nodak Electric Building
                     400 32nd Avenue S.
                     Grand Forks

12:00 noon Greater Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable

          Chamber Board Room
                     202 North Third St.
                     Grand Forks 

On Tuesday evening, Hoeven will meet with North Dakota’s industry and business leaders and local and state officials at the North Dakota Chamber of Commerce’s Congressional Policy Summit at the Microsoft Campus in Fargo. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register at www.ndchamber.com.

5 p.m. North Dakota Chamber of Commerce Congressional Policy Summit

Microsoft Campus
1 Lone Tree Road              
Fargo 

Wednesday, August 24         

Hoeven, family and staff will participate in clean-up efforts in Minot, his family’s hometown. Later, he and Senator Kent Conrad will meet with Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman and other officials to review the area’s use of temporary housing.

11 p.m. Minot Clean-Up
                    
305 20th Street NW
                     Minot

4 p.m. Meeting with Minot Mayor Zimbelman and city and county officials; review of FEMA temporary housing and MSU Olympic housing sites.

Entourage departs from City Hall
          512 2nd Ave. SW
          Minot 

Thursday, August 25         

Hoeven invites North Dakotans to participate in a domestic energy development update and town hall at Red River Supply Company in Williston. Hoeven will provide an overview of his work in Congress to promote domestic energy development and job creation, and then open the floor for questions from constituents.

10:30 a.m. Energy Development Forum and Town Hall

                    
Red River Supply Company
                1202 East Broadway
                Williston

Hoeven invites North Dakotans to participate in a manufacturing competitiveness update and town hall at SolarBee in Dickinson. Hoeven will provide an overview of his work in Congress to promote pending foreign trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, and create trade opportunities for North Dakota, and then open the floor for discussion with constituents.

2:30 p.m. Foreign Trade Forum and Town Hall

          SolarBee
          3225 Highway 22
          Dickinson