ORIENTATION AGENDA

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Tour of Model City Community Revitalization District
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Registration and Reception

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:35 a.m. Introduction
8:35 - 8:40 a.m. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
George E. MacRae, Pastor, Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist Church
8:40 - 8:55 a.m. Welcoming Address
The Honorable Carrie Meek, U. S. Congresswoman, District 17
8:55 - 9:10 a.m. Welcoming Statement
The Honorable Tomas P. Regalado, Commission Chair, City of Miami Commissioner, District 4
9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Introduction and Induction of Trust Board Members
The Honorable Arthur E. Teele, Jr., City of Miami Commissioner, District 5
The Honorable Carrie Meek, U. S. Congresswoman, District 17
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Vision Statement
Shalley Jones, Chair, Model City Community Revitalization Trust
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Project Design
Ana Gelabart, Director, City of Miami, Planning Department
Joseph Kohl, President, Dover, Kohl & Partners
Derrick Smith, President, A+S Architects, Planners, P. A.
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 - 11:30 a.m. Tools to Revitalize the Vision
- Private/Public Partnerships
- Financing

Christopher Bowers, Partner and Senior Vice-President, The Wilson Company
Affordable Housing Perspectives (*.pdf)
11:30 - 12:00 p.m. ULI Advisory Panel Findings (*.pdf)
Kenneth Bacchus, ULI Advisory Panel, Housing and Economic Development Financial Corporation, Missouri
12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch - Networking Opportunity
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Workshop 1:  Financing - Atlanta, GA (*.pdf)
Patricia O'Connell, Director of Real Estate Development, Atlanta Housing Authority
Kevin Hanna, President, Atlanta Development Authority
Tim Polk, Acting Commissioner, City of Atlanta, Department of Planning, Development & Neighborhood Conservation
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Workshop 2:  Housing - Charlotte, NC (*.pdf)
Laura Harmon, Economic Development Program Manager, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission
Juanita Oates, Housing Counseling Specialist, Hope VI
Deborah Cox, Residential Real Estate Broker, First Charlotte Properties
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Workshop 3:  Marketing - Cleveland, OH
Jennifer Ettorre, Community Development Manager, Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.
Patrick Kenney, Chief Operating Officer, Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.
Rebecca Lombardo, Manager, Single Family Housing Development, City of Cleveland
4:45 - 4:55 p.m. Break
4:55 - 6:00 p.m. Goals, Objectives and Milestones
- Housing Initiatives
- Economic Development/Job Creation
- Quality of Life Enhancements
- Infrastructure Improvements

Trust Members and Facilitator Discussion
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Reception

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40 a.m. Welcome Back
The Honorable Arthur E. Teele, Jr., City of Miami Commissioner, District 5
8:40 - 10:30 a.m. Resources Identification Panel
- Housing and Business Development/Financing and Initiatives
- Homeownership Zone Training/Outreach
- The Digital Divide/Community Technology
- Brownfields Opportunities
- Transportation
- Historic Preservation
- Public Agency Coordination

Panelists:
Elaine Black, Executive Director, Tools for Change
Cheryl Cook, Economic Development Specialist, South Florida Regional Planning Council
Reverend Richard Dunn II, President of the Board, Word of Life Community Development Corporation, Inc.
Carol Gardner, President, Tacolcy Economic Development Corporation
Dr. Paul George, Historian, Historical Museum of South Florida
William Hardemon, Chairman, MLKEDC
Leroy Jones, Executive Director, NANA
Charles Ray, Economic Development Coordinator, Department of Economic Development and Property Management, City of St. Petersburg
Mychal H. Walker, President, TriComm, Inc., Atlanta
Ivan Yeager, CEO, Yeager Companies

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 - 12:30 p.m. Next Steps
Trust Members and Facilitator Discussion
12:30 - 12:45 p.m. Closing Remarks
Shalley Jones, Chair, Model City Community Revitalization Trust
The Honorable Arthur E. Teele, Jr., City of Miami Commissioner, District 5

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