Logistics

Date and Place

June 28-30, 2011. St. Paul, Minnesota
Crowne Plaza, St. Paul on the Riverfront

How to Register

To purchase a ticket to the 2011 gathering, click here.  Applicants are expected to pay a $150 registration fee along with travel and hotel costs.  Meals are included in your registration fee.

Venue and Lodging

The 2011 Gathering will be held at the Crowne Plaza, St. Paul Riverfront in St. Paul, Minnesota.  All conference activities will take place on site.

Once you have registered for the gathering, please reserve your hotel room by calling 651-292-1900, and request a room within the “National Rural Assembly” block or book your room at our online group page. Use the code "ZP0" (last digit is a zero) for the discount. The special room rate is $119 per night.  If you need to arrive early, we do have rooms reserved for the night of June 27, 2011.

Reservations for attendees must be received on or before June 6th to take advantage of the special room rate.

Check-in begins at 3:00pm Central Time on Tuesday, June 28.

Travel and Ground Transportation

1. Airport:  The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport is the most accessible airport to the conference venue.

2. Cab: Service is available at both terminals. Fares will be around $30-35.

3. SuperShuttle: Ticket counters are located in the Terminal 1-Lindbergh Ground Transport Center, accessible via the terminal's Tram Level. Follow the signs to the appropriate escalator or elevator up. Advance reservations are highly recommended.

Shuttles drop off travelers near the Green and Gold parking ramps across from the Lindbergh Terminal. From there, you can take an escalator or elevator down to the terminal's Tram Level (Level T) or up to a skyway to Ticketing.

Travelers arriving at Terminal 2-Humphrey can call for pick up at the Super Shuttle kiosk in the Ground Transport Center, located on Level 1 of the Purple parking ramp across from the terminal building. 

For Super Shuttle Reservations: call 612-827-7777 or 612-713-7488, or book online at www.supershuttle.com.
4. City Bus: Route 54 runs from the airport to within two blocks of the conference hotel. Consult the airport ground transportation webpage or the Terminal 1-Lindbergh Ground Transportation booth on Level T for more information.
5. Rental Car: On-airport rental car counters at Terminal 1-Lindbergh are located on the second and third levels between the Blue and Red parking ramps. Passengers can take the underground tram to the Blue and Red parking ramps and then take an elevator to the second or third floor.

At Terminal 2-Humphrey, on-airport rental car counters are located in the Ground Transport Center on the ground level of the Purple parking ramp directly across from the terminal building.

If you are driving yourself :

- From Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (7.5 miles):
Take I-494 East to Highway 5 (7th Street). Follow Highway 5 to downtown St. Paul. Turn right/east onto Kellogg Boulevard. At the third stoplight, turn left/north onto Wabasha Street. Our downtown St. Paul hotel will be on your right.

- From St. Paul Downtown Holman Field (1.8 miles):
Take Bayfield Street west. Continue on Fillmore Avenue. Turn right/north onto Robert Street. Turn left/west onto Kellogg Boulevard. After three blocks, turn right/north onto Wabasha Street. Our St. Paul hotel will be on your right.

- From Rochester International Airport (85 miles):
Merge onto US-63 going north. Merge onto US-52 going north for 78 miles. Exit and turn left onto Plato Boulevard east. Turn right onto South Robert Street. Turn left onto Kellogg Boulevard. You'll see the Crowne Plaza St. Paul on your right.

- From Amtrak Train Station (6 miles):
Take I-94 east to Kellogg Boulevard. Turn right/east onto Kellogg Boulevard. Turn left/north onto Wabasha Street. Turn into Crowne Plaza St. Paul hotel on your right.

Display Tables

The National Rural Assembly will host an information area at the 2011 conference, with the aim of facilitating the display and exhibition of information by organizations and individuals who have an affiliation and/or shared mission with the Assembly. We hope that in this way, attendees will have an opportunity to receive a wide array of important information – related to both the conference and the broader rural community – which they might not otherwise receive.

To reserve an exhibit space, fill out an application.