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Registration and Refreshments |
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Welcome and Keynote
Address |
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Work Shops and Educations Sessions |
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LUNCH |
Downtown Awards Luncheon |
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1:30- 3:00 |
Afternoon Education Sessions and Workshops |
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3:15 - 4:30 |
Afternoon Education Sessions |
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4:30 - 5:00 |
Round Table Discussion with Donovan Rypkema |
Keynote Address
Donovan Rypkema
Speaker, Author and renowned authority on Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Historic Preservation
Donovan Rypkema is principal of PlaceEconomics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. The firm specializes in services to public and non-profit sector clients who are dealing with downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the reuse of historic structures. In 2004 Rypkema established Heritage Strategies International, a new firm created to provide similar services to world-wide clients. He also teaches a graduate course in preservation economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Economic Development
- Business Succession Planning
- How to find, recruit and cultivate new business for your community
- Community Initiated Development
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Design
- Being Green to save some Green – Energy Efficiency in Downtown
- Effective Streetscape Designs – from flower pots to economic development
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Making the Program Work!
- The do’s and don’ts of membership drives
- How to raise project funds
- Retail promotions that will work in any downtown
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Download the form for awards nominations
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