| 8:00 AM |
Registration and Continental
Breakfast |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
| |
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 |
| |
Claire
Kaplan, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City |
| 10:30 AM |
BREAK |
|
| Session III |
A
private-sector model for rebuilding inner-city competitiveness:
Lessons from MidTown Cleveland |
| |
Margaret
Murphy, Founding Director |
| Session IV |
Encouraging business development
near the Buffalo medical corridor |
| |
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 |
| |
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 |
| |
Shelly
Herman, Shorebank Corporation |
| 2:30 PM |
BREAK |
| Session VII |
Public
and private incentives designed to encourage inner-city
development and redevelopment |
| |
Robert
Bannister, Fannie Mae |
| Session VIII |
Panel
Discussion |
| |
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 |
| |
Moderator: |
| |
Mike Igoe, Channel 2 News,
WGRZ-TV |
| 4:30 PM |
Reception |
