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Thank you for joining us in Nashville, TN this November for the 2025 NREDA Annual Conference!

This year, NREDA joined together with rural economic development peers in Nashville to “Kick Up” your skills, knowledge and networking for success! We put together a great slate of learning opportunities and dynamic speakers for this year’s conference. In addition to the always popular site selection panel, we tackled new challenges and opportunities facing rural developers and their communities including crisis communications, policies and geopolitics, cyber security, applying AI, next generation board development/leadership, future utility needs and issues (e.g. grid security, generation, politics). That’s not all! Our mobile classrooms had opportunities for every interest, from manufacturing to downtown development to entrepreneurship. 

Click HERE to view the 2025 agenda

Partnership Opportunities & Exhibitor Information 

Thank you to our 2025 Partners and Sponsors, who helped make this year's conference possible by supporting our mission and providing additional learning opportunities through exhibiting.

Event Cancellation, Refund & Substitution Policies

Registration fees are per person and include admission to all outlined NREDA functions. Please note that registration fees do not include hotel accommodations, airfares, transportation or optional tours and activities listed with additional fees. No attendee registration refunds are approved after October 13, 2025, and no refunds are offered for no-shows. Cancellations received on or prior to October 13, 2025 are eligible for a full refund.

Substitutions are permitted.  Please email [email protected] by October 13 to substitute a current attendee registration. If substituting a non-member for a member, the difference in rate is due at the time of substitution.