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The Urban Canvas: The Art of Downtown Development

International Downtown Association 55th Annual Conference Milwaukee, WI

September 11-15, 2009

General Information

The REGISTRATION AREA is located in the Main Lobby, outside of the Ballroom, on the first floor at the Midwest Airlines Convention Center and opens Friday, September 11 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and opens again on Saturday, September 12 at 8 a.m. A Milwaukee Host table, as well as, an information exchange table are located in the registration area. You are invited to display information about your organization’s most successful initiatives. A MESSAGE BOARD is located near the registration desk for posting positions available,

FINDING DINNER COMPANIONS and other announcements. IDA PUBLICATIONS AND BOOKS can be purchased at the IDA Bookstore. The IDA Bookstore is located in the 2009 International Marketplace and Global Village Exhibition and will be open during exhibit hours. The INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE AND GLOBAL VILLAGE, IDA’s Tradeshow and Exhibit Hall, is located in Ballroom AB, on the 1st floor of the Midwest Airlines Center. Show hours are as follows: Sunday, Sept. 13

12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Marketplace Open 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Marketplace Grand Opening & Lunch 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Networking Break

Monday, Sept. 14

7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Marketplace Open 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Networking Break 12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Marketplace Lunch

A SPEAKER READY ROOM is available in the convention center. Equipment is available for speakers to review their PowerPoint and video presentations. The room is open on a daily, first come, first serve basis. PRE-CONFERENCE TOURS AND ACTIVITES require additional fees and advance registration. Check at registration for onsite signups if space is available. Participants should look for their group leader at the appointed time near registration in the Main Lobby Registration Area of the Midwest Airlines Center.

MOBILE WORKSHOPS are in-depth walking tours and leave promptly at their scheduled times. Space is limited to 40 people per workshop. Please sign up if you are not already registered at the signup board in the registration area starting Friday afternoon. Participants should look for their group leader at the appointed time near registration in the Main Lobby Registration Area on the 1st floor of the Midwest Airlines Center.

GETTING AROUND MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee Coach & Carriage, LLC 228 E. National Avenue 414/272-6873 http://www.milwaukeecarriage.com Horse-drawn carriage rides through downtown Milwaukee. A variety of services for special events - 6 passenger carriages or a wagon that holds up to 12 people. Please call for more information and availability. Milwaukee County Transit System 1942 N. 17th Street 414/344-6711 http://www.ridemcts.com Provider of public transportation services on 57 routes throughout Milwaukee County. Operates the Milwaukee Trolley Loop in downtown and adjoining neighborhoods. Adult fare is $2.00 one-way. Transfer passes are issued upon request and are good for one hour. American United Taxicab Service, Inc. 646 S. 2nd Street 414/220-5000 Wisconsin's largest taxi fleet. 230 taxis serving Metropolitan Milwaukee. Airport service to General Mitchell International Airport, Chicago O'Hare and Chicago Midway. New taxis - air conditioned. Rate is approximately $2.25 for the first 1/8 of a mile and 25 cents for each additional one-eighth mile. Yellow Cab Co-Op 1840 N. Martin Luther King Drive 414/271-1800 Welcome! Let us assist in making your stay a memorable one by taking care of any transportation needs you may have. Time orders welcomed. Just call day or night. Rate is approximately $2.25 for the first 1/8 of a mile and 25 cents for each additional one-eighth mile. Go Airport Connection 5140 S. 3rd Street 414/769-2444 http://www.mkelimo.com Exclusive airport shuttle service to Milwaukee hotels. Airport transportation service to Milwaukee and O'Hare airports. Shuttle van and private car service. 24 hours per day, reservations accepted.

WALKING DIRECTIONS

The Midwest Airlines Center

From the Hilton Milwaukee City Center: The Midwest Airlines Center is located directly across the street at 400 W. Wisconsin Avenue with the entrance on the northwest corner of Wisconsin Avenue and 4th Street. From the Intercontinental Milwaukee: Walk three blocks south on Water Street until you reach Wisconsin Avenue. Turn right on Wisconsin Avenue and head four blocks west. The Midwest Airlines Center is located at 400 W. Wisconsin Avenue on the northwest corner of Wisconsin Avenue and 4th Street.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 – MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MARKET

From the Hilton Milwaukee City Center: Walk south on 5th Street to Michigan Avenue. Turn left on Michigan and head four blocks east until Water Street. Turn right on Water Street and head two blocks south until St. Paul Avenue. The Milwaukee Public Market is located at 400 N. Water Street on the northeast corner of Water Street and St. Paul Avenue. From the Intercontinental Milwaukee: Head six blocks south on Water Street until you reach St. Paul Avenue. The Milwaukee Public Market is located at 400 N. Water Street on the northeast corner of Water Street and St. Paul Avenue.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 – CITY HALL

From the Hilton Milwaukee City Center: Walk north on 5th Street to Wisconsin Avenue. Turn right on Wisconsin Avenue and head four blocks east until Water Street. Turn left on Water Street and head 2 blocks north. City Hall is located on the northeast corner of Water Street and Wells Street at 200 E. Wells Street.

From the Intercontinental Milwaukee: City Hall is located on the northeast corner of Water Street and Wells Street at 200 E. Wells Street – directly across the street from the Intercontinental Milwaukee.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 – MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM

From the Hilton Milwaukee City Center: Walk north on 5th Street to Wisconsin Avenue. Turn right on Wisconsin Avenue and head 12 blocks east to the foot of Wisconsin Avenue. Cross the Reiman Bridge and enter the Museum. The Art Museum is located at 700 N. Art Museum Drive. From the Intercontinental Milwaukee: Walk three blocks south on Water Street until you reach Wisconsin Avenue. Turn left on Wisconsin Avenue and head eight blocks east to the foot of Wisconsin Avenue. Cross the Reiman Bridge and enter the Museum. The Art Museum is located at 700 N. Art Museum Drive.

Schedule and P

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Schedule at a Glance 2009 IDA Annual Conference

September 11-15, 2009

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Friday, September 11, 2009 All Day Chicago on your own

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration

Saturday, September 12, 2009

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pre- Conference Tours (pre-registration required. See

inside for more detail) 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Morning Pre-Conference Workshops

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Italian Delegation Meeting 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Board Meeting (Closed Meeting, Board Members only)

6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Canadian Reception (MillerTime Pub at the Hilton)

6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Newcomers Orientation

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Opening Night Reception 8:00 p.m. Dinner on your own

9:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Lela Fashion Show

Sunday, September 13, 2009

7:30 a.m. Registration Opens

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Bountiful Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Keynote session 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Breakout sessions and Mobile Workshops

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Morning Networking Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breakout sessions and Mobile Workshops 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Marketplace Tradeshow Grand Opening & Lunch

12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Marketplace Open

1:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Keynote session My Tale of Two Cities- Beer & Popcorn 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Networking Break

4:00 p.m. - 5:15p.m. Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Evening Reception

7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Board of Directors Reception (By Invitation Only) 8:30 p.m. Dinner on your own

Monday, September 14, 2009 7:30 a.m. Registration Opens

7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Marketplace Tradeshow open

7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Keynote session 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Breakout sessions and Mobile Workshops

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Networking Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breakout sessions and Mobile Workshops 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch in Marketplace

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Breakout sessions and Mobile Workshops

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Networking Break

3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Breakout sessions and Mobile Workshops 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Closing Reception

8:00 p.m. Dinner on your own

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:30 a.m. Registration

7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast

7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Roundtable discussions 8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Closing General Session and Annual Meeting

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Breakout sessions

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Working Lunch

1p.m. /Overnight Madison Trip (pre-registration required)

The Urban Canvas: The Art of Downtown Development International Downtown Association 55th Annual Conference

Milwaukee, WI September 11-15, 2009

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration Midwest Airlines Convention Center Main Lobby, First Floor

All Day Chicago On Your Own!

Shop along the Magnificent Mile, visit world-renowned museums and experience everything that Chicago offers – just 60 minutes from Milwaukee via train. Purchase your train tickets through Amtrak.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens Midwest Airlines Center Main Lobby 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Morning Pre-Conference Workshops (Pre-registration and extra fee required) Room 101A Marketing Downtown in a Facebook Environment

It used to be simple: create a brochure, some banners, a newspaper ad, and presto! Your downtown organization had a marketing program. Today, everyone is atwitter about social networking. But do you know how to use it effectively? This workshop gives you an understanding of the entire marketing process, and shows you the best techniques to use when you get home. Christina Brickley, c5 Communications, Denver, CO Eric Robertson, Memphis Center City Commission, Memphis, TN

Room 101B Funding Strategies for Downtown Organizations For downtown management organizations, diversifying resources is now more important than ever. This workshop looks at best practices for funding a variety of downtown programs and operations. Options include BIDs, community development corporations, event production companies, and membership organizations. You’ll learn how to connect funding and functions under one unified holding company, how to work with your local government as a resource development partner, and how to present a strategic planning approach to determine your community’s best options. Jamie Licko, Progressive Urban Management Associates, Denver, CO Brad Segal, Progressive Urban Management Associates, Denver, CO

Room 101CD CANCELLED Making the Most of the Transportation Bill

What will a new transportation bill mean to you? Combined with federal stimulus infrastructure funding, downtowns may be positioned for major investments in transit, amenities, and technology unlike anything in the past. Make sure your downtown doesn’t miss out. Find out from transportation and urban planning experts just what kinds of funding might be available and what projects are most likely to receive money. Ilana Preuss, Transportation for America, Washington, DC

Room 102AB The Art and Science of Downtown Economic Research

Using Milwaukee as a demonstration model, a team of economic research professionals will explore various types of research useful in downtown economic development efforts. New techniques and technologies will be explored for making research simpler and more

responsive. A Downtown Economic Research workbook and companion CD with research templates and tools will be provided. William McGill, Monalco Marketing, Fredonia, WI Matt Kures, Univ. of Wisconsin Extension Center for Community & Economic Development Jim Paetsch, Milwaukee Development Corp., Milwaukee, WI Bill Ryan, Univ. of Wisconsin Extension Center for Community & Economic Development Scott C. Schuler, Downtown Works, Arnold, MD

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Morning Pre-Conference Tours

(Pre-registration required. Meet in Main Lobby of Midwest Airlines Center. Tours are 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. IDA Golf Outing

Calling all golfers! Please join us as we tee it up at Brown Deer Park Golf Course, home of the PGA’s U.S. Bank Championship. The course dates to 1929 and its challenging layout is complemented by 60 sand-filled bunkers, tree-lined fairways and water winding throughout the course. Brown Deer ranks alongside Torrey Pines and Bethpage Black as one of the nation’s premier municipal golf courses. Tee times begin at 10 a.m. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Come join the fun and challenge as IDA takes on the Brown Deer Golf Course. $85 per person.

Milwaukee Public Museum (On Your Own) Visit the Museum’s IMAX theater, planetarium, and unique permanent exhibits such as the Herboir Mammoth, the Third Planet, and the Puelicher Butterfly Wing. Those who pre-registered will receive a complimentary ticket at the registration counter Historic Third Ward The Historic Third Ward is located in the southeastern portion of Downtown and houses some of the city's most creative hotspots. Creating its own little pocket of culture, history and personality, the Third Ward builds on the tradition and artistic vision of Milwaukee’s urban landscape and displays the city’s urban development at its finest.

RiverWalk District During this walking tour, stroll along the banks of the Milwaukee River on the ever-expanding RiverWalk and learn about the challenges and the evolution of the award-winning system. Meet key investors and volunteers who are engaged in the project's physical, artistic, and programming aspects. After the tour, have lunch on your own at one of the many fine establishments along the river. Tour to be conducted by John Gurda, Milwaukee writer and historian.

Milwaukee, a City of Neighborhoods I Milwaukee is called the City of Neighborhoods. Join our very own commissioner of the Department of City Development, Rocky Marcoux, and enjoy an engaging and entertaining narration on two of Milwaukee's northside neighborhoods. The Fond du Lac Avenue and Midtown neighborhoods have interesting stories to tell. Learn creative ways to address urban issues that impact your community and enjoy many surprises along the way!

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Farmers Market Tour Begin the tour at the Milwaukee Public Market in the Third Ward. The Public Market houses a wide assortment of gourmet, specialty and organic foods, and offers a traditional market on Saturdays during the summer months. Then visit the East Town Market and see the Battle of the Chefscompetition in its final round. By then 16 of Milwaukee's best downtown chefs will have competed and only the top four will remain. Each chef must shop the market, creatively use the mystery ingredients and prepare a meal for the judges in 45 minutes or fewer. It’s a morning filled with produce and local talent!

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Milwaukee Plein Air Representatives from the League of Milwaukee Artists and WI Visual Artist, SE chapter will guide guests through the streets of Downtown Milwaukee to see the many artists at work. These tours take place during the event's "quick paint" section, during which artists

compete to create paintings within a four-hour time span. Learn how to host a Plein Air tour in your own community. The artists' work will be available for sale at Monday night's closing reception.

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Downtown Open House and Expo Start this downtown housing journey at the Downtown Expo on the Milwaukee Public Market's upper level. Developers and brokers will showcase housing options and amenities. Hear the president of the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors discuss current trends and downtown housing stock. Then jump on one of the free shuttles to see the fabulous living options available in and around the city's downtown.

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops Room 101A Destination Strategies for Downtown Businesses in Today’s Economy

It’s critical that businesses reinvent themselves into consumer destinations right now. Learn about destination strategies, along with specific steps that downtown organizations and businesses can immediately implement. You’ll also receive a password to view a webinar that you can share with businesses in your downtown district to help improve sales in the fourth quarter.

Jon Schallert, The Schallert Group, Longmont, CO

Room 101B Making Deals Happen by Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships

Many downtowns saw real estate projects that should have happened grind to a halt as the recession took hold. New deals will require much more in terms of sophistication, stakeholder investment, and public support. Learn how major deals across the country came together, and how to take advantage of community support and government financing tools.

Joe Alexander, The Alexander Company, Madison, WI Randy Alexander, The Alexander Company, Madison, WI Brad Elmer, The Alexander Company, Madison, WI Tom Miller, The Alexander Company, Madison, WI Room 101CD Tomorrow’s Urban Designer: A Master of Interactions

Placemaking. Context Sensitive Design. Public Art Integration. Green Infrastructure. For these concepts to go beyond buzzwords, a new design process is required. From research and concept development to planning and implementation, interactions are critical. Find out how an exciting new methodology, Interactions, will help you establish more effective communication between owners, administrators, designers, artists, builders, and the public.

David Dahlquist, RDG Planning & Design, Des Moines, IA Patrick Dunn, RDG Planning & Design, Des Moines, IA David Raver, RDG Planning & Design, Des Moines, IA Room 102AB The Role of Psychographics in Downtown Retail Strategy and Recruitment

Psychographics is an important tool that looks at shopper populations’ quantitative demographic characteristics and qualitative attributes like lifestyle, sensibility and aspirations. In this provocative session, learn about psychographic segmentation. Unlike some schemes created by large data-mining outfits, this one specifically targets urban markets’ complex nuances. You’ll also find out how to use the information to analyze the retail potential of a specific downtown and devise a retail strategy for it.

David Diaz, Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Raleigh, NC Greg Hatem, Empire Properties, Raleigh, NC

Michael J. Berne, MJB Consulting, New York, NY 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 pm. Italian Delegation Meeting 201D

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Pre-Conference Tours Main Lobby Midwest Center (Pre-registration required. Meet in Main Lobby of Midwest Airlines Center. Tours are

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted) Milwaukee: A City of Neighborhoods II

The Menomonee Valley BID (BID #26) was created in 1999. Join our very own commissioner of the department of city development, Rocky Marcoux, for the second part of this fabulous tour. Explore Milwaukee's southside neighborhoods, including the Menomonee Valley, the Fifth Ward, Historic Mitchell Street and Silver City. Each neighborhood will share its unique story and provide you with a takeaway lesson that you can use in your community. Enjoy surprise treats and guests along the way.

Brady Street

Brady Street is nine blocks of eclectic, upbeat, artistic fun! Spanning Lake Michigan to the Milwaukee River, Brady Street is home to some of the city’s most original shops. Spend the afternoon hunting treasures and exploring the unique restaurants, stores, lounges, and cafes that make Brady Street one of the city’s most diverse areas. RiverWalk District During this walking tour, stroll along the banks of the Milwaukee River on the ever-expanding RiverWalk and learn about the challenges and the evolution of the award-winning system. Meet key investors and volunteers who are engaged in the project's physical, artistic, and programming aspects. After the tour, have lunch on your own at one of the many fine establishments along the river. Milwaukee’s Entertainment Districts Embark on a tailor made pub crawl that highlights each of downtown Milwaukee’s unique neighborhoods – Westown, Easttown and the Historic Third Ward. The tour will be hosted by Stacie Callies of the Westown Association and will feature spots on the Milwaukee Riverwalk (Byron’s Beer Garden and Bistro), Milwaukee Street (Indulge), and the Third Ward’s Riverfront Pizzeria Bar and Grill.

1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee 101 Bike Tour Milwaukee's history stretches back to the early 1800s and is well preserved in its historic mansions and gorgeous downtown. Constantly adding to its rich architectural history, Milwaukee continues to create its own unique landscape, the best example of which is the Santiago Calatrava designed Quadracci Pavilion. This tour will allow you to cycle by some of the most historically significant sites in Milwaukee while learning how the city grew to be what it is today.

6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Newcomers Orientation Midwest Airlines Center 101DE New to IDA? First time at an IDA conference? We’ve created a kick-off orientation just

prior to the opening reception. Please join IDA board members as they welcome you to the conference and the IDA family, and learn what to expect these next few days.

6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Canadian Reception MillerTime Pub at the Hilton 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Opening Reception

Public Market Feast and Fashion in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward The Historic Third Ward has long been a hub for market activity. Visit the modern-day Milwaukee Public Market – an indoor emporium featuring artisan and ethnic delicacies and freshly-made prepared foods. Reconnect with acquaintances while strolling through the market’s 17 vendors. The evening will showcase specialty foods and eclectic music. Transportation to and from the Reception: Buses will operate in 15 minute loops to and from the reception from 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Lela Fashion Show Broadway Street Enjoy an evening designed for the Fashion Savvy. Tickets are required for this red carpet

urban experience. Walking directions from Milwaukee Public Market: Exit the Market via the door by St. Paul Fish (Broadway) Walk across St. Paul Ave Continue up to the Big Tent!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the Capital Grille Capital Grille Savor a bountiful breakfast including an omelet station, pastries, local meats and much

more. Enjoy this breakfast extravaganza at the Capital Grille, located on the corner of 4th Street and Wisconsin Ave.

7:30 a.m. Registration Opens Midwest Airlines Center Main Lobby 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome by John McGivern, Milwaukee Actor and Comedian Keynote: Hospitals as Downtown Anchors Ballroom C/D Downtowns are evolving and a variety of industries are becoming vital to the future of

downtowns. Hear how hospitals are the new anchors of downtowns, becoming large employers and traffic generators in core business districts. Discover what can be the take away for downtown professionals, and learn what you can do to work together with hospitals as well as what your organizations can do to be helpful to hospitals. Finally, discuss the main things that we can do, as downtown professionals, to keep hospitals from leaving our downtowns!

Gregory Hartzog, Columbia - St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI (introducer) Leo Brideau, Columbia – St. Mary’s Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops, Session I Room 101A Breakout: Public Relations for Smaller Downtown Organizations

Many downtown organizations have focused so heavily on branding and marketing that they’ve forgotten the importance of public relations. PR is the “art of doing good and getting caught at it.” Learn how one of the most cost-effective tools in changing perceptions can be yours – even on a very limited budget. Donna Ann Harris, Heritage Consulting Inc., Philadelphia, PA (moderator/panelist) Stephanie Redman, ReSurge Inc., Albuquerque, NM

Room 101B Granville Street: A Case Study in Place Making

Downtown Vancouver's Granville Street is undergoing $21 million in streetscape improvements. The new design features wider sidewalks, flex parking, and innovative sidewalk finishes. Learn the collaborative process behind the progress. Marco LiMandri, New City America, San Diego, CA (moderator) Charles Gauthier, Downtown Vancouver BIA, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Room 101CD Urban Universities: Translating Ideas Into Results

Universities and downtowns have always had a synergistic relationship, but few downtown organizations have taken full advantage of universities’ enormous resources. Some leading institutions are aiding the downtown cause with research and professional development. Learn how they’re improving downtown management. Robert Greenstreet, City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Seth A. Grossman, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Kathryn J. Madden, Madden Planning Group, Watertown, MA

Room 102AB Fast Track to Slow Food With the first lady promoting home gardens and organic foods, and an explosion of farmers markets, it’s time to explore how downtown organizations can promote healthy eating, support local agriculture, expand downtown dining and sociability, and save the world from climate change. The once-lowly urban farmers market can be your next major program. Elizabeth Sanders, Downtown Mobile Alliance, Mobile, AL (moderator) John Archer, Urban Marketing Collaborative, Toronto, ON Dan Carmody, Eastern Market Corporation, Detroit, MI

Room 102C Big Idea: The Great Debate: Downtown Retailing's Future

Retailers are struggling, vacancies are rising, and downtown leaders are perplexed. Where is retail heading? Should we chase chain stores or woo independents? How much retail can we sustain, and what kind will do the most good for downtown? The field’s best experts will discuss and debate this very hot topic. Jamie Licko, Progressive Urban Management Associates, Denver, CO (moderator) Michael J. Berne, MJB Consulting, New York, NY Midge McCauley, Downtown Works, Washington, DC Susan Nigra Snyder, CivicVisions, Philadelphia, PA

9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mobile Tour: The Brewery Project Midwest Center Main Lobby The redevelopment of the former Pabst Brewery complex represents one of the more

ambitious undertakings currently underway in urban America. This historic complex spans more than 20 acres and several city blocks. It contains 15 historic buildings, including the German Methodist church and the historic Bottling Building. Pabst began operations at this site in 1844 and closed in 1996. Redevelopment of the property by Joseph J. Zilber began in 2007, and the Brewery once again has people living and working in this historic setting. You’ll gain insights on how the master developer has integrated the sometimes conflicting goals of historic preservation and sustainability.

Dan McCarthy, Towne Investments, Milwaukee, WI

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mobile Tour: Downtown Housing - Something for Everyone Midwet Center Main Lobby This tour will highlight housing options in the central business district. These options

include everything from historic renovations to new construction; and market rate rentals to luxury condominiums. Listen to behind-the-scenes narratives on how these developments unfolded that will give you the sense that there is something for everyone in downtown Milwaukee. Tour includes the following properties: Majestic Lofts, Library Hill, University Club & Kilbourn Tower.

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Morning Networking Break Ballroom A/B Foyer 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops, Session II Room 101A Spurring Economic Developments in a Virtual World

There’s the real world and the virtual world – and now innovative economic developers have begun to see the potential for using the latter as a job retention and marketing tool in downtown Jamestown, NY. Are you ready for the virtual world to make your downtown stronger? Maclain Berhaupt, Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, Jamestown, NY (moderator) Jim Parker, Digitell Inc., Jamestown, NY

Room 101B The Role of the Arts in Creative Community Development

Many communities use the arts as a tool in revitalization, but few states have enacted arts and cultural district legislation. Hear how Virginia pioneered this approach, and how cities there and elsewhere are using this innovative approach to produce real results. Maureen Atkinson, Urban Marketing Collaborative, Toronto, ON (moderator) Elizabeth Via, City of Manassas, Manassas, VA Craig E. Gossman, Kinzelman Kline Gossman, Covington, KY

Room 101CD Big Idea: Self-Determination of BIDs BIDs are the lifeblood of downtown revitalization. Without this unique and powerful funding tool, many downtowns would never have seen the dramatic, positive changes that have occurred. Listen to the author of a nationwide study discuss the state of BIDs in the US, including the changes in direction, governance, and programming that mark a decade of evolution. Paul Levy, Center City District, Philadelphia, PA (moderator) Dr. Carol Becker, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, NM John Kromer, Fels Institute of Government, Philadelphia, PA

102AB Room Code Enforcement: A New Tool for Downtown Organizations BIDs and other downtown organizations have increasingly assumed duties and responsibilities that cities are no longer willing or able to do, and code enforcement is the next frontier in safety and development. Find out how BIDs and DDAs can perform vital tasks. Russell Claus, City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK (moderator) Patrick Thompson, Downtown Development District, New Orleans, LA Amy Harrell, Downtown Vision Inc., Jacksonville, FL

Mobile Workshop Retail Revitalization: ‘making the dream come true’ in downtown Milwaukee Midwest Center Main Lobby

Laverne & Shirley did it their way; learn how Milwaukee’'s BID is “doing it our way.” Reigniting retail in a stalled downtown is a tall order; much as we might wish, a quick, overnight fix doesn'’t exist. Join a retail walking tour of downtown Milwaukee with its BID's retail recruiter; two recognized urban identity experts and founders of CivicVisions, creator of the "It’s Not Your Mother’s Main Street Anymore" program; and the retail merchandising and leasing strategist engaged to plan and help implement the city's retail recovery. (The group will reconvene for a panel session/Q&A - see the 4:00-5:15 section for further information.) Deanna Inniss, Milwaukee Downtown BID Midge McCauley, Downtown Works Susan Snyder & George Thomas, CivicVisions

12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Grand Opening Lunch in the International Marketplace Ballroom A/B Raffled Prizes & Awards 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The International Marketplace Open Ballroom A/B 1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Keynote: Movie Matinee Ballroom C/D In My Tale of Two Cities, noted screenwriter Carl Kurlander (St. Elmo's Fire, Saved By

The Bell) offers a personal, funny and engaging look at Pittsburgh's efforts to revitalize its downtown and neighborhoods. He answers the questions that many of us ask: Why do we choose to live in some cities and not in others? What is it about certain places that compel us to want to invest our lives in our community? This is told from the perspective of a family who could live anywhere but chooses to come back to a rustbelt city and work to build the community's future, as well as its own.

Michael Edwards, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, Pittsburgh, PA (moderator) Carl Kurlander, Pittsburgh, PA 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Networking Break: International Marketplace Ballroom A/B

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops, Session III Room 101A Ten Years, Ten Lessons: Public-Private Partnerships in Cape Town

One of Africa’s most remarkable success stories is Cape Town. A partnership between government and the private sector, combined with a savvy and creative management organization, has made this city a jewel of the Southern hemisphere. What strategies can you adopt? Come and find out! Kate Joncas, Downtown Seattle, Seattle, WA (moderator) Andrew Boraine, Cape Town Partnership, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Room 101B Sustainability Cities: Which Way to Success? Increasingly, both politicians and citizens are asking their communities to create sustainable citywide plans to guide the reduction of the municipal footprint. JJR has conducted research with over 75 municipalities to discover the best practices of citywide sustainability planning. Learn how different communities are achieving great results. Cathy Coleman, Downtown Norfolk Council, Norfolk, VA (moderator) Connie Dimond, JJR, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI Suzanne Schulz, City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI Debra Mitchell, JJR, LLC, Chicago, IL

Room 101CD The Los Angeles Story: BIDs and Public Safety

Downtown Los Angeles is home to nine BIDs that employ hundreds of cleaning and safety workers. These organizations have to work hand in glove with the L.A. Police Department. Even with a police chief who heartily supports BIDs, there are always new issues, actors and surprises. Find out how a real public-private partnership holds downtown L.A. together. Charles Gauthier, Downtown Vancouver BIA, Vancouver, BC (moderator)

Blake Chow, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA Randall Tampa, Los Angeles Fashion District BID, Los Angeles, CA Ken Nakano, Downtown Center BID, Los Angeles, CA

Room 102C Building Loyalty and Customer Satisfaction with Smart Cards

Technology is catching up with some tried-and-true ideas like loyalty cards. Today, smart card technology builds customer loyalty and makes money for downtown organizations. Find out how it can work for your downtown. Terry Lorince, Downtown Vision, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (moderator) Daniel Statema, Downtown Sioux Falls Inc., Sioux Falls, SD Mick Conlin, Meta Payment Systems, Sioux Falls, SD John Regan, Parcxmart Technologies Inc., Hampton Falls, NH

Room 102DE Retail Rejuvenation Initiatives that Succeed in Downtowns

Join the urban and retail strategists that led the morning tour of downtown Milwaukee (see the 11:15am-12:30pm program section for further details and participate if you can!) for a discussion/Q&A session. They’ll talk about urban identity and share a concrete approach to creating implementable retail revitalization strategies for downtowns, which they maintain are pointless unless matched with an unequivocal commitment to a smart, sustainable recruitment program. Also, learn about the strategy that was created for downtown Milwaukee - today in the nascent stages of implementation - and hear about progress to date from its BID’s retail recruiter. Deanna Inniss, Milwaukee Downtown BID Midge McCauley, Downtown Works Susan Snyder & George Thomas, CivicVisions

Midwest Center Main Lobby Mobile Tour: Summerfest Summerfest is the world’s largest music festival. It takes place every year at the 75-acre

Henry Maier Festival Park along Milwaukee’s beautiful lakefront. The festival runs for 11 days and showcases more than 700 regional, emerging, and internationally renowned artists. Other Summerfest attractions include comedy acts, shopping, food, fireworks, family activities and more. In addition to Summerfest, this world-class venue hosts a variety of other ethnic and cultural festivals nearly every weekend throughout the summer and into autumn. The Indian Summer Festival will take place during this tour. Don’t miss your chance to see this amazing venue and enjoy behind-the-scene festival tours. John Boler, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc., Milwaukee, WI

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Evening Reception. Coming of Age: The Evolution of People and Landmarks City Hall At the time of its completion in 1895, Milwaukee’s City Hall was the third tallest structure

in the nation. Celebrating a recent $75 million renovation, City Hall now stands as a renewed symbol of Milwaukee’s vibrant heritage and future vitality. Sample local brews and wines, and enjoy culinary delights in this National Historic Landmark.

200 E. Wells Street. From Midwest Airlines Center: Head east on W. Wisconsin Ave. toward N. 4th St. Turn left at N. Old World 3rd St.

Turn right at W. Wells St. 8:30 p.m. Dinner on your own Please see restaurant list under the Welcome tab for a listing of nearby restaurants.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 7:30 a.m. Registration Opens 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Ballroom A/B Marketplace 7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. International Marketplace Open 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address: Rebecca Ryan, Attracting and Retaining the Next Generation Ballroom C/D A city’s downtown plays a critical role in its ability to attract and retain the best and

brightest of the next generation. The urban heart of a city beats with the energy of young professionals. Your downtown is your city’s showroom, and it’s what the next generation studies when deciding where to live and work. Rebecca Ryan is the founder of Next Generation Consulting and author of Live First, Work Second. As a sought-after communicator, Rebecca inspires thousands of audience members each year to build better places to live and work. Learn the critical role your downtown plays in attracting and retaining the well-educated, talented workforce your city needs. The Hon. Tom Barrett, The City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Jeff Sherman, OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee, WI (introducer) Rebecca Ryan, Next Generation Consulting, Madison, WI

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Breakout Session and Mobile Workshops, Session IV Room 101A Big Idea: Revolutionary Promise and a Boon to Downtown?

Imagine a town that promises to send its public school graduates to college on full scholarships. Wouldn’t you want to live there? Well, Kalamazoo is doing precisely that and Pittsburgh is following suit. Their programs go beyond education. Learn why theirs are some of the most exciting economic development projects to emerge in decades. David Feehan, Civitas Consultants, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (moderator) Dr. Janice Brown, The Kalamazoo Promise, Kalamazoo, MI Saleem Ghubril, The Pittsburgh Promise, Pittsburgh, PA

Room 101B Creative Marketing: Food and Fun

Everyone likes to eat and have fun. How do creative downtown festival managers and restaurant promoters take these basic human instincts and turn them into effective people generators for downtown events and dining establishments? Attend this session and hear how one downtown got 100 percent participation for its big festival, and how new concepts in marketing are driving restaurant traffic to smaller downtowns. Lisa Harmon, Downtown Billings, Billings, MT (moderator) Ron Casey, Downtown Summerside Inc., Summerside, Prince Edward Island Larisa Ortiz, Larisa Ortiz Associates LLC, Jackson Heights, NY Ralph DiBart, New Rochelle BID, New Rochelle, NY

Room 101CD Retail Graduate School Session 1: Reviving Retail

Almost every downtown is reporting retail struggles and failures to some degree. Even as panic subsides, what can a downtown leader do to begin the rebuilding process? Two

experts help you understand the dimensions of the current situation, and explain strategies that will bring your shopping district back to life. Matt Kennell, Center City Partnership, Columbia, SC (moderator) Marjorie Ferrer, Downtown Delray Beach Development Authority, Delray Beach, FL

Carol Gies, 4Insights Inc., Lisle, IL Room 102AB Building Community with Social Media

Social media: it's everywhere you turn. How can it support the growth of businesses and the health of the retail environment of your city? How can you use it to promote community participation, gain program initiative support and advance cultural programs? An expert Milwaukee-based panel will answer these important questions. Jeff Sherman, OnMilwaukee.com (moderator), Milwaukee, WI Sara Meaney, Comet Branding, Milwaukee, WI Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI

Room 102C Big Cities Roundtable

If you work in a city with a metro population of more than a million, share your stories of triumph and woe about everything from high-level public policy issues to nitty-gritty on-the-street management solutions. Ask tough questions and learn new answers. Richard Bradley, Downtown DC BID, Washington, DC

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Mobile Workshop - The Brewery Project Midwest Airlines Center The redevelopment of the former Pabst Brewery complex represents one of the more Meet in Main Lobby ambitious undertakings currently underway in the urban U.S. This historic complex spans

more than 20 acres and several city blocks. It contains 15 historic buildings, including the German Methodist church and the historic Bottling Building. Pabst began operations at this site in 1844 and closed in 1996. Redevelopment of the property by Joseph J. Zilber began in 2007, and the Brewery once again has people living and working in this historic setting. Learn how the master developer has integrated the sometimes conflicting goals of historic preservation and sustainability. Dan McCarthy, Towne Investments, Milwaukee, WI

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Mobile Workshop - Discovery World Midwest Airlines Center Situated on the shore of Lake Michigan between the Milwaukee Art Museum and Meet in Main Lobby Lakeshore State Park, the Discovery World connects innovation, science, technology,

and the environment with exploration and learning through interactive exhibits and experiential learning programs. The mission of the facility is to help people positively impact their communities by developing a better understanding of technology and the environment, while fostering both innovation and creativity. It’s one of the great educational assets of the downtown Milwaukee community – don’t miss it!

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Morning Networking Break: International Marketplace Ballroom A/B 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops, Session V

Room 101A Privatizing Infrastructure: An Alternative Source of Public Revenue?

Chicago privatizes parking meters. Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania may privatize turnpikes, while some cities are doing the same to their public buildings. Does this make sense? A team of economic experts will explain how it can be a great source of revenue – or a political nightmare. Owen Beitsch, Real Estate Research Consultants Inc., Orlando, FL (moderator) Thomas R. Kohler, Real Estate Research Consultants Inc., Orlando, FL Thomas E. Lanctot, William Blair and Co., Chicago, IL Dana Levenson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Chicago, IL

Room 101B BIDs in Diverse Communities

BIDs are not just for community business districts. They are also effective in different areas, including low-income and immigrant communities. Some CBDs are showing surprising signs of life after many years of decline. Learn the surprises and challenges of

working with entrepreneurs amid multiple cultures and languages, and take back some of these lessons to use in your city. Ed Wolverton, Downtown Greensboro, Inc., Greensboro, NC (moderator) Kathleen Hahn Wendler, Southwest Detroit Business Association, Detroit, MI

Room 101CD Big Idea: Glocalization and Sustainability

The link between globalization, localization and sustainability is unquestioned; but finding the right answers is still more an art than a science. A new term has emerged: glocalization, which means thinking globally and acting locally. Practitioners and planners have given this term some thoughtful direction and interesting applications. Will glocalization be the next big thing? Beth Nicols, Downtown Milwaukee BID 21, Milwaukee, WI (moderator) Daniel Carmody, Detroit Eastern Market Corporation, Detroit, MI

Room 102AB Retail Graduate School Session II: The Future of Retail

Once the current crisis subsides, what can we expect in downtown retailing? With many chains in bankruptcy or downsizing expansion plans, who will fill the storefronts? What kinds of retail will thrive in the new economy? These and many other questions will be the grist for a compelling presentation and discussion. Larisa Ortiz, Larisa Ortiz Associates LLC, Jackson Heights, NY (moderator)

Michael Stumpf, Place Dynamics, New Berlin, WI John Archer, Urban Marketing Collaborative, Toronto, ON, Canada

Room 102C How Canadian Downtowns Can Adapt U.S. Downtown Revitalization Tools

Canadians have often claimed that the legislative and other techniques practiced in the US to bolster downtown revitalization cannot be transferred to Canada. This session challenges that notion, showing how over the last 10 years downtown London, Canada has successfully applied revitalization strategies devised in the US, particularly in the areas of municipal incentive programs, grants, and strategic investments underwritten using public and other funds. James Robinson, Downtown Yonge BIA, Toronto, ON (moderator) Gregg Barrett, City of London Land Use Planning-Policy Planning Division, London, ON

Room 102DE From Post War Suburb to 21st Century Downtown: The Transformation of Surrey

City Centre The City of Surrey provides a transformative tale of the opportunities and the challenges

in redeveloping a sprawling, post World War II suburb into a dense and vibrant 21st-century downtown. Surrey is transforming its town centre into a second downtown for the metro Vancouver region through policy initiatives and civic investments. One of the critical first steps in this transformation was the conversion of a declining shopping mall into dense mixed-use, transit-oriented development with a new university campus. Find out why this project won the international MIPIM award for best new development in the world.

Giovanna Codato, Italian Association of Town Centre Management, Italy (moderator) Michael Heeney, Bing Thom Architects, Vancouver, BC 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. International Marketplace Lunch Ballroom A/B Raffled Prizes & Awards; Last chance to meet with vendors catering to your needs! 2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Breakout Session and Mobile Workshops, Session VI Room 101A Improve Downtown with Keep America Beautiful's Cigarette Litter Prevention

Program Cigarette butts are the most commonly littered item in America, impacting both the environment and community quality of life. This session will focus on how downtowns can successfully address cigarette butt litter. Learn best practices from IDA members who have achieved significant results through the program, and find out how your downtown can benefit from this program. Jim Yanchula, City of Windsor, Windsor, ON (moderator) Diane Burnette, Main Street Corridor Development Corporation, Kansas City, MO Bronwen Evans, Keep America Beautiful, Stamford, CT Patty Brosmer, Capitol Hill BID, Washington, DC

Room 101B Big Ideas: Environment and Sustainability: A Social Responsibility Portfolio

Social responsibility: an idea that has come and gone, and is coming back again? Steve Thompson of Keep America Beautiful works with major corporations to fund environmental programs that go beyond improving aesthetics. Learn how he convinces business leaders to support large-scale social responsibility programs. Jeff Sanford, Memphis Center City Commission, Memphis, TN (moderator) Steve Thompson, Keep America Beautiful, Stamford, CT

Room 101CD The U.K. Story: BIDs Across the Atlantic

The impact of the financial meltdown has been felt worldwide. And in the UK, BIDs are leading both small and large town centers back to health. A structured regional support program called the BIDs Academy is just one of the initiatives that are keeping town centers alive and growing. Hear how some of the UK’s BID pioneers are developing exciting new approaches. Simon Quin, ATCM, Westminster, London, UK (moderator) Mo Aswat, The Mosaic Partnership, Leicestershire, UK Jacquie Reilly, ATCM, Westminster, London, UK

Room 102AB Developing a Comprehensive Retail Parking Strategy

Retail strategies aren’t new, and neither are parking plans. But how often are these really done in concert? Which is the driver, retail or parking? One community has tackled this issue, and some surprising ideas have emerged. Gain new perspective on how parking can truly support and integrate with retail development. Josh Eisen, ParkAssist, Santa Monica, CA (moderator)

Dennis Burns, Carl Walker Inc., Tempe, AZ Room 102C Balancing Corporate Profitability and Community Involvement

Once seen as a purely philanthropic activity, corporate responsibility is moving to the center of discussions within leading companies. Whether you call it community social responsibility (CSR), philanthropy, corporate citizenship or "just doing the right thing," CEOs from some of Milwaukee's best companies will discuss why it's important. Learn how they recognize the importance of community involvement and use sound practices that enhance their companies' profitability. Given the global economy, do companies have a responsibility to lead, implement and promote civic initiatives that are responsible for community growth? Milwaukee's business leaders share their views. Mike Gousha, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (moderator) Greg Marcus, Marcus Hotels and Resorts, Milwaukee, WI

2:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Mobile Workshop: How BIDs Fund Capital Improvements: the Milwaukee RiverWalk

Midwest Center Main Lobby Case Study Milwaukee’s downtown renovations began with property owners along the Milwaukee River forming a BID to construct the RiverWalk. Learn about the creative cooperative funding scheme implemented by the City and the RiverWalk BID. Also learn how the river walk capital improvements served as a catalyst for downtown revitalization. This panel discussion will take place on a boat against a scenic Milwaukee River backdrop. Bruce Block, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC, Milwaukee WI Alyssa Evers, Milwaukee Department of City Development, Milwaukee WI Gary Grunau, Grunau Consulting, Milwaukee WI.

2:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Mobile Workshop: The Marquette Interchange Reconstruction Project, Wisconsin’s Midwest Center Main Lobby First Mega-Project

Since the project’s inception, when Gov. Jim Doyle first announced plans to reconstruct this interchange, the following promises were made to the community, to taxpayers and to road travelers: traffic would keep moving, it would involve the entire community, and it would be built on a four-year schedule with strict budgetary guidelines. With the help of the entire community, those expectations were met and exceeded. Frank Busalacchi, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison WI Ryan Luck, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Milwaukee WI David Nguyen, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Milwaukee WI Laura Goranson, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Milwaukee WI.

2:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Mobile Workshop - From $60 to $600 Million: The Historic Third Ward Story Midwest Center Main Lobby Economic development is not a recipe, it’s a process. Using the Historic Third Ward

history as a model, this tour and panel discussion will explain the strategies used to create change - and then apply them to the real-life situations faced by participants. Enjoy an hour-long guided tour to experience the Ward’s environment, and then listen to a panel discussion by those who were involved in its growth. Participants will be asked to identify perceived development roadblocks they face, and the panel will give specific strategies for creating change in those situations.

Greg Uhen, Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee, WI (Moderator) Einar Tangen, I-MCF, Beijing, China (past Third Ward President/BID Chair) Michael L. Morgan, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Madison, WI Rocky Marcoux, City of Milwaukee Department of City Development, Milwaukee, WI Robert Greenstreet, UWM School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Milwaukee, WI James Piwoni, James Piwoni Architects & Planners, Milwaukee, WI

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Afternoon Networking Break Ballroom A/B Foyer 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops, Session VII Room 101A Big Idea: The Regional Makeover

How did a region rediscover the 100-year-old freshwater industry, reengineer its capabilities for the 21st century and turn freshwater into the world's hottest commodity, all within a few years' time? Learn how collaboration between business, education, and civic partners led to new attitudes and a greater awareness of the natural resource's big impact. The freshwater industry has a broad reach and has led to cutting-edge research, environmentalism, and tourism. Find out more about the industry's rapid rise, and why the world is taking notice. Dean Amhaus, Spirit of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI (moderator) Julia Taylor, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Milwaukee, WI

Room 101B The New York Story: BIDs and the Big Apple New York offers tales from three leading BIDs – Midtown, Downtown and Brooklyn – as these resourceful organizations tackle some tough problems in hard times. Learn how retail strategies and place-making efforts are once again making New York an incubator of BID programs. David Feehan, Civitas Consultants, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (moderator) Elizabeth Berger, Alliance for Downtown New York, New York, NY Dan Biederman, Biederman Redevelopment Corp., New York, NY Michael Weiss, MetroTech BID, Brooklyn, NY

Room 101CD Renewing BIDs in Troubled Times

Asking property owners to renew or even increase their commitment during one of the worst commercial real estate crises in decades is daunting. One community made it through, albeit with lots of scares and scars. Listen to what happened in the Fashion District and learn what you need to know. Steve Gibson, Urban Place Consulting Group, Long Beach, CA (moderator) Kent Smith, Los Angeles Fashion District, Los Angeles, CA

Room 102AB Downtown Focused Hospitality

The hospitality industry has a great impact on a downtown's ability to attract both visitors and new residents. Learn how industry leaders catalyze downtown revitalization through reinvention and why their vision can affect your downtown's long-term success. H. Blount Hunter, Retail & Real Estate Research Co., Norfolk, VA (moderator)

Joe Kurth, The Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, WI Tim Smith, Intercontinental Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI John Archibald, Milwaukee Hilton City Center, Milwaukee, WI John Williams, Skirvin Hilton, Oklahoma City, OK

Room 102C Where Retail, Branding and Design Intersect: Creating the Best Urban Streets

Learn how a unique approach to combining retail planning and urban design interventions - supercharged by branding initiatives - can take street activity to a whole new level. Find out how the City of Calgary and the Calgary Downtown Association have set the stage for creating a walkable and economically vital city center, and learn how to improve your streets. David Down, City of Calgary, Calgary, AB (moderator) Maureen Atkinson, Urban Marketing Collaborative, Toronto, ON Chris Beynon, MIG, Berkeley, CA Mindy Craig, MIG, Berkeley, CA

6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Closing Reception: Milwaukee – Art Lives Here Milwaukee Art Museum As the site of the first U.S. sculpture by Santiago Calatrava, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s

Quadracci Pavilion is one of the most graceful buildings of all time. Perched on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Burke Brise Soleil designed by Calatrava opens its elaborate wings daily to provide shade for visitors. An international icon for the city, celebrate your last evening in Milwaukee by experiencing one of its most breathtaking views as the wings fold at sunset. Guests will also have an opportunity to purchase winning selections from the local artists competition, which encourages artists to capture the urban environment on canvas. From Midwest Airlines Center to the Milwaukee Art Museum: Head east on W. Wisconsin Ave. toward N. 4th St. Turn right at N. Broadway. Turn left at E. Michigan St. Turn left at N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. Turn right at N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee Art Museum will be on left.

Busses will be available, too.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast at the Hilton Crystal Ballroom at the Hilton 7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS Room 201A Public Safety and Public Space Management

Operations managers will have a chance to talk about today’s hottest issues: from the latest cleaning techniques, technologies, and materials to relationships with public and private security officials. If you manage or work for a clean and safe operation, don’t miss this valuable roundtable. Blair McBride, Block By Block, Louisville, KY

Room 201B Urban Planning and Design Many cities are taking advantage of the lull in development and construction to assess where they stand and look toward the future. As a result, master plans and other planning exercises are becoming more important than ever before. Planners, architects, and downtown leaders will discuss how avoid big mistakes and get the job done. Kurt Weigle, Downtown Development District, New Orleans, LA (moderator) Don Arambula, Crandall Arambula, Portland, OR

Room 201CD Wayfinding Downtowns have made significant investments and improvements in signage and wayfinding systems over the past decade, but there are still many business districts in which these systems are inadequate or even absent. Join a host of practitioners and consultants to discuss the latest theories and practices. Leslie Lloyd, Bellevue Downtown Association, Bellevue, WA (moderator) Davis Rhorer, City of Baton Rouge Downtown Development District, Baton Rouge, LA Joseph Mariani, Jr., Hollywood Entertainment District, Hollywood, CA Mark VanderKlipp, Corbin Design, Traverse City, MI

Room 202AB Surviving and Thriving

Recent worldwide economic shifts have created unforeseen difficulties for downtown leaders. But with national governments plowing huge sums into stimulus packages, and local governments and businesses seeking innovative ways to cope with shrinking budgets and smaller staffs, downtown organizations may be uniquely positioned to thrive. Share your stories with colleagues. Michael Smith, Charlotte Center City Partners, Charlotte, NC

Room 202C Canadian Roundtable Canadian roundtables at past IDA conferences have been important, lively and productive meetings. Attendance is usually high, so come early and help debate issues, programs and future directions for downtowns throughout Canada. Jim Yanchula, Corporation of the City of Windsor, Windsor, ON Paul MacKinnon, Downtown Halifax Business Commission, Halifax, NS

Room 202 DE Business Attraction and Retention

Holding on to what you’ve got is tough enough these days. Finding and corralling new prospects is even more challenging. If your job involves recruiting and retaining, spend an hour with colleagues who are trying to accomplish these same tasks. Tamara Zahn, Downtown Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

Room 203AB Operations Directors Roundtable

Join fellow Operations Directors to share similar challenges and opportunities for success. Attend an affinity group roundtable designed to encourage communications with your peers from throughout the IDA family. At these roundtables, you will choose your own discussion leader who will keep the conversation flowing, allowing attendees to pose questions, offer successful solutions, vent frustrations and identify common trends and obstacles. Nowhere but at IDA can you sit with so many of your peers to discuss the issues you confront daily.

Room 203C Research Directors Roundtable

Join fellow Research Directors to share similar challenges and opportunities for success. Attend an affinity group roundtable designed to encourage communications with your peers from throughout the IDA family. At these roundtables, you will choose your own discussion leader who will keep the conversation flowing, allowing attendees to pose questions, offer successful solutions, vent frustrations and identify common trends and obstacles. Nowhere but at IDA can you sit with so many of your peers to discuss the issues you confront daily.

Room 203DE Marketing Directors Roundtable

Join fellow Marketing Directors to share similar challenges and opportunities for success. Attend an affinity group roundtable designed to encourage communications with your peers from throughout the IDA family. At these roundtables, you will choose your own discussion leader who will keep the conversation flowing, allowing attendees to pose questions, offer successful solutions, vent frustrations and identify common trends and obstacles. Nowhere but at IDA can you sit with so many of your peers to discuss the issues you confront daily.

7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Registration 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Climate Change and Transportation Ballroom C/D All of us have transit and transportation needs. A new set of performance targets could

alter the present funding in ways that could greatly benefit downtowns. Christopher B. Leinberger is a visiting fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a new urbanism development firm dedicated to land stewardship and building a sense of community. Learn what’s happening with the climate change and transportation reauthorization bills, and find out about IDA’s and your roles in influencing these important policies. Richard Bradley, Downtown DC BID, Washington, DC (moderator) Christopher Leinberger, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions and Mobile Workshops, Session VII Room 101A Want to Improve Your Management? Try CQI and Benchmarking

More than a decade ago, IDA promoted the concept of benchmarking. At the same time many institutions were experimenting with continuous quality improvement. It’s now even more important to use these proven management tools to assess and improve your work. Two leading downtown practitioners will tell you why these essential methods work and how to make them work for you. Thomas Chatmon, Orlando Downtown Development Board, Orlando, FL (moderator)

Stuart Taylor, Downtown Development District, New Orleans, LA James Wells, Block by Block, Louisville, KY Room 101B Technology Meets Problem-Solving: Crowdsourcing, Mobile Marketing & More

Raleigh and Madison provide textbook examples of how technology-based strategies are changing downtown management. Raleigh is breaking new ground with interactive maps and publishing “location aware” information to iPhones, Blackberries, and other mobile devices. Blending technology with old-school implementation, Madison used a web-based technique called crowdsourcing to develop effective strategies for managing its nighttime economy. Jim Blakeslee, Geocentric, Silver Spring, MD Allison Harnden, Responsible Hospitality Institute, Santa Cruz, CA

Room 101CD Big Idea: Creative Economies Employment, pay and talent attraction in the creative economy are on the rise, and developing creative assets help move downtowns and regions forward into distinct destinations. Find out how the Milwaukee region is working to propel itself forward as a cutting edge community and learn lessons you can apply. Andrew Taft, Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (moderator) Christine Harris, Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Erica Conway, C2 Graphics Productivity Solutions, Milwaukee, WI Matt Richardson, SmartWave Consulting, Milwaukee, WI

Room 102AB Managing Harm Reduction Programs

While glitzier programs get most of the attention, harm reduction programs can effectively deal with downtown life’s seamier side: exchanging and distributing needles, managing alcohol consumption and abuse and accommodating methadone clinics. Canada is leading the way in humane and creative approaches. Every organization should be aware of these issues. Don’t get caught unprepared. John Lambeth, Civitas Advisors, Sacramento, CA (moderator) Peggy DuCharme, Downtown Rideau BIA, Ottawa, ON John Gibbons, Ottawa Police Department, Ottawa, ON Stephen Bartolo, Shepherds of Good Hope, Ottawa, ON

Room 102C Downtown Retail: What can a BID do to Spur Successful Downtown Retail Business? Retail is a key component of any successful downtown. BIDs can promote retail development in many ways: providing parking alternatives, creating amenities and events and even working cooperatively with the brokerage community to attract and retain retail businesses. Learn what your downtown BID could do to promote retail development and operations. Deborah Tomczyk, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC, Milwaukee WI (moderator) Tom Bernacchi, Towne Investments, Milwaukee WI Vanessa Koster, Milwaukee Department of City Development, Milwaukee WI

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Closing: Working Lunch

With our nation’s economic problems and challenges across cities, IDA would like to offer maximum benefits for your conference dollars. Our final conference session is a working lunch, providing you the chance to share a table with your peers and discuss core downtown program areas such as innovations in place-making, public private partnerships, budgets during the recession, condo market slowdown etc. Results from table discussions will be compiled and made available to attendees after the conference.

Speaker Biographies

Joe Alexander

Joe Alexander’s duties at the Alexander Company include senior management, new

project presentation and negotiation,

development team oversight, stakeholder

relations, and operations oversight. Joe

previously served as special assistant to the

assistant secretary for administration and

management at the Department of Health and

Human Services in Washington, D.C. His duties

at HHS included consultation and

implementation in the areas of general

management, space planning, and facilities construction and leasing.

Randy Alexander

Randy Alexander has directed all aspects of the

Alexander Company’s business since its

inception in 1981. He is the primary visionary

for each of the developments undertaken by the

Company. Under his leadership, it has

undertaken the finance, development, design,

restoration, construction, and management of

over 250 new and historic buildings. Among the

Company’s notable accomplishments are the conversions of abandoned schools, mothballed

factories, turn-of-the-century high-rises, train

depots, hotels, and downtown buildings into

high-quality apartments, condominiums, hotels,

restaurants, and commercial buildings. In

addition, Randy has overseen the planning and

completion of several mixed-use urban

renaissance master developments.

Don Arambula

Don Arambula is a founding principal of Crandall Arambula, a nationally acclaimed urban

design firm based in Portland, OR. Don’s focus

in planning and urban design is to create livable

communities. Throughout his career, he has

worked on projects ranging from urban infill

housing to new town creation. He specializes in

integrating transportation and land-use needs to

create pedestrian-friendly, vibrant urban cores.

His award-winning projects include downtown

and traditional neighborhood development plans,

streetscape designs, design guidelines and policy

plans. Don has served as principal urban designer throughout the U.S. He has a bachelor’s

degree in landscape architecture and regional

planning from Colorado State University.

John Archer

John Archer has worked across North America

assessing and developing farmers' markets, and

has started applying his knowledge to other

centres such as the souks in Dubai, Doha, and

Tunis.

John Archibald

John Archibald was born and raised in Scotland

and completed his education at Telford College

in Edinburgh. After moving to the U.S., John

landed his first hotel position as banquet

manager at a Stouffer Hotel in Indianapolis.

Future experiences found him in other cities like

Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and the U.S.

Virgin Islands. The allure of his hometown then

brought him back to Scotland where he owned

and operated his own restaurant, the Gretel, for six years. Beginning with the Hotel Mead in

Wisconsin Rapids, WI, John has held the

position of hotel general manager for 16 years.

He currently sits on the board for the Wisconsin

Restaurant Association, Visit Milwaukee, and

the West Town Association. Currently, he is the

general manager at the Hilton Milwaukee City

Center.

Mo Aswat

Mo Aswat earned an MBA at Nottingham University after specializing in public-private

business partnerships, and has over ten years of

practical city and town center management

experience. He served as executive director for

Bedford BID and as chair of BID Leamington.

He is also a fellow of the Institute of Place

Management. Mo’s work has covered

developing and funding town center companies,

managing the evening economy in towns, and

developing business-led partnerships on

industrial estates. Mo set up the Mosaic

Partnership, which provides advice and support from idea generation to implementation in the

fields of BIDs, estate and town center

management, and partnership development. The

company works with over 50 locations and has

advised 18 successful BIDs in the UK.

Maureen Atkinson

Maureen Atkinson is a senior partner at Urban

Marketing Collaborative, a subsidiary of J.C.

Williams Group in Toronto and Chicago. As a

specialist in retail and retail research, she has written articles and given lectures on retailing

and marketing in downtown for IDA, Urban

Land Institute, National Trust for Historic

Preservation, and many individual downtown

organizations. She is a past IDA board member

and holds a bachelor’s degree in administrative

studies from York University in Toronto.

Stephen Bartolo

Stephen Bartolo is the senior manager of Shelter, Recovery, and Managed Alcohol programs at the

Shepherds of Good Hope in Ottawa, ON. He has

been with the organization since 2002. His

programs specialize in meeting individuals

where they are at in life; this is done in a non-

judgmental, compassionate way and creates a

sense of community and belonging. The

Managed Alcohol Program is renowned around

the world as being an extremely successful harm

reduction based program that reduces emergency

services, decreases community disruption, and

restores dignity to the individual.

Owen Beitsch, Ph.D.

Owen M. Beitsch, Ph.D. has been with RERC

since 1990. Prior to joining the firm, he was a

principal with the real estate consulting practice

of Laventhol and Horwath. As an advisor with

RERC, he has been especially interested in the

activities of the state’s many special district

governments, their financial affairs, interactions

with the private sector, reporting procedures, and

systems to assure accountable behavior. He has helped many of the firm’s clients to secure

beneficial arrangements extending from the

increasing interest in public-private partnerships.

In addition to his advisory role in the areas of

privatization of public infrastructure and

services, Owen is currently authoring a paper on

the privatization of transportation systems. Owen

earned his master’s degree in urban and regional

planning from Florida State University and his

Ph.D. in public affairs from the University of

Central Florida.

Elizabeth Berger

Elizabeth H. Berger joined the Alliance for

Downtown New York as president in 2007. For

almost two decades, she advised cultural and

educational not-for-profits, as well as public and

private companies, on engaging and managing

government. In 2004, she received a New York

Dance and Performance “Bessie” award citation

for government arts advocacy. She has almost 30

years of experience with the state, federal, and

local government. An innovator in the field, she established non-legal government relations

practices at two highly regarded New York law

firms, and created the Department of

Government and External Affairs at Lincoln

Center for the Performing Arts.

Maclain Berhaupt

Maclain Berhaupt is the director of the urban

design plan for the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation. Maclain helps coordinate economic

development projects within the directives of the

urban design plan with the JRC Board, private

sector developers, the City of Jamestown, and

other stakeholder organizations. She previously

served as the special projects coordinator for the

State University of New York at Fredonia Center

for Regional Development and Governance and

as the executive director of the Chadwick Bay

Regional Development Corporation. She also

served as the director of development for the

City of Dunkirk, where she was instrumental in waterfront and downtown development projects.

Michael Berne

Michael J. Berne is the president of MJB

Consulting, a New York City-based retail

consulting concern that works across North

America on market analyses, retail strategies,

and tenant recruitment efforts. As one of North

America's foremost experts on downtown retail,

Michael has presented on the subject at the

annual conferences offered by IDA and many other organizations. Michael has lectured at the

University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of

Planning and has written articles for the Urban

Land Institute's Urban Land magazine. He has

served on expert advisory panels for ULI and the

International Economic Development Council.

Michael received his undergraduate degree at

Columbia College (Columbia University) and an

M.Phil degree from Cambridge University. He

lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Christopher Beynon

Christopher Beynon is the director of planning

and development services at MIG with more than

13 years of experience in regional and urban

planning, downtown planning, land use planning,

and community design. He has developed

distinctive expertise in community design and

development, working with the public and

private sectors on neighborhood planning,

revitalization planning, infill site projects, and

new community development across the U.S. In

addition to overall project strategy and critical thinking responsibilities, he provides land use,

urban design, and transit planning expertise and

analysis; public meeting facilitation; developer

and consultant partnering; and process strategy

and management. Christopher has also managed

a variety of other land use planning and urban

design projects.

Daniel A. Biederman

Dan Biederman is the co-founder of Grand Central Partnership, 34th Street Partnership, and

Bryant Park Corporation, three of NYC’s most

successful BIDs. He currently serves as the

president of the latter two. In 1980, he co-

founded BPC and began the restoration of

Bryant Park. Under Dan’s guidance, BPC

instituted a program of security, sanitation,

capital repair, and public event planning that

transformed the park from a symbol of urban

neglect into a gorgeous, impeccably maintained,

and crime-free gathering place. Dan’s newer

projects include establishing the Chelsea Improvement Company to redevelop the public

realm in the lively blocks surrounding Chelsea

Market. He serves on the national or local boards

of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at

Harvard, the Trust for Public Land, 42nd Street

Development Corporation, Van Cortlandt Park

Conservancy, and Friends of Princeton Track.

Jim Blakeslee

Jim Blakeslee is the founder and principal at

Geocentric, which was established in 2005 with the vision of enabling clients in tourism and

economic development to self-publish and self-

manage high-quality interactive website content.

The firm has won numerous awards for web

development, destination marketing, and mobile

web applications. Jim has overseen the

development of several mobile applications, and

more than a dozen websites for IDA member

organizations.

Bruce T. Block

Bruce T. Block has been practicing law since 1979. He is a shareholder and chair of the firm's

real estate practice and is also a member of the

firm's board of directors. Bruce's clients include

private developers and investors, institutional

developers and investors, lenders, municipalities,

and community development authorities. He has

significant experience in a broad range of real

estate matters including land use planning,

zoning, eminent domain, historic tax credits,

multiple and mixed use ownership structures, tax

incremental financing and leasing, construction, and design contracts. Bruce's extensive contacts

in both public and private sectors are key factors

in his ability to navigate complex transactions to

successful and creative conclusions.

John Boler

As vice president of sales and marketing at

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc., John Boler is

responsible for leading the company's sales and

marketing strategy for its cornerstone event, Summerfest, the World's Largest Music Festival.

His functional responsibilities include

advertising, media and public relations, as well

as overseeing corporate sales and vendor

relationships, including 70 sponsorships and over

500 Business Group Sales clients and seat

licensing programs. John brings over 20 years of

experience in sales, marketing and

communications leadership. Throughout his five-

year tenure at Summerfest, he helped the

organization achieve yearly growth and

profitability. John currently serves on the Marketing Committee of Visit Milwaukee and

studied Business Administration at the

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and La

Crosse.

Andrew Boraine

Andrew Boraine is chief executive of the Cape

Town Partnership, a public-private partnership

established in 1999 to lead the regeneration of

the Cape Town Central City. The role of the

Partnership is to develop, manage, and promote

the Cape Town Central City as a leading center where all can participate in and benefit from

commercial, retail, residential, cultural, and other

activities. The partnership also manages the work

of the Central City Improvement District

(CCID), a pioneering urban management vehicle,

and has established innovative Creative Cape

Town, Green City and 2010 Football World Cup

programs.

Kate Borders

Kate Borders earned her master's degree in non-

profit arts management from Columbia College, and her bachelor's degree in music from the

University of Arizona in 1998. She started

working as a program manager for the Coleman

Foundation in Chicago in 2000. Kate moved to

Peoria, IL to assume the position of executive

director for the Peoria Art Guild in 2003. She

assumed her current position, as executive

director of East Town Association, in 2005.

Leo Brideau

Leo Brideau is president and chief executive officer of Columbia St. Mary’s, Inc. (CSM) in

Milwaukee, WI. CSM is a multi-hospital system

which includes three acute care hospitals in two

counties, a rehabilitation hospital and a joint

venture orthopedic hospital. Leo also serves as

the ministry market leader for Ascension Health,

providing leadership and direction to the health

ministries in Missouri and Wisconsin. He

currently serves as chair of the AHA Payment Reform Task Force and as chair of the

Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) Health

Reform Task Force. He has served as a board

member of the WHA and as chair of WHA

Future Physician Work Force, and is a board

member of the Milwaukee Healthcare

Partnership, Metropolitan Milwaukee

Association of Commerce and the Greater

Milwaukee Committee.

Patty Brosmer

Patty Brosmer has been the executive director (now President) of the Capitol Hill Business

Improvement District (BID) since its inception in

early 2003. Prior to that, she was a consultant to

the interim board during the 3-year formation

phase of the BID. As former executive director

of the Georgetown Business & Professional

Association, she was instrumental in getting the

necessary legislation passed to allow the

formation of BIDs throughout the District of

Columbia. Her overall career includes extensive

background and many achievements in planning and development, public and government

relations, and community leadership.

Janice M. Brown, Ed.D.

Janice M. Brown is the executive director of the

Kalamazoo Promise. She was superintendent of

Kalamazoo public schools for seven years, and

has more than 36 years of experience working in

public education as a teacher, consultant,

professor, state administrator, principal, and

district official. Janice was named Michigan

Superintendent of the Year and received the national Athena Award, the Women of

Achievement and the Glass Ceiling Awards in

her community. She provides leadership in the

community for improved learning for all youth

and engagement/ and support from the total

community. She serves as the spokesperson for

the Kalamazoo Promise, and is responsible for

using it as the catalyst for economic renewal and

transformation of greater Kalamazoo.

Diane Burnette

Diane Burnette is the executive director of the

Main Street Corridor Development Corporation

(MainCor) and the chief administrator of the

Main Street Community Improvement District

(CID) in Kansas City, Missouri. She has been

with the organization since 2003 and was the

lead in the creation of the CID. She has had

several opportunities to build consensus and

collaboration among diverse stakeholders to

ultimately strengthen not only valuable urban infrastructure, but also the social fabric of

Kansas City. They have successfully

implemented the Cigarette Litter Prevention

Program in the area she serves and she also co-

owns a small business, Muddy’s Coffeehouse,

with her husband going on 15 years.

L. Dennis Burns

L. Dennis Burns, CAPP serves on the IPI’s

Board of Advisors; the IDA’s board of directors,

and is a member of the Parking Consultants

Council.

Daniel Carmody

After 20 years as a downtown manager in Rock

Island, IL and Fort Wayne, IN, Daniel Carmody

was hired in 2007 as the president of Detroit’s

Eastern Market Corporation (EMC), where he

leads the entity charged with operating the

region’s premier public market, renovating its

campus, and revitalizing the adjacent business

district. EMC also is a partner organization in

rebuilding southeast Michigan’s local food system. Since the mid-1990s, Daniel has also

served as a consultant to more than 30

community development programs throughout

North America, served on the board of directors

of the IDA, and is a frequent presenter at

conferences.

Ron Casey

Ron Casey is the executive director of

Downtown Summerside Inc. He has been

employed there since 2002. Downtown

Summerside Inc. manages a BIA in Summerside, a city of 13,500 in the province of Prince Edward

Island, Canada. Ron is a carpenter by trade and

has a planning technician diploma. He has

extensive experience in planning, project

management, marketing, and special events. Ron

has worked in every province in Canada and has

been project manager of many construction

projects throughout Canada.

Blake Chow

Captain Blake Chow was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Department in 1990 after having

served as a San Jose Police reserve officer. As a

police officer II, he first was assigned to Central

Area in 1991, where he worked foot beats and in

a plain clothes special problems unit which

targeted the problems of violent crimes, property

crimes, and narcotics. In early 2009, Blake

returned to Central Division and was promoted

to area commanding officer.

Mick Conlin

Mick Conlin is the senior vice president of Agent

Products. He has more than 20 years of

experience in the financial services industry, and

has focused on the prepaid industry since 1999.

Mick joined Meta in 2004 from Bank One-

Chase. He previously served in numerous

banking, card industry, and sales-related

capacities. He has appeared in numerous trade

publications and has spoken at a number of

prepaid industry gatherings.

Mindy Craig

Mindy Craig is a principal of MIG and has more

than 18 years of experience in providing

communications and marketing strategies,

planning, strategic planning, programming,

needs assessment, and financial feasibility

services to over 50 agencies and organizations in

North America. She offers a broad diversity of

experience to clients particularly in strategy

development. She served as the branding

specialist for the Downtown Calgary Retail, Branding and Urban Design Strategy project.

This high-profile project cohesively integrated

the realms of place-based branding, image and

identity, retail analysis, and urban design. Mindy

is also the president of America Walks and

serves as a representative on the National

Complete Streets Coalition Steering Committee.

David Dahlquist

David Dahlquist is a nationally recognized

public artist and teacher. He is the creative

director of RDG Dahlquist Art Studio, a comprehensive design and fabrication facility

within RDG Planning & Design, specializing in

the integration of artwork within building

architecture and the landscape. David and the

studio have completed over 30 major public art

installations across the country. He is a member

of many multi-disciplinary design teams,

influencing the content, site selection, planning,

and programming of numerous projects.

David Diaz

Since June 2007, David Diaz has led the

Downtown Raleigh Alliance as its president and

CEO. During this time, David has initiated a

retail strategy, the You-R-Here marketing

campaign, to create a new image and brand for

downtown, and has positioned the Alliance as an

entrepreneurial and reputable non-profit

organization in the Raleigh region. Between

2000 and 2007, David worked in Roanoke, VA

as a city planner and then as an assistant city manager, and finally as president of Downtown

Roanoke, Inc. In 2005, David was ordered to

active duty where he was awarded the Bronze

Star for his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom

as a trainer and intelligence officer. David

graduated from Virginia Tech in 1997 and

completed his graduate work in city and regional

planning at Cornell University in 1999. David

serves on IDA’s board of directors.

Ralph DiBart

Ralph DiBart is the founding executive director of the New Rochelle Business Improvement

District. BID programs he has created include a

loan program that allows building owners to

redevelop vacant space, expand properties, and

rehabilitate their façades; and the BID

Downtown Artist Spaces program that joins

property owners with vacant upper-floor space

and artists seeking affordable studios. Prior to

creating the New Rochelle BID in 2000, he

served as a director of retail planning for New

York City, worked with real estate developers in the private sector, and consulted the City of

Peekskill on its downtown redevelopment.

David Dillman

David Dillman is chief operating officer for the

Downtown Seattle Association, Metropolitan

Improvement District and Urban Mobility

Group. He is responsible for administration and

operations oversight of the $8.5 million dollar a

year budget for the three organizations, which

includes IT, finance, HR, urban environment

services, market research & analysis and urban transportation alternatives programs. David has

over 35 years of management experience. He is a

member of the State of WA Governor’s Jail

Industries Board, International Economic

Development Council and represents DSA and

MID on the Seattle Police Department West

Precinct Advisory Council and other Downtown

Seattle councils and committees.

Connie Dimond

Connie Dimond, a JJR Principal, brings more than 30 years of experience on urban planning

projects involving extensive community

involvement. She led JJR's team on the

successful Green Grand Rapids project.

Peggy DuCharme

Peggy DuCharme is the executive director of the

Downtown Rideau BIA in Ottawa. She has more

than 18 years of Canadian BIA experience. Her

significant BIA accomplishments affecting the socioeconomic environment include forming

social services partnerships to create Youth at

Risk Job Skills Development Employment

programs and creating Homeless Employment

and Panhandling Awareness programs.

Patrick Dunn

Patrick Dunn is a landscape architect and partner

with RDG Planning and Design and has 20 years

of experience designing and overseeing the

implementation of public and private urban

design projects. Of particular interest to Patrick is the integration of a community’s identity and

image within the context of civic outdoor places.

Patrick is LEED® accredited and challenges his

teams to integrate green infrastructure in creative

ways. He has collaborated with a wide variety of

artists and artisans to help create meaningful

downtown environments.

Brad Elmer

Brad Elmer is responsible for the coordination of

all phases of urban development projects in communities throughout the U.S. His

responsibilities include negotiating loan and

investment terms, managing entitlement

processes, presenting to public bodies,

neighborhood organizations, and special interest

groups, negotiating the purchase and disposition

of property, and analyzing investment

opportunities for equity investors and project

sponsors. Previously, Brad lived in Memphis,

TN, where he served as a development project

manager at the Center City Commission. At the

CCC, he was responsible for evaluating proposals for downtown development projects

and for developing and administering programs

for economic development. He has further

experience underwriting commercial real estate

loans at US Bank, where his work focused on

transactions that utilized Low Income Housing

Tax Credits.

Bronwen Evans

Bronwen Evans joined Keep America Beautiful

in 2006, after careers in international travel, publishing, and education. Bronwen manages the

Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, which has

been implemented in over 375 communities

around the U.S.. She manages all program

logistics, budget, and issues that are unique to

each local program. Bronwen is passionate about

gardening, nature, and the outdoors, and is

committed to community improvement and

recycling.

Marjorie Ferrer

Marjorie Ferrer is executive director of the

Delray Beach Downtown Marketing Cooperative

(DMC) and Downtown Development Authority

(DDA). Marjorie has been with the DMC since

the organization was created in 1993. Marjorie’s

primary areas of responsibility now include

generating sponsor support for special events and

initiatives, overseeing all DMC activities and

staff, and promoting Downtown Delray Beach

locally, nationally and internationally. Marjorie

also oversees all operations of the DDA, whose responsibility is to reinvest funds for marketing

the downtown, communicate with property

owners, maintain a downtown database, and

work on other clean and safe initiatives.

Together with merchants and local organizations,

Marjorie has helped to strengthen and create

many events for the purpose of economic

development, bringing more than one million

visitors to the downtown annually.

Charles Gauthier

Since 1992, Charles Gauthier has steered the

DVBIA with an impressive foray of vision and a

commitment to the future of Downtown

Vancouver, in particular, as it prepares to host

the 2010 Winter Olympics. He is responsible for

the overall management and strategic direction

of the association. Charles oversees a budget of

$2 million to further the association’s mission to

make Vancouver North America’s number one

business-friendly downtown. Charles currently

serves on the executive committee of IDA’s

board of directors. He was a recipient of Business in Vancouver's prestigious 40 Under 40

Achievement Award in 1996. The DVBIA has

also been recognized by the Canadian Society of

Association Executives (BC Chapter) and the

Business Improvement Areas of BC for its

leadership and advocacy role with the Safe

Streets Coalition.

Saleem Ghubril

Saleem Ghubril was born in Beirut, Lebanon.

Because of the civil war, his family immigrated to the United States in July of 1976. Saleem and

his wife, Patti, were married in 1981. They have

two children, Christina and Nathan, and live on

Pittsburgh’s urban North Side. He is the

executive director of The Pittsburgh Promise, an

ambitious initiative that aims to provide college

scholarships to Pittsburgh’s students, and see

them through to graduation; promote the reform

of Pittsburgh public schools, and see them

achieve excellence; and leverage the development of Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods, and

see them through to prosperity.

Steve Gibson

Steve Gibson is president and founder of Urban

Place Consulting Group, Inc.,which was formed

in 2001 and specializes in organizing and

revitalizing business districts. Urban Place

evolved from the Main Street Group, Steve’s

prior consulting firm, which he founded in 1989.

From 1989 to 1992, Main Street Group was the

California representative for the national consulting firm Project for Public Spaces. Steve

has experience operating nine downtown districts

as president and CEO. As a consultant, he has

provided services to 45 districts in 35 cities and

24 states. Steve is a contributing author of

Business Improvement Districts.

Carol Gies

Carol Gies has 25 years of senior level

management experience in strategic planning,

marketing and research for leading corporations in the retail, restaurant, shopping center and

tourism industries. She founded 4Insights in

2002 to provide clients in these industries with a

better method for assessing retail expansion

potential. Today 4Insights works primarily with

cities and communities to develop short and long

range strategies that reduce the risk of their

investment in retail development or re-

development.

Steve Glynn

Fresh out of college in the early days of the dot com boom, Steve Glynn landed his first job as

website manager for a large financial software

corporation. Steve spent the next decade working

for and with other Fortune 500 companies

developing traditional and new media

communication strategy. In 2006, Steve created

Spreenkler (an organization of creative

professionals) using basic website and blog

software. Over the next two years he used a mix

of social media tools, word-of-mouth and in-

person events to build a passionate community leading to the resurgence of Milwaukee’s

creative class. In 2008, Steve spun the success of

Spreenkler into the launch of an actual business:

a creative services firm that educates students,

businesses and cities on how they can use social

media to connect with new audiences to grow

their ideas.

Craig E. Gossman

Craig E. Gossman is a principal with Kinzelman Kline and Gossman and has more than 30 years

of experience. He is an NCARB-certified

registered architect with a bachelor’s degree in

architecture from Ohio University. He has

continued his education in historic preservation

at Cornell University and new urbanism and

town planning at Harvard University. He is well-

versed on the design principles for urban

redevelopment and is a frequent speaker at the

National Trust for Historic Preservation’s

National Main Street Town Meetings, regional

and national planning workshops for the International Council of Shopping Centers and

the American Planning Association, and regional

downtown association conferences throughout

the country.

Robert Greenstreet

In his dual role as director of planning and

design for the City of Milwaukee and the dean of

architecture and urban Planning at the University

of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Robert Greenstreet has

led a groundbreaking partnership between the two entities. The innovative ‘town and gown’

relationship is the first of its kind in the nation,

whereby the school has a significant impact on

design and development, while reducing the

administrative cost to taxpayers. Under Robert’s

leadership, the city’s Division of Planning has

undertaken the first comprehensive plan in the

city and has enforced higher aesthetic standards

with the new Design Review Team.

Seth Grossman, Ph.D.

Seth A. Grossman received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University’s School of Public Affairs

and Administration. He is the executive director

of the Ironbound Business Improvement District

(IBID) in Newark, NJ, and is president of

Cooperative Professional Services, a consultancy

which provides research, planning, and

management services to BIDs. He was a senior

planner with the City of Trenton, NJ, and was

designer and administrator of the Business

Improvement District Services Program for the

State of New Jersey. Seth is co-founder and president of the New Jersey Managed Districts

Association (NJMDA). He founded and directs

the Rutgers University, National Center of

Public Performance’s online BID Management

Certification Program. He writes extensively on

BIDs, public-private partnerships, public

entrepreneurship and social capital, and the rise

of special districts.

Gary Grunau

With more than 42 years of construction and

development experience, Gary Grunau has an

extraordinary ability to analyze the feasibility of

a project, create a strategy to win public and

private community acceptance, and implement a

plan to take a project from conception to

completion. Gary has demonstrated a lifelong

commitment to southeastern Wisconsin and has

been instrumental in some of its best urban

projects. These include the Grand Avenue

Middle School, the Milwaukee Education Center

(created a modern education facility from an abandoned Schlitz Brewery building) the Hyatt

Regency, Schlitz Park, the Wisconsin Center,

Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, the

Milwaukee Riverwalk System, the Time Warner

Building, and the Boston Store Revitalization.

His projects have won many awards, including

the Urban Land Institute Achievement Award

and The National Council for Urban Economic

Development Award for Schlitz Park.

Allison Harnden

Allison Harnden is vice president of the

Responsible Hospitality Institute (RHI), a non-

profit organization dedicated to assisting cities in

creating safe and vibrant places in which to

socialize. Allison is a graduate of San Diego

State University and formerly served as

coordinator for the Hospitality Resource Panel in

San Diego, a city-funded resource to seven

dining and entertainment-oriented BIDs. She is

co-author of Planning, Managing and Policing

Hospitality Zones: A Practical Guide, and has

provided consultation to assist dozens of North American cities in developing hospitality zones

and managing and policing their impacts.

Amy Harrell

Amy Harrell is the director of improvement

district services for Downtown Vision, Inc., and

has been part of the Downtown Vision team for

more than seven years. Amy's responsibilities

include overseeing Downtown Vision's efforts to

address cleanliness, safety, and parking issues,

working with Downtown partners to enhance the pedestrian and retail environments, and

continuing to provide research and information

to Downtown stakeholders. Prior to her current

position, Amy has filled the roles of director of

business development, special events manager

and office manager for Downtown Vision.

Before joining Downtown Vision, Amy worked

in accounting at Bank of America and the

Florida Times Union. She received her

bachelor’s degree from the University of North Florida, and is an active volunteer in the

Jacksonville arts community.

Donna Ann Harris

Donna Ann Harris is the principal of Heritage

Consulting, Inc., a Philadelphia-based consulting

firm that works in three practice areas:

downtown revitalization, historic preservation

and organizational development. Prior to starting

her firm in 2004, she was state coordinator for

the Illinois Main Street program for two years

and the manager of the Illinois suburban Main Street for four years. During her tenure, she

served 56 communities, led a staff of 12 and

managed a budget of more than one million

dollors. Donna also spent 15 years as an

executive director of three start-up and two

mature preservation organizations, each with its

own organizational and fundraising challenges.

Greg Hatem

Greg Hatem has successfully focused years of

business experience and leadership into revitalizing downtown Raleigh. Empire

Properties is making significant impacts in

historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and new

construction developments alike. Buildings,

blocks, and neighborhoods are benefiting from

strategic investments in both office and retail

spaces. Greg’s innovative approach to recruiting

downtown restaurants and retailers is creating a

more vibrant core and adding jobs. Empire

Properties has developed over 40 rehabilitation

projects and is recognized as a leader in

sustainable and progressive approaches in design and construction throughout downtown Raleigh.

Empire Properties is also embarking on two

major new downtown construction projects.

Greg has made significant contributions to

downtown and his tremendous legacy is sure to

only grow in the years ahead.

Michael Heeney

Michael Heeney is a principal and the executive

director of Bing Thom Architects in Vancouver,

BC. After studying at Trinity College in Toronto, he moved to Vancouver to attend architecture

school and has made his professional life there.

Michael excels in leading the firm’s most

complex design projects, which include Surrey

Central City, Tarrant County College, the Chan

Centre at UBC, and the Arena Stage theater

complex in Washington, D.C. His skills and

business acumen are complemented by a solid

grounding in sustainable design and LEED

accreditation. With a strong sense of civic duty, Michael is also involved in many cultural and

civic organizations and recognizes the

importance of cultural contributions to the health

and vitality of urban centers.

Deanna Inniss

Deanna Inniss is the retail recruiter for

Milwaukee Downtown BID 21. She was hired in

2009 to implement the Downtown Works retail

strategy. She is actively recruiting targeted

retailers to Milwaukee Downtown, focusing on

the merchandise mix recommendations of the retail street front strategy. Deanna is also a

resident and retail business owner. She came to

the BID with more than ten years of experience,

including stints at two retail corporations. In

2005, Deanna opened her own retail shop,

Freckle Face Boutique, in Milwaukee’s Historic

Third Ward. In 2007 freckle face was a finalist in

a national contest for "America’s Best Baby

Boutique" presented by The Cradle and

Pregnancy Magazine. It is known for its high

quality merchandise and focus on eco-friendly, sustainable products. Prior to opening her shop

in 2005, Deanna spent a decade developing

products for Kohls Department Stores and Gap,

Inc.

Thomas Kohler

Thomas R. Kohler joined Real Estate Research

Consultants, Inc., as senior vice president in

2002. Thomas culminated over 26 years of

public service as a senior executive with the City

of Orlando, over 22 years of that time serving as

executive director of Orlando’s Downtown Development Board and Community

Redevelopment Agency. As the director of these

two public organizations, he was involved in the

planning, programming, and development of

over $500 million in public and private ventures.

As a senior staff member of three mayoral

administrations, Thomas was an integral part of

almost every major development project in the

City of Orlando from 1977 to 2002. Presently, he

oversees the firm’s public sector services with

emphasis on redevelopment.

Vanessa Koster

Vanessa Koster was promoted as Milwaukee’s

city planning manager in 2008. Vanessa manages

planning staff and resources, and the

development of the comprehensive area plans,

downtown plan update and smart growth policy

plan. She has worked in the department of city

development for ten years. She works with

customers on design solutions that balance development needs with design quality concerns,

and works with a variety of organizations that

focus on regional planning, neighborhood

planning, urban design, and design guidelines.

Vanessa is a member of the American Planning

Association (APA), Wisconsin Chapter of the

American Planning Association (WAPA), and

Congress for New Urbanism (CNU). She holds a

master's degree of architecture and a bachelor's

degree in architecture and certificate in urban

planning from the University of Wisconsin-

Milwaukee.

Paul Krajniak

A native of Milwaukee, WI, Paul Krajniak is

executive director of Discovery World. The

education center, located on the shores of Lake

Michigan, is consciously situated at the juncture

where the urban world meets the natural world.

From this spot, Discovery World’s mission

embraces human ingenuity and the sustainability

of natural resources. At Discovery World, Paul

has created an educational engine where exhibits are combined with person-to-person interaction

and at-home learning experiences. Discovery

World’s mission explores innovation through

science, economics and technology education

and includes the biosphere, freshwater,

sustainability, and environmental issues. Paul’s

work has focused extensively on inspiring

innovation. He has led the charge to create

experiences that connect people, yet are

personal; utilize technology, yet embrace human

creativity; promote entrepreneurial endeavor, yet

embrace the involvement of established industry.

Tom Kroeger

Tom Kroeger became Lakeshore State Park

manager in 2008. Tom is responsible for daily

operations of the park, management of natural

resources, development of the park interpretive

programs, and the hiring and training of staff.

Prior to joining the Department of Natural

Resources, Tom was a principal with an

engineering firm for 25 years. He specialized in

brownfield environmental investigation and remediation, property transaction support, and

wetlands regulation and delineation. He earned

his bachelor’s degree from the University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his master’s degree in

contaminant hydrogeology from the University

of Arizona-Tucson. He is a Wisconsin-licensed

professional hydrologist and a registered

Wisconsin wetland delineator. Tom is a lifetime

resident of the Milwaukee metropolitan area,

where he enjoys biking, kayaking, cross country skiing, camping, bird watching, and gardening.

Carl Kurlander

Carl Kurlander is an American television

writer/producer and screenwriter. He is best

known for his extensive work on American teen

sitcoms and has served as producer with Peter

Engel on a number of programs including Saved

by the Bell: The New Class, and as a screenwriter

who co-wrote the semi-autobiographical smash

hit St. Elmo's Fire. He is co-author of The F

Word: A Guide to Surviving Your Family with comedian Louie Anderson. Carl produced and

directed My Tale of Two Cities, which has been

called a "funny and heartfelt comeback story"

about the city which built America with its steel,

cured polio, and invented everything from

aluminum to the Big Mac, which is now

reinventing itself for a new age.

Joe Kurth

Joe Kurth currently holds the position of general

manager at the historic Pfister hotel. The Pfister is the flagship property of Marcus Hotels and

Resorts and 33-year AAA Four Diamond Award

winner. Joe began his 20-year career in the

hospitality industry with Hyatt Hotels

Corporation, having worked at downtown

properties throughout the U.S. He has also held

leadership positions in hotels in Memphis, TN,

Kohler WI, Los Angeles, CA, and returned to

Milwaukee in 2007 to join the Pfister

transitioning from Sarasota, Florida. Joe lives in

Brookfield and is an active member of the

Milwaukee Rotary Club, and a board member for the Greater Milwaukee Hotel Motel Association.

Thomas E. Lanctot

Thomas E. Lanctot is a principal of William

Blair & Company, a Chicago-based investment

banking and asset management firm, where he

leads the investment banking team that serves the

public and non-profit sectors and advises clients

on infrastructure privatization transactions.

During his professional career, Thomas has

played an active role in innovative infrastructure privatization and financing transactions for state

and local governments, airports, educational

institutions, convention facilities, museums and

cultural institutions, health care providers,

housing facilities, and public utilities. He was a

financial advisor to the City of Chicago and the

Chicago Park District for the $563 million long-

term concession and lease of the Grant and

Millennium Park underground garages. He is currently working on several infrastructure

privatization transactions in the United States,

including the $1.152 billion long-term

concession for Chicago’s Metered Parking

System.

Christopher B. Leinberger

Christopher B. Leinberger, a land use strategist

and developer, combines an understanding of

business realities with a concern for our nation's

social and environmental issues. Currently, he is

a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He focuses on research and

practice that help transform traditional and

suburban downtowns and other places that

provide walkable urbanism. Chris is also a

professor of practice and director of the graduate

real estate development program at the

University of Michigan. This program trains the

next generation of real estate developers in the

building of sustainable walkable urban places.

Chris is a founding partner of Arcadia Land

Company, a new urbanism development firm dedicated to land stewardship and building a

sense of community.

Dana R. Levenson

Commissioner Dana R. Levenson is the

Managing Director in charge of the Royal Bank

of Scotland’s RBS North American

infrastructure banking business, where he is in

charge of advising potential sellers of

infrastructure assets and advising and arranging

the financing for buyers. Prior to joining RBS, he

was the City of Chicago’s chief financial officer. In this role, he oversaw the city comptroller’s

office and the departments of budget and

management, procurement services, and revenue.

In particular, he was responsible for the long-

term lease concession sales of both the Chicago

Skyway for $1.83 billion in 2005 and the

Chicago Downtown Parking System in 2006 for

$563 million. He also started the effort to lease

Midway Airport and has also led the effort to

raise the City’s bond ratings to their highest

levels since 1978. Levenson received his M.B.A. from New York University and his B.A. from

Brown University.

Jamie Licko

Jamie Licko, associate at Progressive Urban

Management Associates, provides project

management and lead support for P.U.M.A.’s

national downtown management and planning

practices. Her specialties include strategic planning, marketing and communications

strategies, community outreach, and BID

formation. Prior to joining P.U.M.A., Jamie

served as executive director for the Cedar Rapids

Downtown District, where she managed all

facets of a downtown organization that included

a BID, a membership organization and special

events, marketing, and branding programs.

Jamie’s prior experiences were in marketing and

communications, including work in television

news. Jamie is currently an IDA board member.

Paul MacKinnon

Paul MacKinnon has been an executive director

of a downtown revitalization agency for 12

years, in Halifax, NS. He began with the Spring

Garden Area Business Association in 1996,

working to promote the busiest retail street east

of Montreal. In 2002 he was hired to head up the

Downtown Halifax Business Commission.

During the past six years he has been actively

involved in events, promotion, advocating for

greater downtown investment by the city, and is currently the vice chair of the committee that is

creating the new downtown development plan,

Halifax by Design. Paul is an IDA board

member and has been actively engaged in the

Canadian Issues Task Force. He has been

attending IDA conferences since 2002, where

Richard Florida's keynote address in Boston

inspired him to become a local advocate for the

creative city concept. He is 37 years old, and

lives within walking distance of the downtown

with his wife and two young children.

Kathryn Madden

Kathryn Madden is an urban planner with 25

years of experience planning for cities across the

United States. She recently founded her own

firm, Madden Planning Group, and has been

teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of

Design since 2006. Her professional practice

focuses on regeneration of urban districts and

strengthening institutional campuses as centers

for learning, health, and economic development.

The role of urban institutions in economic development has been a central theme on recent

projects including medical and university

districts in Kansas City, Buffalo, Baltimore, and

Milwaukee.

Rocky Marcoux

Rocky Marcoux was appointed by Mayor Tom

Barrett to serve as commissioner of the

Department of City Development in 2004. Under

his direction, the department has focused its land

and economic development tools to leverage more than 11,000 jobs and strengthen

neighborhoods throughout Milwaukee. Rocky

has overseen the successful redevelopment of the

Menomonee Valley, the growth of companies

like Bucyrus International and Manpower, the

addition of a Milwaukee Job Corps Center to the

region, rehabilitation of the downtown Amtrak

Station, redevelopment of the Park East

Corridor, creation of a Neighborhood Business

Development Team to support entrepreneurs,

and launch of a large-scale project to put the 30th

Street Industrial Corridor back in business as a jobs generator. Rocky is an advocate for

Milwaukee's future and a passionate promoter of

the City's assets and opportunities.

Joseph Mariani, Jr.

Joseph Mariani, Jr. is the operations manager of

the Hollywood Property Owners Alliance

(HPOA), a non-profit organization that manages

both the Hollywood Entertainment District

(HED) and the Sunset & Vine Business

Improvement District. Joseph received his bachelor’s degree from the University of

California - Riverside and has been with the

HPOA since 2007. He has been instrumental in

the utilization of interactive technology

platforms for the BID’s security, maintenance

and marketing programs. Such service has

resulted in the optimization of the BID’s

resources and the creation of Hollywood’s first

way-finding website – NavigateHollywood.com.

Blair McBride

Blair McBride has been employed by Brantley Services, the parent company of Block by Block,

since 1994. Prior to his current role as executive

vice president, Blair served as Block by Block’s

business development manager. During this

time, he greatly expanded the number of

customers served by Block by Block. In his new

role, Blair has been charged with finding creative

new ways to deliver service, to further develop

Block by Block’s product offerings, to engage

customers to ensure quality, and to provide

oversight to the Block by Block corporate team responsible for daily operations. Blair holds a

bachelor’s degree from the University of

Louisville.

Midge McCauley

With her team at Downtown Works, the retail

consulting firm she founded, Margaret “Midge”

McCauley creates and implements sustainable

retail strategies that turn decaying urban zones

into vibrant, vital downtowns. She has been at the forefront of the metropolitan retail industry

since her days working with legendary retail

developer and real estate visionary Jim Rouse.

Midge’s method combines quantitative data,

such as demographics and psychographics, with

rigorous qualitative observation. She draws on

the resources and perspectives of retailers,

private developers, and others to help her clients

in cities nationwide successfully transform their

downtowns into dynamic environments that

serve the needs of everyone. Among other

appointments, Midge serves on the boards of both IDA and the Woodrow Wilson House

presidential museum.

Vicky McCormick

Vicky McCormick is the director of operations

for the Central City East Association (CCEA)

BID. CCEA currently manages three BIDs; the

Toy District, the Arts District, and the Industrial

District. Vicky administers the maintenance and

security which is comprised of approximately

50-60 contracted security and maintenance personnel. She is a retired Los Angeles Police

Department officer with 23 years of service. As a

Los Angeles police officer, she had many

assignments: training officer, narcotics officer,

self-defense and physical fitness instructor. Her

last assignment was that of a senior lead officer.

Sara Meaney

Sara Meaney is partner and left brain at Comet

Branding. Prior to joining Comet, she held

several marketing and communications

leadership positions, including VP of a communications agency, firm-wide head of

marketing for a leading national accounting firm,

managing director of marketing and

communications for a private equity/turnaround

investment company, and marketing director for

a startup biotech company, among others. She

has led national and international teams on both

sides of the client/agency fence to launch and

grow a myriad of business-to-business and

consumer brands across diverse industries. Sara

holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has completed

executive education programs at both Harvard

Business School and Kellogg School of

Management.

Tom Miller

Tom Miller received his bachelor’s degree in

architecture from the University of California-

Berkeley, and a master’s degree in architecture

from Columbia University. He is an associate

member of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the Construction Specifications

Institute and the National Trust for Historic

Preservation. Tom has worked in San Francisco,

at Skidmore Owings and Merrill in New York,

and Tokyo, employing his design skills while

learning a variety of approaches to creative

project delivery. Since Tom joined the Alexander

Company, he has been involved in the design

and construction of all of the Company’s most

significant developments. Tom’s superior

architectural design skills, knowledge of

structural and mechanical systems, and his knowledge of historic building codes and the

historic tax credit program requirements make

him an expert in multiple fields and a talented

project manager.

Michael L. Morgan

Michael L. Morgan was appointed secretary of

the Wisconsin Department of Administration in

2006. As secretary, he is responsible for

overseeing a cabinet agency involved in virtually

every aspect of public administration at the state level including the development of the state

budget and the provision of services to state

agencies. He has focused on the state's budget

challenges, working to lower state spending

through increased efficiencies while maintaining

priorities like education, health care and

economic development. Before coming to DOA,

he served as the secretary of the Department of

Revenue, where he played a vital role in

implementing a variety of tax reforms to support

middle class families and to grow and attract

businesses in Wisconsin. He also has significant experience with the City of Milwaukee, where he

worked on various development projects.

Elizabeth Nicols

Beth Nicols is the Chief Operating Officer for

Milwaukee Downtown, Business Improvement

District #21 and has more than 20 years of

management experience in the public, private

and not-for-profit sectors; 14 years experience

working for a board of directors with ongoing

organizational and community work; extensive knowledge and experience in implementing

downtown special events, projects and programs;

and strong, effective relationships with business

leaders, community based organizations,

government staff and elected officials. She is a

16 year member of the International Downtown

Association, serves as a director on that board

and also serves on a variety of other community

boards and committees.

Nancy O’Keefe

Nancy O’Keefe has served as the executive

director of the Historic Third Ward Association,

Inc. and Business Improvement District No. 2

since 1997. Nancy oversees the district

operations, which include two parking structures,

the Third Ward Riverwalk, streetscapes

improvements and the Milwaukee Public

Market. She also manages neighborhood events

such as the Summer Sizzle Jazz Festival,

Christmas in the Ward and the quarterly Gallery

Night and Day. Nancy serves on the City of Milwaukee BID No.2 Architectural Review

board, Friends of Lakeshore State Park board,

the Alliance for Downtown Parking and

Transportation board and is also a member of the

Summerfest Task Force, Collaborative

Downtown Marketing Group and Trolley Loop

Group.

Larisa Ortiz

Larisa Ortiz is principal of Larisa Ortiz

Associates, a consulting firm that supports communities in their commercial district

revitalization efforts. Their work includes

strategic planning, marketing and branding, retail

consulting, market research and demographic

analysis, and consensus building. Previously,

Larisa served as director of the Commercial

Markets Advisory Service, a national technical

assistance program of the Local Initiative

Support Corporation, the largest community

development intermediary in the nation. Larisa is

also publisher of the Commercial District

Advisor (www.commercialdistrictadvisor.com) the only national e-zine that focuses exclusively

on urban commercial district revitalization. It has

a national distribution of more than 3,000.

Jim Parker

Jim Parker is president and CEO of Digitell, Inc.,

a company that specializes in the digital

development of conference products and

services. Jim is a 30-year conference industry

veteran and frequent speaks to national

organizations on topics like the marketing and distribution of educational materials, green

initiatives, and virtual technology. Jim is known

throughout the conference industry for

pioneering numerous products and services,

including the first multimedia conference CD-

ROM, the first conference digital multimedia

library and his latest product release, avatar-

based virtual business environments. Digitell

provides services to more than 80 leading

organizations, and has serviced the world-renowned Chautauqua Institution for the past 24

years.

Rick Petri

Rick Petri is an attorney with Murphy Desmond

S.C. He has 29 years of experience representing

municipal and private clients and devotes his

practice to municipal law, alcohol beverage

regulations, land use, governmental relations,

employee discipline and related human resources

issues, mediation, and criminal and traffic

defense. Rick was very instrumental with the Downtown Hospitality Council Best Practices

Committee. His experience as the former City of

Madison attorney made him a perfect match for

the work at hand.

James Piwoni

James Piwoni, AIA, principal of James Piwoni

Architects & Planners, has practiced urban

design and architecture in Milwaukee for over 20

years. He is the co-author of the City of

Milwaukee’s Third Ward Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan and its Southeast Side Area

Plan. His architectural practice and professional

associations have produced award winning

public and private sector design projects.

Assignments have included work on commuter

and light rail initiatives, university campus

planning and facilities programming and design,

urban river walks and public spaces, and civic,

commercial and residential new construction and

renovation projects. Jim has specialized expertise

in adaptive reuse of urban loft buildings and

preparing design guidelines. He has been a member of the Historic Third Ward Architectural

Review Board since its inception in 1991.

David Raver

David Raver is the lighting designer for RDG

Planning & Design. He is the only member of

the International Association of Lighting

Designers in Iowa and one of seven Lighting

Certified Designers in the state. David brings an

expertise of combining aesthetics with current

technologies to create a fully functional, energy-efficient design that enhances the project.

David’s national reputation stems from extensive

product knowledge and his ability to maintain

specifications which benefit the overall project

and the owner. He is a Lighting Industry

Resource Council committee member. Eight of

David’s projects have received Silver, Gold, or

Platinum LEED® certification.

Stephanie Redman

Stephanie Redman, president of ReSurge, Inc.,

has 20 years’ experience in supporting and

advising organizations engaged in the

revitalization of traditional business districts.

Stephanie is a regular conference speaker and

trainer and a highly-skilled strategist and

planner. Her work addresses a variety of topics,

with special emphasis on organizational

structure, planning, management, and

governance. She regularly facilitates visioning

sessions, strategic planning processes, and

annual work plan development and provides trainings in organizational management.

Stephanie has consulted with and trained

revitalization organizations in more than 250

diverse communities in 41 states and

internationally.

Jacquie Reilly

Jacquie Reilly specializes in the development

and support of business-led partnerships and has

over 15 years’ experience in this field at local,

regional and national levels. She is BIDs director for the Association of Town Centre Management

(ATCM), heading up the National BIDs

Advisory Service, and leads the organization’s

work on BIDs in developing robust partnerships

and engaging with business and public bodies.

Jacquie joined the ATCM in 2002 to develop and

deliver the National BID Pilot, having gained

extensive experience of setting up and delivering

partnerships on the ground. She played a leading

role in shaping the BID legislation and wrote the

Good Practice Guide to BIDs signposted by

government.

Eric Robertson

Eric Robertson is the chief administrative officer

for the Center City Commission and is a native

Memphian. He is a graduate of University of

Memphis. Eric cofounded New Path, a political

action committee, in 2004. Since its inception,

New Path has successfully supported one

Memphis city councilman, and four of the nine

current Memphis City school board

commissioners in their candidacies. He has been recognized by the Memphis Business Journal

among its “Top 40 Under 40” and has also

received an Outstanding Alumni Award from the

University of Memphis’ College of Arts and

Sciences. He currently serves as the chairman of

the board of MPACT Memphis, the largest

young professional organization in the city.

Davis Rohrer

As executive director of the Downtown Development District, Davis Rhorer is

responsible for carrying out the mission of the

DDD to initiate, incubate, and support

partnerships that develop and enhance

Downtown Baton Rouge. In this capacity, he has

worked closely with the DDD board of directors,

private sector partners and local government to

revitalize Louisiana’s Capitol City, helping to

attract more than $1.7 billion in investments over

the last 20 years. Since the DDD was established

in 1987, Davis has served as a prominent leader

in the development of various plans and initiatives that have transformed the downtown

area. He is also currently engaged in Phase II of

Plan Baton Rouge.

Rebecca Ryan

Rebecca Ryan is an energetic entrepreneur and

the founder of Next Generation Consulting

(NGC), a research and consulting firm that helps

clients engage the next generation. NGC has

conducted interviews, focus groups, and surveys

with over 25,000 young professionals since 1998. Cities, states, arts organizations, and

companies use NGC’s research and applications

to attract and develop the next generation of

citizens, patrons, employees and customers.

Rebecca summarized her firm’s research in her

2007 book, Live First, Work Second: Getting

Inside the Minds of the Next Generation.

Jon Schallert

Jon Schallert is an internationally-recognized

speaker and small business expert who shows

businesses and communities how to become consumer destinations. He was born in

Wisconsin, raised in Colorado, and graduated

from the University of Colorado. For ten years,

Schallert worked for Hallmark Cards, where his

unique marketing strategies were publicized

throughout the company as the Schallert Method.

In 1996, he started his consulting firm, The

Schallert Group, Inc. His insight is frequently

tapped for national publications such as the Wall

Street Journal and Entrepreneur magazine. Jon

is the only consultant in the world to receive the “Top Motivator” marketing award from

Potentials magazine. He is a member of the

National Speakers Association, IDA, and the

National Main Street Network.

Scott Schuler

Scott Schuler has nearly three decades of

experience conducting retail and commercial real

estate research for clients in the Americas,

Caribbean and Europe. He was a pioneer in the field of psychographics, today a mainstay in

retail location research. To date, Scott has

completed studies in over 300 markets both

small and large. He recognizes and addresses the

challenges related to suburban competition,

merchant attraction and retention, and the

varying pressures exerted by population and

economic trends. Working for the Rouse

Company in the late 1970s, Scott was an integral

part of the team that spearheaded downtown

retail development. Since then, he has completed

retail market studies in more than 45 downtowns. Partnering with Downtown Works has enabled

him to carry his retail analyses from initial study

to implementation and ongoing evaluation.

Suzanne Schulz

Suzanne Schulz serves as the planning director

for the City of Grand Rapids, MI. Grand Rapids’

mayor is a vocal proponent of sustainability and

is advancing his community as a leader in this

area. Suzanne led the Green Grand Rapids

initiative and launched the Green Pursuits -- Special Challenge Edition community

engagement tool.

Mary Louise Schumacher

Mary Louise Schumacher, art and architecture

critic at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is an

advocate for participatory journalism. She has

been generating a dialogue within the newsroom

and the community about the changing nature of

communication and the role of social media

tools. Art City, a multiplatform media presence

that incorporates a blog, Twitter, Facebook, video and multimedia collaborations with artists,

filmmakers and writers, recently won first place

in Multimedia Innovation from the American

Association of Sunday and Features Editors.

Schumacher earned the top award in competition

with some of the largest newspapers in the

country, including the Washington Post, Wall

Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Los

Angeles Times.

Brad Segal

Brad Segal is the founder and president of

Progressive Urban Management Associates

(P.U.M.A.), a Denver-based real estate

economics consulting firm providing

management, marketing and economic

development services to advance downtown and

community development. The firm has served

more than 200 clients worldwide. Brad has more

than 25 years of downtown management and community development experience as both a

practitioner and consultant. He is one of the

nation’s leading authorities on downtown trends

and issues, strategic planning for organizations

involved in downtown and community

development, and creating BIDs. Brad holds a

master’s degree in business administration from

Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in

urban analysis from the University of California

at Berkeley. He has served on the boards of

directors of IDA and Downtown Colorado, Inc.

Kevin L. Shafer

Kevin L. Shafer became executive director at the

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

(MMSD) in March 2002. Prior to this role, he

served as MMSD’s director of technical services

since October 1998. In his current role as the

executive director, Kevin is responsible for the

overall management, administration, leadership

and direction for MMSD in meeting short- and

long-term goals and objectives; coordinates the

establishment of strategic goals and objectives and their approval by the Commission; oversees

the development of policies and operating plans;

and represents MMSD to its customers, bond

rating agencies, and the public. Kevin has been

instrumental in providing the regional leadership

in implementing green infrastructure in MMSD

facilities and on private property. This leadership

has resulted in a new development approach by

the communities and developers in the region.

Kent Smith

Kent Smith is the executive director of the LA Fashion District BID. Kent serves on the Project

Advisory Committee for the Los Angeles

Community Redevelopment Agency’s newly

created City Center Redevelopment Project. He

also serves on IDA’s board of directors. Kent

was previously president of the Forks North

Portage Partnership, an urban development

corporation, which leveraged over $250 million

in private and non-profit investments in

downtown Winnipeg, Canada. Under his

guidance, the Forks evolved into a popular tourist destination with a river walk and marina

on a national historic site, as well as the Forks

Public Market and an outdoor performance

center built for the 1999 Pan American Games.

Kent also worked for the City of Vancouver and

the City of Calgary, where he helped plan the

successful introduction of rapid transit systems

in those cities. He has a master’s degree in

environmental design from the University of

Calgary.

Tim Smith

Tim Smith has been the general manager of the

IC Milwaukee since 2007. Prior to moving to the

IC Milwaukee, Tim was the corporate director of

sales and marketing for Marcus Hotels and

Resorts in Milwaukee, which owns the IC.

During his time in that position, Marcus added

five properties to its portfolio. He has held

numerous sales and marketing positions within

his 20-year career with Marcus Corporation,

including director of sales and marketing at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. Tim lives in

downtown Milwaukee with his wife, Peggy. He

is the president-elect of the Greater Milwaukee

Hotel Motel Association, the chair of the Visit

Milwaukee Convention Sales Committee, and is

a board member of BID 21 in Milwaukee and the

East Town Association in Milwaukee.

Susan Nigra Snyder

Susan Nigra Snyder is a registered architect

practicing with CivicVisions, based in Philadelphia. CivicVisions uses research,

analysis, and design to clarify community and

institutional values and goals in expressing

identity. Susan’s research investigates how local

identity is expressed, maintained, and able to

develop while being responsive to larger global

and media forces that affect the realms of

contemporary life. Her teaching over the last 20

years at the University of Pennsylvania includes

seminars and design studios that investigate the

forces of consumption on contemporary urban

form. She has received two University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation grants, and

has lectured and published widely on

contemporary processes of urban identity. Susan

is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and the

University of Pennsylvania.

Daniel Statema

Daniel Statema has been the president and

executive director of Downtown Sioux Falls for

nearly five years. Daniel was previously the

economic development director for Luverne, MN and the city planner for Janesville, MN.

Michael Stumpf

Michael Stumpf is a consultant in economic

development, market analysis, and community

planning. His portfolio includes more than 120

projects in 20 states, ranging from individual

sites to multi-million dollar developments. Michael has long been an advocate for

downtowns and neighborhood commercial

districts, and has specialized in finding and

planning economically-viable retail, office, and

mixed-use opportunities that let them compete in

a diverse marketplace. He is a past president and

current board member of the Wisconsin

Downtown Action Council and serves on the

board of the Mid-American Economic

Development Council.

Einar Tangen

Einar Tangen spent more than a decade helping

to develop Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward,

serving as both president and chairman of the

partnering non-profit Historic Third Ward

Association and BID No.2. He is currently the

president of the technology companies I-MCF

and E-TECH as well as the foreign technology

adviser for Heilongjiang Province, China and

Hebei Province, QEDTZ and lecturer for the

Beijing Center and Peking University. Einar also

writes a biweekly column, “The Dragon Dispatches,” for BIZ Times. He has served as

chairman of the State of Wisconsin International

Trade Council, the City of Milwaukee’s Public

Debt Commission, and the City of Milwaukee

Board of Zoning Appeals.

Julia Taylor

Julia Taylor was appointed as the first woman

president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee

in 2002. The GMC fosters public-private

partnerships and is a catalyst for economic

revitalization, education and quality of life as well as promoting collaboration on regional

issues. The GMC membership is comprised of

185 CEOs and other leaders in various sectors

including business, education, labor, and

philanthropy. Julia was the president of the

YWCA of Greater Milwaukee for 16 years. She

serves on the boards of the University Club, the

Governor’s Council of Workforce Investment,

VISIT Milwaukee and the Spirit of Milwaukee

and is co-chair of the United Performing Arts

Fund’s 2009 campaign.

George E. Thomas, Ph.D.

George E. Thomas is a historian practicing with

CivicVisions, based in Philadelphia. George’s

research investigates how regional history is

expressed in contemporary life. He also teaches

at the University of Pennsylvania, where his

courses in urban studies and historic preservation

seek to convey the interconnection between

history and patterns of modern life. George was the principal author of Frank Furness: The

Complete Works; Building America’s First

University: An Architectural and Historical

Guide to the University of Pennsylvania; William

L. Price: From Arts and Crafts to Modern and

the forthcoming architectural and cultural guide

to eastern Pennsylvania under the aegis of the

Society of Architectural Historians Buildings of

the United States series. He is a graduate of

Dickinson College and the University of

Pennsylvania.

Patrick Thompson

Patrick Thompson came to the Downtown

Development District in New Olreans in 2001 as

a ranger. He became public safety coordinator in

2005. In his current position as public safety

manager, his areas of focus are overseeing the

public safety rangers, managing police detail

contracts, increasing code compliance

downtown, and mitigating New Orleans’

homelessness downtown. Patrick serves on the

board of the Lafayette Square Conservancy and is active in the CBD Security Professionals

Association as well as the Greater New Orleans

Hotel and Lodging Security Directors

Association. Prior to his work at the DDD,

Patrick worked as a promotions director for both

WCKW and WEZB radio stations in addition to

freelance television production. He is a graduate

of the University of New Orleans. He and his

wife, Pallie, have two young children.

Steve Thompson

Steve Thompson has over 34 years in the recycling industry, 23 of which were with

Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Company prior

to its sale to Wise Metals in 1998. Since that

time, he has worked as a consultant for the

Aluminum Association. He is currently program

director for the Curbside Value Partnership.

This program is designed to boost participation

in residential curbside programs and to share best

practices of those programs among the

practitioners. Since January 2009, CVP has been

aligned with Keep America Beautiful. Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of the

Southeast Recycling Development Council, as

well as a past member of the Virginia Recycling

Markets Development Council. Steve has a well-

balanced base of experience with operations,

marketing and strategic planning assignments

over his career.

Elizabeth Via

Elizabeth Via is director of community development for the City of Manassas, VA. She

manages the day-to-day operations for the City’s

planning, zoning, historic preservation,

economic development and neighborhood

services programs. She has 20 years experience

in land use planning, historic preservation, and

economic development. She has worked

throughout the state in planning offices in Prince

William County, Henrico County and the City of

Hampton. She is a past president of the Virginia

Chapter of the American Planning Association

and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She holds a master’s degree

in urban and regional planning from George

Washington University and a bachelor’s degree

in historic preservation from Mary Washington

College. She is also an instructor in land use

planning for the Engineers & Surveyors Institute

and the Prince William Association of Realtors.

Kurt Weigle

Kurt Weigle is president and CEO of the

Downtown Development District of New Orleans (DDD), where he has been instrumental

in attracting over $2 billion of new investments

during the last two years. He is a board member

of CBNO/MAC, the New Orleans Medical

Complex (NORMC), the New Orleans Police &

Justice Foundation, IDA, and the National New

Markets Fund. He is an associate member of the

Urban Land Institute. Kurt earned his master’s

degree in urban planning from the University of

Michigan.

Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss is the executive director of the

MetroTech BID in Downtown Brooklyn. The

BID has won numerous awards, including the

2001 IDA’s Achievement Award for Downtown

Management and the New York City Department

of Small Business Services Neighborhood

Development ShopABLE Award. Prior to

assuming his current position, Mike served for

ten years as chief of staff and deputy

commissioner for administration at the New

York City Department of Transportation, where he managed a variety of functions including the

agency budget, personnel, press, community

affairs and vehicle maintenance and repair. He is

a past president, and currently serves on the Past

President’s Council, of the International

Downtown Association. He is a founder and

chairman of the board of the Brooklyn Technical

High School Alumni Association.

James Wells

James Wells is vice president of the Midwest

Region for Block by Block, a provider of safety,

cleaning and hospitality services to improvement

districts across the country. In his role James is

responsible for providing quality assurance,

guidance, and direction to the safe and clean

programs comprising the Midwest region. Before

joining the Block by Block corporate staff he

served as the operations manager assigned to the

Louisville Downtown Management District's

Safety and Clean Team. James holds a bachelor's

degree in Marketing from Indiana University.

John D. Williams

John D. Williams began his career in the hotel

business in 1978 in Dayton, OH with Stouffer

Hotels and Resorts. He worked with Stouffer /

Renaissance Hotels in Cleveland, Boston,

Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City,

Washington, D.C., and St. Petersburg, FL until

2000. In April 2000, he joined Marcus Hotels

and Resorts at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee,

WI. He transferred to Oklahoma City in early 2006 to open the Skirvin Hilton. He has been

married to his wife, Deborah, for 27 years and

they have a daughter and son.

Jim Yanchula

Jim Yanchula is manager of urban design and

community development in the planning

department of Windsor, ON. His section’s

portfolio of responsibilities includes preparing

and revising the city’s Official Plan, Community

Improvement Plans, downtown revitalization,

acting as the city’s point of first contact for nine BIAs, and implementing the community’s

agenda of urban design activities known as

WindsorSEEN. From 1995-2003, Jim was

Windsor's City Centre revitalization manager,

working on key projects like the design of

Ontario's first commercial casino, the relocation

of Chrysler Canada's head office to downtown

Windsor, and riverfront development. He also

has held positions in provincial government,

urban design consulting, and as a sessional

lecturer at the Universities of Waterloo.

Tamara Zahn

Tamara Zahn has been president of Indianapolis

Downtown, Inc. (IDI) since 1993. Since forming

IDI, she has been instrumental in the

revitalization of Downtown Indianapolis and the

introduction of a number of innovative security,

parking, business improvement and marketing

programs and partnerships. Tamara was

previously the principal of Zahn Associates, a consulting firm specializing in urban

development. She has consulted in downtowns

throughout the U.S. Clients include Simon

Property Group, the Rouse Company’s American

City Corporation, and the Port Authority of New

York and New Jersey. She serves on the boards

of the Children’s Museum, Coalition for

Homelessness Intervention and Prevention and

IDA.

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2009 Downtown Achievement Awards

New for this year, the Downtown Achievement Awards saw a significant revamping. In addition

to reducing the categories from 15 to eight to add value to the awards, we standardized the

criteria and created an award for those projects that meet the minimum criteria: The Award of

Distinction. This award indicates that those projects submitted meet what IDA considers to be a

standard of excellence in downtown and urban development and management.

This year we honor the following as Award of Distinction Winners:

Award of Distinction

Marketing, Communications and Events

1. Downtown Albany, NY: Quadricentennial Calendar

2. Baltimore, MD: Waterfront Invasion 3. Downtown Cheyenne , WY: Boots Walker Campaign

4. City of Clearwater, FL: Cleveland Street District Marketing

5. City of Columbia, SC: Urban Tour

6. Crystal City, Arlington, VA: Green Scene 7. Delray Beach, FL: Savor the Avenue

8. City of Edmonton, Alberta: BRZ Handbook

9. Forth Worth, TX: Molly the Trolley 10. Hollywood, CA: Navigate Hollywood.com

11. Downtown Houston, TX: Downtown Magazine

12. Jacksonville, FL: Make a Scene Downtown 13. Downtown Milwaukee, WI: Battle of the Chefs

14. Norfolk, VA: Restaurant Week Brand Campaign

15. City of Orlando, FL: Gibson Presents Guitar Town Orlando

16. Downtown Pittsburgh, PA: Downtown Living Exposed 17. Richmond, VA: Downtown Loft Tour of Image Marketing

18. Sacramento, CA: Dine Downtown Restaurant Week

19. St. Paul, MN: Saint Paul Staycation 20. Downtown Santa Monica, CA: Ice at Santa Monica

21. Downtown Ventura, CA: Virtual Ventura

22. Transportation and Sustainable Development

23. Downtown Billings, MT: Wayfinding and Historic District Walking Tour 24. Boise, ID: Parking Rate Assessment Process

25. Downtown Denver, CO: Get Downtown UnConventionally

26. Downtown Houston, TX: Dallas Street Improvement 27. Lexington, KY: Downtown Streetscape Master Plan

28. Lower Manhattan, NY: Downtown Connection

Public Space 1. City of Anaheim, CA: The Muzeo

2. Brant Park Corporation, NY: Brant Park Winter Programming

3. Charlottetown, PEI: Adopt a Corner 4. City of San Antonio, TX: Main Plaza: The Heart of the City

5. St. Louis Metro Area, MO: Old Post Office Plaza

6. Vancouver, WA: Turtle Place 7. City of West Palm Beach, FL: City Center

8. Wilmington, NC: “Ped Art” Program

9. Winnipeg’s West End, Manitoba: BIZ Mural Program

Economic and Business Development

1. Austin, TX: Downtown Austin Retail Initiative

2. Cleveland, OH: Hanna Theatre Re-Imagination 3. Eau Claire, WI: Jump Start Downtown

4. Downtown Los Angeles, CA: Demographic Study

5. Downtown Oklahoma City, OK: Skirvin Hotel Renaissance 6. City of Orlando, FL: The Paramount at Lake Eola

7. City of Orlando, FL: The Downtown Orlando Plaza

8. San Francisco Chinatown, CA: Chinatown Economic Action Plan

Planning

1. Dayton, OH: Strategic Building Re-Us Project

2. Fort Wayne, IN: Blueprint/Harrison Square 3. Greenwich South, Lower Manhattan, NY: Greenwich South Study

4. Missoula, MT; Greater Downtown Missoula Master Plan

5. Raleigh, NC: Livable Street Plan 6. Red Deer, Alberta: Making Progress, Seeing Potential – Greater Downtown Action Plan

7. San Antonio, TX: River North Master Plan

8. Virginia Beach, VA: Oceanfront Strategic Master Plan

Downtown Leadership and Management

1. Baton Rouge, LA: Arts & Entertainment District

2. Downtown Denver, CO: 2008 Democratic National Convention 3. Long Beach, CA: A Focus for Leadership and Development

4. Los Angeles City BIDS, CA: LA BID Consortium Formalizes and Gains City Council

Support

We also offer the Individual Achievement Award, for those who not only meet IDA’s high

standards, but go above and beyond to represent a true symbol of what it means to be a leader

in downtown communities and all those influenced by downtowns.

This year’s winner is... You’ll have to attend the Monday, September 14 General Session at

8:00 a.m. to find out!

Another new award beginning in 2009 is the Dan Sweat Lifetime Achievement award, named

after the man known for downtown innovations, leadership and generosity. It can truly be said that Dan Sweat transformed the profession of downtown executive. He set the standard for

moving downtown organizations beyond promotion and marketing to truly effective advocacy,

leadership and problem-solving through public-private partnerships. Among his initiatives were

the creation of an intown neighborhood housing corporation and spearheading of an effort to rebuild a burned out day care center in the heart of a public housing project. Through his

mentorship and example, Dan influenced a whole new generation of IDA executives across the

country. He served as Chair of the organization from 1978-79.

Dan passed away earlier this year and receives the award named for him posthumously on

stage Monday, Sept 14 during the 8:00 a.m. General Session.

Lastly, our highest honor is the new Pinnacle Award. These projects stand out as extraordinary

and represent the best of the best of what IDA considers the ultimate in downtown management

and urban development. This year, the Pinnacle Award goes to:

Pinnacle Winners 1. Oklahoma City, OK: Riverfront (Recognized Sunday Sept 13 during 8:00 a.m. General

Session)

2. City of San Antonio, TX: Luminaria (Recognized Sunday Sept 13 during 8:00 a.m. General Session)

3. Cedar Rapids, IA: Finding Opportunity from Disaster (Recognized Monday Sept 14

during 8:00 a.m. General Session)

4. Long Beach, CA: Bike Initiative(Recognized Sunday Sept 13 during 2:00 p.m. General Session)

5. Pittsburgh (Oakland), PA: Schenley Plaza (Recognized Sunday Sept 13 during 2:00

p.m. General Session)

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Make room in your schedule – and your budget –

for the 2010 IDA Conference.

September 30-October 5, 2010

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