Slideshow Transcript

1. Slide 1: The Road to Brownfields 2008 Tad McGalliard, Project Director National Brownfields Conference 777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20002 202.962-3563 or tmcgalliard@icma.org www.brownfields2008.org www.icma.org
2. Slide 2: What is Brownfields 2008  5,000+ attendees  240+ exhibitors  Plenary sessions  165 panel sessions & roundtable discussions  Training workshops  Brownfields Transaction Forum  Mobile workshops  Conference bookstore  Networking events and receptions  Regional open houses  Design charrette  Affiliate meetings  More . . .
3. Slide 3: Who is Involved  U.S. EPA and ICMA  City of Detroit and State of Michigan  Local and regional planning team  25 national in-kind cosponsors  Program review committees  40+ sponsors  150+ endorsers  240+ exhibitors
4. Slide 4: Who Comes to the Conference? 5,000+ attendees  10-15% Federal government  15-20% State, tribal, and local  25-30% Developers, investors, real estate, insurance, and economic development  10-15% Cleanup and remediation  10-15% Community and nonprofit  10-15% Engineering, planning, construction  <5% Academic, students  5-10% Other
5. Slide 5: Brownfields Transaction Forum  Connecting public and private site owners with developers, investors, and other transaction support professionals  Sponsored by ASTI Environmental, Urban Land Institute, & International Council of Shopping Centers  Unique event with upside potential for MI Communities  For more information contact Doug Brown at 810-599- 8131
6. Slide 8: Other Networking Events Connecting You to Resources  Conference is more than an educational forum  EPA regional open houses  AIG grand opening reception  Exhibit hall and trade show  Affiliate meetings and networking receptions  Targeted educational sessions
7. Slide 9: Targeting Your Sessions  Use the Personal Scheduler function  Something for everyone  Sessions feature key experts and people with skills, resources, connections, etc  Example: Financing and Financial Risk Management track
8. Slide 10: Financing and Financial Risk Management Track  Utilizing Michigan’s Economic Development Incentives for BF Development  Granting Your Wish: How to Write a Better EPA Grant Proposal  Foundations and Brownfields  Meet the Developers  Show Us the Money: Funding for Small Communities
9. Slide 11: If I We’re Looking for redevelopment resources . . . Who would I try to talk with at Brownfields 2008?  Cherokee Investment Partners  AIG Environmental  Frontier Renewal LLC  EnviroFinance Group  Remediation Capital Funding  Brownfields Capital  International Council of Shopping Centers  Kiwanja Redevelopment Fund  MEDC/MEDQ  EPA Region 5/EPA OBLR  JP Morgan  ASTI Environmental  Attorney’s and transaction support professionals
10. Slide 12: If I We’re Looking for Redevelopment Resources . . . What Would I Do?  Use personal scheduler; id key sessions and key speakers to meet  The Fundamentals of Urban Real Estate Workshop (Sunday, May 4, 12-5pm)  ***Brownfields Transaction Forum***  EPA Regional Open Houses  Frequent the exhibit hall  Go to as many open and invite only receptions