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October 19-21
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12/2/08
Opening Session
Ed McMahon, ULI/Charles Fraser Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land Institute (PPT)Concurrent Sessions
- Green buildings make cents | Handout PDF
- Dealing with blight | Handout PDF
- Community broadband toolkit: Getting broadband to rural Virginia
- Effects of real estate downturn on local governments | Handout Word | Handout 2 PPT | Handout 3 PPT
- Immigration
- Employment practices liability (town track) | Handout PPT
Concurrent Sessions
- Emergency management: the top 5 things you need to know | Handout PPT
- Delinquent tax collection programs | Handout PDF
- Community preparation for the sesquicentennial of the Civil War | Handout PPT
- State budget outlook & its effect on local budgets | Handout PPT
- Intergovernmental Relations (town track) | Handout - Williams PPT | Handout - Kaufman PPT
Section Elections and Workshops
- Town Section: Ask an expert
- City Section: Dropout prevention programs
- Urban Section: Brownfields redevelopment | Handout PDF
Women in Local Government Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Margaret Spencer, Judge, Richmond Circuit Court | Handout PPTConcurrent Workshops & Local Government Round Tables
Concurrent WorkshopsLocal Government Roundtables
- Open meetings under FOIA | Handout 1 | Handout 2 | Handout 3
- Succession planning | Handout 1 PPT | Handout 2 PPT
- Adaptive reuse of historic buildings
- A leading role for arts and culture in economic development | Handouts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
- Communicating with VDOT
- Community action partnerships | Handout 1 PDF | Handout 2 PDF
- Crime prevention
- Engaging citizens for a safer community
- How to conduct a baseline carbon emissions inventory for your government facilities
- Keeping in touch: lobbying your state legislators
- Norfolk Cares: One-stop call center
- Police pursuits
- Preparing your community for digital television transition
- Recycling
- Saving energy and improving infrastructure with no up-front costs: Energy performance contracting
- University/community relations
- What are OPEBs, and what are you supposed to do about them?
About the VML Annual Conference
Each fall about 1,000 local government officials, speakers and exhibitors attend the VML Annual Conference. The conference includes:
Upcoming annual conferences
- Oct. 18-20, 2009 - Roanoke, Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
- Oct. 3-5, 2010 - Hampton, Hampton Roads Convention Center
- Oct. 2011 - Arlington
- Oct. 2012 - Williamsburg
Conference logistics
The VML Annual Conference is typically held in a single "conference" hotel or convention center. Because of the number of sleeping rooms needed, blocks of rooms also are set aside for VML participants at other hotels nearby. Bus or trolley transportation is generally provided between the overflow hotels and the main conference hotel.
Hotel reservation information is available from the league office. Call 804-649-8471.
A conference registration packet will be mailed to local elected officials and clerks. The packets, which include all necessary registration forms, also will be published in the July issue of Virginia Town & City. Information on speakers, workshops and activities at the conference is included in Virginia Town & City, Update and through individual mailings. Check back for more information about registration fees for members and non-members
Please let us know
...any ideas you have on how to improve the annual conference! Maybe you know of a great speaker, or you think we should include a workshop on a particular idea. Please send your ideas to Mary Jo Fields at telephone: 804/649-8471; fax: 804/343-3758.
If you are interested in additional information about exhibiting at the conference, please contact Kimberly Pollard.
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