- Date: November 13, 2013 - November 16, 2013
- Location: Washington State Convention Center - Seattle, WA
- Category: Annual Conference
Schedule
Friday, November 15, 2013
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9:00 amUsing Technology to Bolster Economic Development (Show details)
The information superhighway is just as important as the four-lane highway to the businesses of today and tomorrow. Local governments must provide the right infrastructure and institutional capacities to create better access to business development and other revenue generating opportunities. Field experts and local stakeholders will offer insights on how you can help drive your community to booming economic and fiscal growth.
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9:00 amExtreme Weather Events and Adaptive Infrastructure (Show details)
Communities across the country, regardless of size or geography, are seeing the impact of extreme weather events on critical infrastructure. Explore innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies cities are using that lie at the heart of water, transportation, and energy infrastructure, in order to better prepare for and respond to a changing climate.
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9:00 amMaking Your City More Business Friendly (Show details)
Steve Johnson - Office of Economic Development, City of Seattle
Too often, businesses perceive local government as a barrier, with cumbersome red tape that can impede growth and speed to market. Low hanging fruit strategies can transform city hall and ensure the right environment for businesses to stay and grow in your community. Improve and streamline business regulations and effectively communicate the right message with businesses to support development and growth.
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9:00 amSuccessfully Reintegrating Veterans to Meet Community Needs (Show details)
Kathleen Hatten - Peak Military Care Network
Marilyn Strickland - City of Tacoma
After years of service in the military, thousands of veterans return home with unique experience and skills. However, many also struggle with employment, job retraining, mental health, and housing issues that can be barriers to successful reintegration to civilian life. Connect your community’s veterans to necessary resources in order to unlock their potential once they have come home.
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9:00 amFiscal Realities, Innovative Solutions (Deep Dive) (Show details)
Declining revenues and federal and state aid, obligations to employees, and increased service demands from residents means city leaders are often faced with tough choices between short-term interests and long-term fiscal health. This deep-dive session will explore the constraints and policy options to influence revenues and reserve levels. In interactive roundtable discussions, city leaders will have an opportunity to discuss alternative service delivery processes to manage costs, such as regional collaborations, public private partnerships, technology solutions, and priority-based budgeting.
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9:00 amShifting Expectations for Neighborhoods in Transition (Show details)
The foreclosure crisis and economic downturn have exposed the fragility of local communities. Significant demographic changes are underway that will likely alter the direction of development and force many cities into a state of transition. Examine how public expectations are likely to evolve and what the shifting social and economic landscape means for local planning and development.
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10:45 amReady To Work (Show details)
Does your local workforce have the talent necessary to compete in today’s highly demanding economy? The ability to attract, retain, and expand business in your community relies on the health of your local workforce. Support career pathways and postsecondary credentials with job market value for both youth and adults.
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10:45 amStrategically Investing in Green Infrastructure Projects to Get the “Most Green for Your Greenbacks” (Show details)
In many parts of the country, storm water runoff is the biggest water quality threat to our streams, rivers, and lakes. Green infrastructure is a great compliment to the “gray” infrastructure being used to address a community’s water needs. Understand the cost benefit analysis for green infrastructure projects while gaining a comprehensive understanding of the tools, regulations, and financing options available.
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10:45 amMobile Vending: Emerging Industry, Outdated Regulations (Show details)
Food trucks have expanded rapidly in both number and popularity over the past few years, and many cities are finding themselves ill-equipped to deal with these vendors. Communities across the country are part of a burgeoning movement to find ways to better manage and encourage mobile vending. Learn local policy options to regulate mobile vendors, such as food trucks, and incorporate them into the fabric of your city.
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10:45 amAging and a Shared Community Vision (Show details)
As the baby boom generation enters into retirement their housing, transportation, and entertainment needs are changing. Reshape your community footprint in order to fulfill those needs and allow your older residents to continue to call their present community “home.”
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10:45 amSupporting Start-ups and Entrepreneurs (Show details)
Alyssa Stewart Lee - The Pew Charitable Trust
Jonathon Breeton - Accion Chicago
As the primary job creators in the U.S., new businesses are essential to strengthening your local economy. Cities are in a prime position to foster entrepreneurship. Learn how cities of all sizes can implement innovative and effective ways to support start-ups and entrepreneurs, including development regulations to provide cost-effective workspace and partnerships to provide capital and expertise.
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2:30 pmEconomic Development Financing Tools (Show details)
Do you have the right tools in your toolbox when it comes to financing your economic development efforts? Engage in roundtable discussions about local financing tools to support local economic development at a depth that is relevant to policy makers. Gain an understanding of which tools are most applicable to your projects and how to communicate with economic development staff to ask for the information you need before making policy and financing decisions.
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2:30 pm
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2:30 pmStrengthening Our Communities, Promoting Public Safety (Film) (Show details)
One of the most important responsibilities of a city is to ensure the public’s safety to support healthy, thriving communities. But across the country, many cities are presented with a multitude of challenges in their efforts to do so, such as incidences of youth and community violence. After watching a provocative documentary about one city’s effort to confront community violence, join a discussion with your peers about strategies that promote public safety.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
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9:00 amRevving the Economic Engines of Smaller Communities (Show details)
Ninety-three percent of cities in the United States have populations of 25,000 or less. These smaller and rural communities are home to extensive untapped economic growth potential. Identify funding opportunities for small cities, learn to leverage existing assets, explore unique regional opportunities, and exchange ideas with colleagues from communities like yours.
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9:00 amThe Suburbanization of Poverty: Local Challenges, Regional Solutions (Show details)
There are now more poor families and individuals living in suburban communities than in central cities. These demographic changes are placing new pressure on local governments, schools, and service providers as they struggle with limited capacity to meet the needs of a more disadvantaged population. Discuss why existing policies and programs create barriers to addressing these challenges and how cities can join together to develop effective regional approaches.
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9:00 amLocal Options to Finance Infrastructure (Show details)
The need for new development paired with an aging infrastructure has increased the number of new construction projects. State and federal funding for these projects has declined, leaving local governments scratching their hardhats to figure out how to finance vital infrastructure projects. Prepare to tackle your projects head on by understanding the benefits and challenges of different financing options.
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9:00 amManaging Emergencies: How Cities and Towns Can Prepare for Crisis Situations (Deep Dive) (Show details)
When chaos strikes, either through a man-made or natural disaster, communities look to their local leaders to act calmly and decisively. Hear from municipal officials who have faced a community-wide tragedy or destructive storm and how they responded. Engage with local, federal, and university leaders in this deep dive session and explore strategies to help your community rebound swiftly and effectively after an emergency.
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9:00 amEngaging Residents in Solutions: Using Data and Technology to Improve Local Government (Deep Dive) (Show details)
Technology offers opportunities to engage citizens as partners in identifying and solving local problems. Join this deep dive discussion to learn how to use open data strategies, online engagement, and predictive analytics, to improve transparency, garner meaningful resident input, and enlist the help of local partners to improve the quality of life. These strategies can assist large and small cities alike in tapping the passions and creative power of the community.
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10:30 amCreating Active Transportation Infrastructures that Promote Walking and Biking (Show details)
City leaders are looking to improve the health of their residents while increasing transportation alternatives. You can make physical activity more easily accessible by enhancing infrastructure that supports biking and walking and creates more livable communities. Return home prepared to develop active transportation strategies, such as complete streets policies, to support economic development and vibrant communities.
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10:30 amTools and Techniques for Successful Downtown Revitalization (Show details)
Downtowns have the potential to be a unique focal point of a community, a gathering place for citizens, and a thriving business environment. Identify financing strategies and engage with key players, including developers, investors, retailers and your residents, to develop a strategy and turn your main street into a booming downtown destination.
Registration
- NLC Direct Member $670.00
- State League Member $790.00
- State League Member $595.00
- Student $175.00
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