Economic and Community Development Committee – Events

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

• 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 

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