Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) presents an Urban Renewal 101 & 201 Workshop for beginner and advanced urban renewal staff, board members, and partners considering how the best to maximize impacts of tax increment financing in downtown and redevelopment projects. The Urban Renewal 101 Workshop will review how the tool works, how to work with partners, and dive into the legislation that guides urban renewal Colorado. The 201 session will investigate good practices, how to work with developers, and using urban renewal to drive opportunity zone projects. Please share this event information with your staff, boards and elected officials, property and business owners, and local stakeholders who are ready to move forward with a thriving downtown management approach! The training will be equally relevant to both appointed and city council boards.
AGENDA
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Steve Art, Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal
PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT
Carolynne White, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
HOW URA SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY VISION
How does a community link the vision for priority and challenged sites to the work of urban renewal? How can URA be used to achieve long-term solutions? Carolynne White, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck + Steve Art, Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal
WHAT IS URBAN RENEWAL + TIF
Why was this tool created, how does it work, and what are the important legislative and oversight mechanisms all URA staff and board should know? Steve Art, Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal
STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING AROUND TIMING + SIZING FOR TIF AREAS
How to strategically determine the appropriate TIF Area? Carolynne White, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
URA LEGISLATION + TRANSPARENCY
What are the statues and regulation that shapes URAs, projects, and reporting? Carolynne White, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
BOARD & GOVERNANCE
What are some ideas How to develop your board? Carolynne White, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
WHO ARE THE PARTNERS + MEASURING THE NEED
Jesse Silverstein, Development Research Partners, Steve Art, Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal + Carolynne White, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
NEXT STEPS & CLOSING
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