Downtown Conference
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Recapturing Your Downtown
2009
A conference designed to help your Downtown Prosper...
Conference: October 22, 2009-SAVE THE
DATE!!!
Jefferson Street Inn, Wausau, WI
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Welcome Reception is Wednesday night, October 21, 2009
from 7-9 pm at Allister Deacon's Coffee House located in the historic Washington
Square complex, connected to the Jefferson Street Inn. Have
fun and network in a relaxing setting! Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar
will be available as well as an opportunity to talk to the speakers.
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Join us to celebrate our downtowns! Conference highlights include
keynote addresses by Barbara Wold,
internationally known speaker in the
retail and consumer industries and an authority on building success
through results-driven strategies and
Kelli Trumble, Secretary-WI Dept. of Tourism
speaking on the Wisconsin Brand - Live Like
You Mean It!
Breakout sessions include:
- Small City Downtowns - Once Forgotten, Now Found
- Kevin Korpela, Architect and Entrepreneur
- Focus on a Large City... Waukesha - Members of
Main Street Waukesha and BID
- Waupaca County's Hometown Program - Mike Koles,
Waupaca Co UWEX, Dave Thiel, Waupaca Co EDC, and Ed Wendland, Retail
Development Consultant
- Downtown Sustainability: Vanishing Present or Thriving
Future? - Steve Dunn, UW Oshkosh and Center for the
Advancement of Sustainable Processes and Environmental Research
- The Politics of Progress - Jim Rosenberg, Wis
Public Service and Mark Craig, Compass Properties
- Finding and Nurturing Home Grown Entrepreneurs
- Beth Plutchak, WI Downtown Action Council and Beth Plutchak Consulting
- Focus on a Small City... Rhinelander - Members
of Downtown Rhinelander, Inc.
- How to Finance Your Downtown Improvement Projects
- Gary Becker, Vierbicher Associates Inc. and WDAC Board Member
- Enhancing Viability, Safety and Security through Planning
and Collaboration - Sgt. John Wallschlaeger, Appleton
Police Dept.
- Working with Foundations and Boards: A Panel Discussion
- Jim O'Connell, Jean Tehan, Peggy Carrier-Diemer and Brian Gumness
- Joining Forces to Promote Downtowns! -
Catherine Dunlap, Downtown Revitalization Specialist, WI Main Street
Program
- Using Social Media to Enhance Your Downtown: A Look at City
Blogs - Tawnya Schilt and a Panel of Bloggers
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Co-Sponsors:
- Wisconsin Main Street
- WI Department of Commerce
- Wisconsin Public Service
- UWSP Small Business Development Center
- Jefferson Street Inn
- Vierbicher Associates
- Wisconsin Downtown Action Council
Testimonials from Past Participants:
This is the best conference I have attended downtown to date. Great networking,
good presentations and beautiful community.
For a tiny Chamber, this event was well worth the low cost. Thank
you for putting on this wonderful conference.
I liked the variety of options for breakout sessions. The speakers
were enthusiastic with very practical, useful information.
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