Tuesday, August 26, 2014
| 12:00 p.m. | Registration and Networking Lunch |
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| 12:45 p.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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Lena Robinson, Regional Manager Bernal Heights. A Community Connected by CAMEO *To hear the audio presentation along with the slides, please save the .PPTX file (20.1 mb) from the Slideshare view screen then and open the file in PowerPoint. |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Presentation: How to Develop Neighborhood Commercial Districts |
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Marsha Murrington, Director of Economic Development, LISC Download presentation (pdf, 1.48 mb) |
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| 1:45 p.m. | Panel: Let’s Talk About BIDs |
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Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are often the go to strategy when a neighborhood decides to undertake commercial revitalization. Learn from the director of BIDs anchoring low-income and emerging neighborhoods about how they developed the BID, its benefits and limitations. What are more appropriate alternatives when a BID is not the right option? Moderator: Crezia Tano, City of San Francisco Download Amanda Elliott’s presentation (pdf, 2.45 mb) |
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| 2:45 p.m. | Presentations: Emerging Commercial Districts |
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Castlemont: Mariela Uribe & Kiko Malian, Alameda County Public Health Download Castlemont presentation (pdf, (4.01 mb) |
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| 3:15 p.m. | Panel: Resources for Revitalizing Neighborhood Commercial Districts |
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While attracting new businesses is often the primary focus of revitalizing neighborhood commercial districts, it must be undertaken within the framework of other considerations such as customer traffic, business mix, creative marketing, and community building. This panel will highlight specialists who will describe resources and training opportunities to help commercial districts achieve greater economic and social outcomes. Moderator: Molly Clark, Neto Community Network Download Erin Kilmer Neel’s presentation (pdf, 2.11 mb) Download Katy Johnson’s presentation (pdf, 456 kb) |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |