ARI’s public conference takes the stage next month

Hailey Heseltine news@greenepublishing.com The Aucilla Research Institute's (ARI) free biennial public conference is coming up fast. Starting Friday, Oct. 3 and concluding on Saturday, Oct. 4, each day of the event will be held from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the historic Monticello Opera House. The two-day conference's theme is “Water, Wind, Fire and Adaptations: Resilience of the Big Bend and Apalachee Bay,” examining natural disasters in our region and how and why they shaped people