October 3-5 Hampton Roads Convention Center 1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, VA 23666
				2010 Conference program (PDF)

Monday, Oct. 4

General Session Ballroom EFG, 2nd Floor Keynote address: A Perspective on Local Government Priorities Speaker – James Mitchell, Jr., 1st Vice President, National League of Cities

Keynote address Speaker - Robert J. O’Neill, Executive Director, International City/County Management Association | Handoout PPT

Concurrent Sessions The economic forecast: Where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going? | Handout 1 PPT | Handout 2 PPT | Handout 3 PDF Future of public pensions | Handout 1 PDF | Handout 2 PDF Social media success stories What local elected officials need to know about employment liability Sponsored by the Virginia Municipal League Insurance Programs Town track: Town boundary line adjustments, voluntary settlements & annexation

Concurrent Sessions Predatory lenders: What local communities can do to help their citizens | Handout 1 PPT | Handout 2 PPT State budget trends and local expectations | Handout PDF | Handout PPT Preserving open spaces Collective bargaining: Expectations and experiences | Handout Word Town track: Working with the private sector to accomplish big dreams: IDAs, CDAs and PPEAs | Handout 1 PPT | Handout 2 PDF

Tuesday, Oct. 5

Prayer Breakfast: Held in honor of past VML presidents Keynote address - Service to the Community Speaker - Andrew Clary, Queen Street Baptist Church, Hampton | Handout Word.

General Sessions Keynote Address - Financing Local Government during the Great Recession Speaker - David E. Brunori, Research Professor of Public Policy and Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington Law School; Author, The Politics of State Taxation

Section Elections and Workshops The annual meetings of the Town, City and Urban Sections include the election of the chair and vice chair of each section and a workshop. The chair of each section sits on the VML Executive Committee. City Section: Preparing youth for productive lives | Handout 1 PDF | Handout 2 PDF | Handout 3 PDF Urban Section: Affordable housing solutions for local governments | Handout PDF Town Section: Approaches to downtown revitalization | Handout 1 PPT | Handout 2 PDF

Concurrent Workshops & Local Government Round Tables Concurrent Session Freedom of Information Act | Handout 1 Word. | Handout 2 Word. | Handout 3 Word | Handout 4 Word. Roundtables Civic participation: Connecting community volunteers and non-profits | Handout PPT  Getting vacant and blighted property back on the tax rolls Go Green Virginia Community Challenge Helping citizens understand the real estate assessment process Hurricane flooding: Planning and mitigation Ingredients of a successful farmers market | Handout PDF Saving Rural Virginia Managing the nightlife Massage therapists: What they do, who they are, and how they’re regulated | Handout 1 PDF | Handout 2 Word. | Handout 3 Word. Military personnel employment rights Paperless council agendas Public safety coalitions | Handout PDF Saving money through bulk fuel purchases Working effectively with constitutional officers