8:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 AM |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Barbara Walter, Senior Vice-President and Branch Manager Buffalo Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Hon. Irene J. Elia, Mayor, City of Niagara Falls |
Richard Deitz, Regional Economist Buffalo Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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9:00 AM |
Morning Plenary Sessions |
Session I |
The major trends affecting urban and inner-city markets and a new competitive cities agenda designed to stimulate neighborhood and city revitalization |
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Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution |
Session II |
The competitive advantage of inner cities: Achieving a sustainable inner-city economic base through private, for-profit business development and investments |
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Claire Kaplan, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City |
10:30 AM |
BREAK |
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Session III |
A private-sector model for rebuilding inner-city competitiveness: Lessons from MidTown Cleveland |
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Margaret Murphy, Founding Director |
Session IV |
Encouraging business development near the Buffalo medical corridor |
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Angelo Fatta, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus |
12:00 noon |
Lunch |
1:00 PM |
Afternoon Plenary Sessions |
Session V |
Catalyzing inner-city neighborhood retail and business strip development by supporting community development corporations |
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P. Jefferson Armistead, Local Initiatives Support Corporation |
Session VI |
A community development bank's role in strengthening inner-city markets for business investment and growth |
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Shelly Herman, Shorebank Corporation |
2:30 PM |
BREAK |
Session VII |
Public and private incentives designed to encourage inner-city development and redevelopment |
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Robert Bannister, Fannie Mae |
Session VIII |
Panel Discussion |
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Archie Amos, Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation P. Jefferson Armistead, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Robert Bannister, Fannie Mae Shelly Herman, Shorebank Corporation Claire Kaplan, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution Margaret Murphy, MidTown Cleveland Henry Taylor, University at Buffalo Department of Planning |
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Moderator: |
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Mike Igoe, Channel 2 News, WGRZ-TV |
4:30 PM |
Reception |