The following events were held from November 2007 to January 2011 by staff to the CMAP Economic and Community Development Committee, which has since been renamed the Economic Development Committee.  The materials below are for archival purposes only.
 

Economic Development in 2011: Trends, Myths, and Opportunities -- January 24, 2011

• Presentations -- Keynote Speaker: Patrick E. Rea, Regional Economic Overview
• Panel on Best Practices
  • Scott Niehaus, Village Manager, Village of Tinley Park
  • Bruce Knight, AICP, Planning Director, Champaign, Illinois
  • Matt Frank, AICP, Economic Development Coordinator, Village of Schaumburg
• Panel on Real Estate Development Trends
  • Chris Gary, Vice President Industrial Services, NAI Hiffman
  • Shaun Frankfurt, Senior Managing Director, TrammelCrow Company
  • Fred Heichman, Vice President and Director of Leasing, Inland Real Estate
  • McKim Barnes, Senior Vice President, Research and Analysis, Draper and Kramer, Inc.
     

State of the Tollway Luncheon -- September 22, 2010

•  Presentation -- Illinois Tollway -- Kristi Lafleur 
   

Process, Pitfalls and Profit: Effective Market Analysis Techniques -- January 25, 2010

• Presentations -- Panel on Best Practices and Basic Principles
• •  Anna Maria Kowalik, Regional Property Manager, Inland Commercial Property Management
  •  Matt Frank, AICP, Economic Development Coordinator, Village of Schaumburg
  •  Ron Gifford, President & CEO, Indy Partnership
• Presentations -- Panel on Marketing Techniques During Challenging Economic Times
  •  Sally Hanley, Director of Development, Economic Development Council of Central Illinois
  •  Nathaniel Seiz, Manager of Business Retention & Expansion, Quantum Growth Partnership
  •  Cheryl Welge, Business Development Executive, Ameren Corporation
•  Meeting Summary

 

Brownfield Grant Writing Workshop -- July 24, 2009

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Deborah Orr, Brownfields Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 5
  • Susan Kaplan, Senior Associate, Illinois ResourceNet, UIC
  • Beth Grigsby, Brownfields Program Manager, ATC Associates
  • Steven Murawski, Esq., Baker & McKenzie, LLP
  • Mark Rothert, Executive Director, Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development, Canton, IL

 

Moving Forward Together -- February February 9, 2009

•  Agenda

•  Ladonna Redmond biography

 

Crisis & Opportunities: TOD and the Region's Economy -- January 12, 2009

• Agenda
• Presentations -- Panel on Transit Oriented Development
  • Sam Zimbabwe, Technical Assistance Director, Reconnecting America
  • Stephen B. Friedman, AICP, CRE, President, S.B. Friedman & Co.
  • Mayor Rita Mullins, Mayor of the Village of Palatine
• Presentations -- Panel on the Region's Economy
  • William Testa, VP and Director of Regional Programs, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Diane Lupke, CEcD/FM, Lupke & Associates, Inc.
• Meeting Summary

 

Public Private Partnerships -- June 3, 2008

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Gregory Hummel, Partner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP
  • Roger Dahlstrom, Senior Research Associate, Northern Illinois University
  • Adam Prager, President, Prager Company
  • Michael Kirchhoff, VP Retention and Recruitment, Kansas City EDC
• Meeting Summary
   

 Development Incentives -- March 30, 2008

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Thomas Bayer, Attorney at Law, Klein, Thorpe, and Jenkins, LTD.
  • Beth Ruyle, Executive VP, Director, Ehlers
  • David Hulsberg, AICP, ICMA-CM, Assistant Village Manager, Village of Lombard
  • Edward S. Piatt, NE Senior Account Manager, DCEO
    • DCEO Programs Handout
• Meeting Summary
   

How to Seal the Deal -- November 30, 2007

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • Bruce A. Knight FAICP, Planning Director, Champaign, IL
  • Mark Peterson, City Manager, Normal, IL
  • Mayor Randy Pye, Director Investor Relations, MetroDenver
  • Michael Murphy, Executive VP of Development, CenterPoint Properties
• Meeting Summary