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February 9, 2012
 
 


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

 
 
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