Hotel and Travel
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
We can’t wait to see you in Nashville!
Rooms are still available at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. Email holleea@nationalpotatocouncil.org to secure a room, and include your arrival and departure dates.
Making travel plans? Nashville’s airport code is BNA, which stands for Berry Field Nashville in honor of Col. Harry S. Berry, administrator of the original airport project in the 1930s. The Nashville International Airport is located at One Terminal Drive, Nashville, TN 37214 – 8 miles east of downtown Nashville.
BNA is home to 22 airlines, including major carriers and their regional partners, with more than 585 daily flights. Nonstop service is provided to 88 markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, London, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Washington D.C., and more.
Check out Visit Music City for help making your travel plans.
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NPC today welcomed Madeleine Poulin to the team to serve as Program Coordinator. She’s a recent graduate of Elon University, earning a BA in environmental and sustainability studies and policy studies, and is local to the DC-area.
Madeleine will assist in the execution and implementation of programs to inform and engage membership and support its foundation through a variety of communications tools, meetings, and programs.
Please join us in welcoming Madeleine to the team!
Check out the latest #EyeOnPotatoes podcast episode: Increasing Demand for Potatoes with Kim Breshears, @potatoesusa Chief Marketing Officer. Download and subscribe link in bio.
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The @gaylordrockies will be your place to be to kick off 2023! Registration is now open for @potatoexpo - the largest annual potato industry conference in North America. Register and reserve your room today at potato-expo.com. #meetandpotatoes
Last week Eye on Potatoes podcast host @talkinaglane sat down for a one-on-one with Paige Hickman, an entomology Ph.D. student at the University of Idaho College of Agricultural & Life Sciences and the recipient of Potato LEAF's 2022-23 Academic Scholarship. Paige talks about her FFA background, how her research could benefit the potato industry, and how much the scholarship means for her academic pursuits.
Listen and subscribe link in bio.