The ICMA Midwest Regional Summit is a networking and professional development opportunity for members and state officers in the Midwest. All ICMA members and state officers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin are invited to attend the ICMA Midwest Regional Summit.
Venue Details
The Westin Columbus 310 S. High StreetColumbus, OH 43215Reservations: 1-800-WESTIN or 614-228-3800Room Rate: ICMA rate of $109 single/double; Indicate that you are attending the ICMA Midwest Regional Summit.Hotel Cut-off: February 27, 2012
Alternate Pricing Form to be completed if you are registering for the workshop only or the YPLI and the Summit.
Questions about the Summit: Contact Sallie Burnett via email sburnett@icma.org or at 864-541-8678
SUMMIT WORKSHOP
MAIN STREET AMERICA: Economic Development Lessons Learned and the Role of the Professional Manager
Sustained Economic Vitality in Any Community: What Works and What Doesn’t
Dr. Gerald L. Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, to lead Regional Summit Workshop.
The FCEDA offers site location and business development assistance, and connections with county and state government agencies, to help companies locate and expand in Fairfax County. In addition to its headquarters in Tyson’s Corner, Fairfax County’s largest business district, the FCEDA maintains marketing offices in six important global business centers: Bangalore, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Seoul and Tel Aviv.
Using Dr. Gordon’s book, “Lessons from Reinventing Local and Regional Economies”, he will share the most effective strategies about how to reinvent local and regional economies in the wake of long-term economic decline and more recent global economic trends. He will provide the tools to develop a proactive strategy that positions your community for surviving and thriving regardless of external stresses and adverse economic conditions that may be out of your control:
Some things to consider:
History:
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) is an independent authority in Fairfax County, Virginia, created under Virginia state law in 1964 and funded by Fairfax County government. The FCEDA exists to promote investment and business growth in Fairfax County in order to expand the commercial tax base. The FCEDA does this by managing marketing programs that encourage businesses to expand or relocate to the county. It is the largest non-state economic development authority in the nation.
The Virginia General Assembly acted to create the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Acting on concerns about population increases and funding of county services, the Board of Supervisors in the late 1970s tasked the FCEDA with its mission to create a business retention and attraction campaign that formed the basis of the EDA’s current programs and purpose. During Dr. Gordon’s tenure, the combined impact of pro-growth policies and the attraction and retention campaign, that included robust global adverting efforts would establish Fairfax County as a “brand” unto itself and would prompt Time magazine columnist Justin Fox in 2007 to call Fairfax County "one of the great economic success stories of our time.
In 2008 the Washington, D.C.-based International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the largest professional association of economic development practitioners in the world, recognized FCEDA with its 2008 Excellence in Economic Development Award for the FCEDA-produced “Power of Ideas” advertising campaign. The FCEDA received honorable mentions in two other IEDC awards categories in 2008: "Technology-Based Economic Development Program" category for localities with more than 200,000 residents and the "Special Event" category for localities with more than 200,000 residents, for the 2007 National Conference on the Creative Economy.
During Dr. Gordon’s Tenure:
Come ready for a lively discussion of the issues and opportunities that every local government grapples with and learn how to reinvent local economy.
The second segment will be led by ICMA Executive Director Bob O’Neill and Director of Leadership Development, Felicia Logan and will offer opportunity to explore the role of the professional manager and how the current trends offer leadership challenges and opportunities.
[Addresses Practice Groups 6: Initiative, Risk Taking, Vision, Creativity, and Innovation—components of Strategic Planning]
11:00 am-12:00 pm – Pre-registration is required: Mid Career Managers Institute*
The Art and Practice of Leadership in the Public Sector: Join Bob O’Neill, ICMA Executive Director, for a conversation about the profession of local government and your role as a Mid Career Manager.
12:00 – 1:00 – Pre-registration is required: Mid Career Managers Institute (“No Host”) Lunch and Mid Career Managers Action Planning: Join Felicia Logan, ICMA Director of Leadership Development to build a mid career leadership development program to help you identify, manage, and achieve your goals. And, there will be an opportunity for a coaching conversation with Felicia Logan, certified executive coach.
1:30-4:30 ICMA University Workshop: Main Street America
Economic Development Lessons Learned and the Role of the Professional Manager
5:30-6:30 Reception - sponsored by ICMA-RC
6:30-8:30 Dinner - “Celebrating the Profession”
7:30-8:15 Breakfast
8:15-10:00 Conversation with Bob O’Neill, ICMA, Executive Director
10:15-12:00 Regional Meeting of State Officers and Members
*Special ICMA University Offering: Mid Career Managers Institute
As part of the Regional Summits, an ICMA Mid Career Managers Institute, (MCM), focus group will convene during which you will get a taste of our Leadership Development Programs and participate in a focused conversation to create a program to meet the specific needs of mid career managers. If you hold a leadership position in your organization, military, public/private sector, academies; and are a manager/assistant not ready to be credentialed but looking for your next challenge; and are intrigued by the possibilities, feel a desire for a focused development program and identify yourself as a mid career professional come help ICMA build a program that you will be proud to be part of—and one that will take you and your organization to the next level. This event requires pre-registration. Click here to register for the MCM event in your region. The registration deadine is the same registration deadline as the Summit you are attending. Visit icma.org/MCM for more information about the Mid Career Managers Institute. Register early to reserve your seat. Space is limited to 15 seats per location.
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