Overview

All Across America Cities Lead

The 2013 Congress of Cities and Exposition will showcase the dynamic ways cities are driving change and finding successful solutions to the most pressing challenges in local government.

City Officials and staff from across the country will come together in Seattle, Washington for a unique opportunity to share best practices and learn strategies to promote local economic and financial health, improve the built and natural environment, and ensure quality of life for all city residents.

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Schedule

Thursday, November 14, 2013

• 9:30 am
  Mobile Workshop: Going Metro: Suburban Transformation in the 21st Century (Show details)

  Bellevue has transformed from strawberry fields to bedroom community to major metropolitan center in the past 60 years. Tour downtown with its high-rise residential and office development and learn about what is happening to make it more walkable, livable and vibrant while accommodating future growth. Tour the industrial area that is planned for TOD around new light rail stations. Finally, visit the Jubilee REACH to learn how Bellevue is partnering with the non-profit and private sector to mobilize Resources, Education, Assistance, Community and Hospitality to serve Bellevue’s kids and families.

• 9:30 am
  Mobile Workshop: Pathways to Careers: Public-Private Partnerships to Fill Skills Gaps (Show details)

  See Seattle’s Pathways to Careers Initiative, an innovative partnership offering foundational classes to low-skilled students in key growth sectors. Tour a joint public/private training center at Vigor Marine and learn about how this initiative is providing industry recognized skills through a sequence of classes in maritime, composites and or other related fields of study.  

• 9:30 am
  Mobile Workshop: Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (Show details)

  Meet with community service providers, city officials and youth participants to learn how they work together to reduce youth violence. The workshop will be held at the King County Boys and Girls Club at Rainier Vista, which serves as the Southeast Seattle hub for the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (SYVPI). This LEED-certified, $17 million, 40,000 square foot facility is a state-of-the art club featuring a gym, art studio, technology center, dentist office, music studio and more. Southeast Seattle is an area of the city that has been  affected by youth violence. The Boys and Girls Club serves an important role  as a safe haven for all youth, and a broker of services to at-risk youth through its role in SYVPI.

• 9:30 am
  Mobile Workshop: Microsoft Campus Tour – Modernize Your City with Connected Citizen Services (Show details)

  Tour the Microsoft campus in Redmond to get a glimpse of the future. With 125 buildings, spread over 500 acres, hosting over 41K employees, the Microsoft Headquarters has become a model for the “City of the Future”. Tour energy efficient buildings, try services delivered to citizens on the go, and visit the leading edge operations center to see vision become reality for a more connected and responsive city government. Includes a visit to the Microsoft Visitor Center and Company Store. --Sponsored by Microsoft

• 12:00 pm
  Mobile Workshop: The Living Building Challenge: What Your City Can Learn from the Greenest Commercial Building in the World (Show details)

  Tour the Bullitt Center, the Greenest Commercial Building in the World, and learn how your community can implement strategies to increase your city’s green building foot print and other sustainable development practices. We will discuss green building incentives, including priority green permitting, zoning, and the living building challenge.

• 12:00 pm
  Mobile Workshop: Transformation of South Lake Union Neighborhood (Show details)

  Now home to high-tech business and health research institutions, the South Lake Union neighborhood was only recently home to light industrial businesses and hampered by inadequate infrastructure to support redevelopment.  Join city and business leaders for a tour of the neighborhood and learn how public investment has led to private development in this up and coming Seattle community. And hear how the neighborhood has grappled with this change.

   

  Please note:  the South Lake Union tour will not include a bus. Participants should be prepared to walk 4 blocks to the street car that goes through the neighborhood.

   

• 12:00 pm
  Mobile Workshop: Reaching Maximum Velocity: How the City of Kenmore is Leveraging Local Businesses to Strengthen Economic Development Efforts (Show details)

  Kenmore, with a population of nearly 21,000, is an economically healthy city in northern King County where innovative businesses soar without limits. Kenmore is building an innovation hub to attract and support health care and technology start-ups, as well as help existing multigenerational businesses seeking to expand. Join City and business leaders as they highlight how Kenmore is leveraging local businesses to strengthen economic development efforts. The mobile workshop will visit Kenmore’s LEED Gold City Hall and Bastyr University, the top natural medicine university and research institute in the United States featuring a LEED Platinum Student Village.

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Washington State Convention Center
Seattle, WA
(206)694-5000

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