Chicago to Host First Ever Great Lakes Economic Forum
CHICAGO – Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are pleased to announce that Chicago will play host to the first Great Lakes Economic Forum, April 26-28, 2015. The event will engage over 300 leaders from business, government, academia, the non-profit communities and civil society in creating a transformational bi-national, economic […]
Mark Fisher to Speak at the Moving Freight Forward: Preparing Michigan for 2025 Workshop
Hosted by Michigan State University’s Center for Community and Economic Development and the Shipping Alliance of Michigan, this innovative workshop will be held December 4, 2014.
Mark Fisher to speak at the first ever Northern Ontario Tourism Summit
The purpose of the Summit, which takes place in Thunder Bay, Ontario, from November 17-19, is to help the tourism industry in Northern Ontario continue to grow and prosper.
Council of the Great Lakes Region Announces First Great Lakes Economic Forum
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are pleased to announce that Chicago will play host to the first Great Lakes Economic Forum, April 26-28, 2015.
Mark to speak at Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting’s forum on Climate Change
Mark Fisher, CEO of the Council of the Great Lakes Region, to speak at Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting’s forum on Climate Change and the News in the Great Lakes.
Mark to speak at IJGlobal’s North American Institutional Investor Roundtable
Mark Fisher, CEO of the Council of the Great Lakes Region, has been invited to speak at IJGlobal’s North American Institutional Investor Roundtable on Energy and Infrastructure in New York on September 30th.
Mark to speak at Eastern Border Transportation Coalition meeting
Mark Fisher, CEO of the Council of the Great Lakes Region, will speak at the Eastern Border Transportation Coalition meeting in Toronto on September 16th.
2014: Low Water Blues–Economic Fallout Predicted from Lower Future Water Levels in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region
In 2014, CGLR & The Mowat Centre released ‘Low Water Blues,’ an economic assessment of sustained low water levels in the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence River. This report looked at recent changes to water levels across the region and the risks and benefits of low water levels for key interests in the region. It […]
GGLR & Clinton Global Initiative Commitment: Modernizing infrastructure in the region
CEO Mark Fisher announced in 2014 at the Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting in Denver Colorado, that the Council would lead a CGI Commitment to Action to examine the ability of public-private partnerships (P3) at the state, provincial and municipal level to address infrastructure investment challenges with respect to modernizing public infrastructure in the […]
CGLR Applauded Passage of Water Resources Reform and Development Act 2014
Mark Fisher, Chief Executive Officer of the Council of the Great Lakes Region, released the following statement in 2014 applauding the passage of H.R. 3080, or the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, which aims to advance the modernization of America’s waterways and ports.