Main Street 101 Track (Introduction, Organization, Design)

9/12/2012 8:15 AM - 9:50 AM

2012 Mid-Year Economic Update

9/12/2012 8:50 AM - 9:50 AM

Speaker: Patty Silverstein, Development Research Partners

How to Prepare Downtowns for the Tidal Wave of E-Commerce

9/12/2012 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

How to Prepare Downtowns for the Tidal Wave of E-Commerce

E-commerce has taken consumers by storm and is putting pressure on local retailers. To highlight these challenges we will begin the session by summarizing the trends of e-commerce versus traditional downtown shopping. Based on this knowledge, participants will learn strategies and techniques to help maintain a physical storefront through e-commerce, followed by suggestions to local governments on how to maintain vital downtowns into the age of e-commerce. During the second half of the session, we will explore the key challenges and possibilities when using location-based services to bring your main street to life. Location-based services provide an exciting new opportunity for main streets and downtowns to engage with citizens, shoppers, tourists. The rise of location-based services is undeniable, with millions of people using Facebook, Foursquare and other mobile platforms to help them shop, search, interact, and enjoy their travels. Location-based services can no longer be dismissed as a trend or generational phenomenon. It is therefore vital for downtown organizations and main streets to adopt these technologies for historic tours, reward programs or entertainment. 

Chris Haller, Urban Interactive Studio; Mark Heller, GURA

5 Years Out, Lunch-Time Plenary with Rich Kylberg, Arrow Electronics

9/12/2012 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

This event requires the purchase of an additional lunch ticket.

Mobile Tour: Historic Neighborhoods in Golden

9/12/2012 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Take a walking tour of Historic Golden!

Alleys, Breezeways & Public Art

9/12/2012 2:50 PM - 4:05 PM

Alleys, Breezeways & Public Art: Creating Gathering Spaces While Navigating Through Public Improvements

Downtown Longmont will be breaking ground on a $3 million alleyscape, breezeway and parking lot improvement project in March 2012. Planning for this project has spanned several years, including significant business and community input. With a state highway running through the center of Downtown, public parking lots are accessed via alleyways, often visitor's first impression to Downtown.  This project addresses infrastructure problems, as well as incorporating placemaking principles. To increase gathering spaces, the Longmont Downtown Development Authority and Art in Public Places Commission had to work together to move 12-public art pieces. In this session, learn how this project progressed and how it navigated the lofty task of having public artwork moved to a new location.

Kimberlee McKee, Longmont DDA

Mobile Tour: Pedestrian Safety: Golden Walkability Audit

9/12/2012 2:50 PM - 4:05 PM

Walkability Audit 

After a brief introduction into "What is a Walkability Audit?” and "What Value Does it Have for My Downtown”, session participants will be led through an analysis of a section of Golden.  

Kristin Cypher, Britina Design Group

How a School Served as a Catalyst for a Town: The Silverton School

9/12/2012 4:20 PM - 5:35 PM

How a School Served as a Catalyst for a Town: The Silverton School Rehabilitation

This session will cover the story of the Silverton School Rehabilitation and how it engaged the community of Silverton emotionally and economically.  Located within the Silverton National Historic District, this campus sits one block off of Main Street.  As the central community hub for this small town, the School District was devastated when in 2008, the 97 year old boiler died leaving the District in a bind in how to educate their students. Learn about how the District shaped their project from five differing funding sources (ranging from grants to a mill levy) that each had differing goals and expectations for the project and how these were resolved along the way. The end result is a fully revitalized campus suited for 21st century learners of all ages.

 

Elizabeth Hallas, Anderson Hallas Architects

Plenary & Opening Reception, Table Mountain Inn

9/12/2012 6:15 PM - Not Specified

The opening reception includes a welcome from the Mayor of Golden, and plenary talk:

Community Development & Legislative Redistricting: How Community Development and Its Shared Impacts Changed Colorado's Legislative Map

For the first time in the history of the Colorado, community planning and development were fundamental to the prevailing rationale for shaping congressional districts.  Learn about the recently completed redistricting process where expert testimony on community development trends cut through political grid-lock to shape the new districts.  The arguments were non-political, and established "communities of interest" based on similar development trends and challenges.  The arguments apparently resonated with the Court, as the testimony was cited heavily in the rendered judgment. Planners and community development professionals should take note: because the approach was successful, members of our profession may be called upon to weigh in on redistricting in the future in Colorado or elsewhere in the nation.

Brad Segal, PUMA

Market-Based Planning and Implementation

9/13/2012 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM

Market-Based Planning and Implementation

Emerging from recession, downtowns are seeking a new roadmap to prosperity.  Market-based planning is a cost-effective approach to develop a vision, a doable action plan and gain stakeholder support to guide the future of downtowns and other business districts.  This session will provide a brief overview of the market-based planning approach, including analysis, community engagement and priority setting.  We will then provide a detailed case study from Greeley, Colorado.  The session will illustrate the application of plan priorities and investment filters to several real-world, market-driven opportunities through the first year of plan implementation.

Brad Segal, PUMA; Pam Bricker, Greeley DDA

Round-Table Session: Mini Destination BootCamp

9/13/2012 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM

Plenary speaker, Jon Schallert will lead a discussion on 10 tips for jump-starting your business with merchandising and positioning.

Mobile Tour: Clear Creek Path Revitalization

9/13/2012 10:55 AM - 12:10 PM

Public Participation, Part 1: Techniques for Community Engagement

9/13/2012 10:55 AM - 12:15 PM

Participants will experiment with motion-sensitive technologies (like the Wii and Kinect), touch tables, brainstorming and prioritizing tools, scenario planning, interactive mapping, and visualization tools. 

Dine-Around: Creative Districts

9/13/2012 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

In 2011, Colorado became the 10th state to launch a creative district certification program, administered by Colorado Creative Industries (CCI). It encourages the formation of Creative Districts, for the purposes of:
--Attracting creative entrepreneurs and artists to a community
--Creating hubs of economic activity
--Attracting visitors
--Revitalizing and beautifying communities
--Providing a focal point for celebrating and strengthening a community's unique identity
--Showcasing cultural and artistic organizations, events, and amenities
The program has been met with great interest and demand. Learn about this new public-private model for cultural and community development. Two districts will share how they prepared to be eligible for the program and what they've accomplished with the help of the grant. 

Please note the lunch-time dine-around requires an additional fee and is not included in the standard conference registration. The dine-arounds will be held at various restaurant locations throughout downtown Golden. You will be notified of the restaurant location for your dine-around when you check in at registration.

Dine-Around: Healthy Food Initiatives

9/13/2012 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please note the lunch-time dine-around requires an additional fee and is not included in the standard conference registration. The dine-arounds will be held at various restaurant locations throughout downtown Golden. You will be notified of the restaurant location for your dine-around when you check in at registration.

Dine-Around: Public Participation

9/13/2012 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please note the lunch-time dine-around requires an additional fee and is not included in the standard conference registration. The dine-arounds will be held at various restaurant locations throughout downtown Golden. You will be notified of the restaurant location for your dine-around when you check in at registration.

Asset Mapping and Real Estate Transactions With Municipalities

9/13/2012 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Downtown vibrancy is integrally linked to the people and businesses that occupy space and the buildings that provide that space. This session provides a perspective on asset-based community revitalization wherein the physical environment is evaluated to develop a strategy to fill vacant buildings, create shovel-ready sites, and prepare business-ready buildings.  An effective asset-based approach will be discussed not as a stand-alone plan but rather how addressing the physical environment compliments and balances with community and economic development strategies.  Identifying opportunities, prioritizing catalyst sites, and creating spaces to activate, are a foundation for a vibrant downtown.   The second part of this session will address all legal aspects of real estate transactions with municipalities and URA's including: general legal authority, statutory versus home rule authority, procedures for action, fee conveyance versus lease, implications of TABOR, actions subject to referendum, and overview of case law in Colorado and other states concerning real estate transactions.  This session would provide a comprehensive and in-depth discussion and would be accompanied by a legal memorandum which would serve as convenient reference for the topic.

Eric Heil, Heil Law & Planning; Jesse Silverstein, Colorado Brownfields Foundation

Placemaking to Revitalize Mixed-Use Neighborhoods

9/13/2012 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

This session will address the collaborative process led by the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), City and County of Denver, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) and studioINSITE, LLC, which resulted in the revitalization of 14th Street in Downtown Denver.  The 14th Street Initiative - a 12 block streetscape revitalization was the result of a true public-private partnership.

The speakers will highlight the formation of the General Improvement District as a funding and management source, success despite challenging economic conditions, and respect for the corridor that resulted in creative design. The speakers will highlight project milestones and overall reasons for success.

This session will also present a case study in the recently completed Cherry Creek North Business Improvement District. Program Managers, Dick Marshall, FASLA, RLA and Will Coffield, PE will discuss the process; including stakeholder involvement, methodology, timelines, communication and budgeting specific to working with a BID. 

Colorado Community Development Financial Institutions

9/13/2012 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Colorado Community Development Financial Institutions - Small Business Community Facilities and Neighborhood Revitalization Project Financing Resources

Representatives from Colorado's four most active CDFIs will discuss the technical assistance services and loan products offered to entrepreneurs, small business owners, non-profit organizations and developers.  CDFIs work just outside the margins of mainstream finance to create opportunities for the people, organizations and businesses that live and work in low-moderate income communities.  CDFIs open these opportunity markets to mainstream institutions and often leverage investments with conventional lenders.  CDFIs based in Colorado have total assets over $82 million and have done over $55 million in new loans since 2008. Panel members will discuss types of projects financed, loan projects, loan terms, applications processes and the technical assistance services provided to potential borrowers.

Jeff Seifreid, Mile High Community Loan Fund; Joe Rowan, Funding Partners; Ceyl Prinster, Colorado Enterprise Fund; Leslie Hoffman, ACCION Colorado

Mobile Tour: Coors Brewery VIP Tour

9/13/2012 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Take a tour of the Coors Brewery! This session is limited to 12 attendees.

Governor's Award for Downtown Excellence

9/13/2012 6:00 PM - Not Specified

SOLD OUT. Please contact DCI to be placed on the wait list.

Policy + Place: Roundtables

9/14/2012 9:00 AM - 10:35 AM

This is your chance to learn about AND shape policy that could affect your downtown. This plenary session will feature an interactive discussion on three key policy areas facing Colorado’s downtowns today: Energy and the Environment; Regionalism and Connectivity; and Locally Grown Resources. The plenary will begin with an interactive panel discussion engaging industry leaders in these key policy areas who will present on key issue areas and seek feedback from plenary attendees. In-depth roundtable discussions will then follow as plenary attendees will work together to voice issues, ideas and opinions on these important policy topics. Following this important plenary, DCI will consolidate the feedback into policy papers to be distributed out to DCI members and important policy leaders.