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Exhibiting at Urban Forum 2008 April 28-29, 2008 Are you looking for products or services that offer you the expertise and time efficiency you need to make changes in your community? The Urban Forum Vendor Marketplace housed a variety of resources that have helped transform countless cities and urban neighborhoods across the nation. Peruse the list of 2008 exhibitors to see if there is a product or service for your community. This was a prime opportunity for developers to connect with community groups ripe with unrealized residential and commercial development plans or for community development consultants to meet new clientele. A developer built relationships with urban communities, while those that work to build infrastructure and visual enhancements on streets met with government and community groups. If you are interested in finding an attentive audience that seeks your service and exhibiting at the next Urban Forum, please contact Alnisha Maniaci at (212) 455-9811 or amaniaci@lisc.org for more information. Easy-Ware Corporation Founded in 2001, Easy-Ware Corporation sells, Total Info, a leading constituent management solution for community and economic development. In use by both LISC programs and Main Street communities across the country, Total Info tracks building and unit inventory, business inventory, volunteers, memberships, donations, grants, sponsorships, events and more. Total Info has built-in mail merge, mailing labels, and a custom report writer. It also simplifies the LISC semi-annual reporting process. There is also an interface to QuickBooks as well as blast email capabilities. Please stop by our booth for a demonstration and see how Total Info can improve your productivity and help you better manage your corridor program. Economic Development Visions/THE RETAIL INCUBATION GROUP The Retail Incubation Group, started by Chuck D'Aprix, is a consulting firm designed to help commercial districts develop retail incubators from concept through completion. Retail Incubators are "centers of entrepreneurship" that allow creative and innovative people to start their businesses in a supportive environment, receive appropriate training, consulting, and financing -- with the goal of incubator members ultimately "graduating" into a storefront of their own. This is a win-win situation-incubator members receive support and start new businesses while they live out their dreams-and commercial districts receive a steady flow of new retail businesses. The Retail Incubation Group is aligned with Economic Development Visions, a maverick, rule-breaking, innovative economic development consulting organization that understands the unique needs of urban commercial districts. EDEN Collaborative EDEN Collaborative is an urban design, land use policy and economic development consulting company dedicated to maximizing the value of our clients' current and future resources through creative thinking and problem solving, utilization of appropriate best practice research, and rapid generation of tailored solutions to specific and community issues. LISC MetroEdge LISC MetroEdge combines innovative market research, quantitative analysis, and grassroots community engagement to correct misperceptions of urban markets, identify hidden assets, and help communities exercise more control over their economic futures. MetroEdge believes that the most successful commercial development strategies begin with information-based action plans that can be implemented with the resources readily available to the community. Our work includes a clear focus on community planning and readiness that identifies opportunities for real action through a combination of demographic information and community visioning. M Retail Ventures M Retail Ventures is a consulting company that specializes in urban retail and mixed use community redevelopment projects. Consulting services include market data analysis, development strategies and timelines, financial analysis, and conceptual designs. M Retail Ventures will also assist in the identification of needed professional consultants such as architects, engineers, and brokers. Adding value and capacity within underserved communities to facilitate public/private development projects based on real world experience. Main Streets Database Template/Downtown Diva If your current data-management system can be sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (12 scary Access files, 10 Excel spreadsheets, 8 ancient Word files, 6 random business cards, 4 scraps of paper, and one very frazzled director), you'll whistle a happier tune with the easy-to-use Main Streets Database Template from Downtown Diva, for all your needs--labels, lists, email, sponsorships, memberships, facade/sign projects, vacancies, volunteers, business directory/statistics, property info/ownership, BID formulas, and much more! Downtown Diva also offers Constant Contact email marketing subscriptions at a substantial savings to you and your district businesses, as well as other consulting services. NeighborServe Abandoned buildings are often the focus of newspaper headlines and nightly new reports. They can be eyesores that drag down the spirit of an entire neighborhood. They can also be dangerous, attracting vandalism, and criminal activity. Our mission is to provide a range of services which not only make vacant property more attractive, but safer and more secure. We are dedicated to helping revitalize neighborhoods by providing cost effective solutions to abate the challenges that face derelict properties. Southern New Hampshire University, School of Community and Economic Development The School of Community Economic Development (SCED) at Southern New Hampshire University is an internationally recognized leader in education, public policy, research, and institution-building in the field of community economic development. SCED advocates community development as a strategy for correcting social and economic inequality. The School offers advanced interdisciplinary (MS/MA/MBA/PhD) degree programs and several professional training institutes. Storrow Kinsella Associates, Inc. Storrow Kinsella Associates is a landscape architecture, landplaning, and urban design studio located in Indianapolis, Indiana. We are a talent-based, knowledge-driven team engaged in strategies and designs for the public realm, the reconciliation of the built and natural environments, the creation of livable communities SYMBIONT Symbiont, founded in 1981, is a full-service engineering and consulting firm that plans, builds, controls and improves environments. Our in house staff includes: civil, mechanical, environmental, chemical, electrical, structural, and transportation engineers, geologists, hydrogeologists, chemists, technicians, operators and support staff. Symbiont is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with offices in Indianapolis, Indiana and Decatur, Illinois. |
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