Sunday, 04/27
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Registration
Monday, 04/28
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM	Run/Walk on the Canal
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Breakfast Buffet
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Façade Improvement Programs Providing Homes and Studios for Pioneering Artists Filling the Gap: Campaigning for Your Real Estate Projects Is Main Street Right for Your Community? Developers and Communities Working Together Lessons from the Street
12:15 AM - 1:45 PM	Hot Topic Luncheon
1:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Historic Fountain Square Sports Arenas in the Urban Core
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Negotiating TIFs to Better the Community Building Rapport and Engaging Culturally Diverse Businesses Trends in Mixed-Use Development The Credit Crisis: Understanding Its Impact on Your Economic Development Projects
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Generating New Investments with Sports Arenas Targeting Vacant Properties to Revive Commercial Corridors Franchising Options as a Commercial Revitalization Strategy Comprehensive Plans Lead to Sustainable Futures Universities as Technical Assistance Providers Connecting Communities: Using Information to Drive Change
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 04/29
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM	Run/Walk on the Canal
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast Buffet
8:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Phased Development along Massachusetts Avenue Creative Conversion on the Near North Side
9:00* AM - 10:15* AM	Interpreting Demographic Data for Retail Attraction Efforts
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Interpreting Demographic Data for Retail Attraction Efforts Street Audit Workshop: The Public’s Role in Assessing and Improving Streets SafeGrowth: Second Generation Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)
10:15* AM - 11:30* AM	Understanding the Retail Market Place - Data Sources for Self Diagnosis and Planning
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM	Lunch at the Forum
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Successful Theatre Redevelopment Stories Special Assessment Districts Inclusive Development: Community-focused Development in Diverse Neighborhoods Getting from Here to There: Transportation that Links Neighborhoods, People and Corridor Revitalization Retaining Local Businesses in the Face of Neighborhood Change Green Retailing
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Engaging Youth on Your Commercial Corridors Historic Preservation as a Catalyst for Redevelopment Applying New Markets Tax Credits Managing City-Wide Corridor Revitalization Programs Commercial Leasing Strategies Supermarkets—Food for Thought and Action
Wednesday, 04/30
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Breakfast Buffet
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Closing Plenary
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Revitalizing Commercial Corridors through Innovative Design Creating Publicity for Your Neighborhood Anchoring Institutions Approaches to Attracting Local and National Retailers
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Capitalizing on History for Tourism Using Indicators and Data for Program Evaluation Successful Public Markets Change is a'Coming, Be Part of It: Emerging Federal Public Policy