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2005 DENVER, CO

October 2-4, 104 Chamber members, community leaders and regional elected officials visited Denver in search of best practices and lessons learned on key issues facing Central Texas. In many areas, Denver is just a handful of years further along than our community, providing participants timely information to support successful progress while avoiding common pitfalls.

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Briefing materials provided to participants are available by clicking on each agenda heading below. To download Power Point presentations or hand out materials as applicable, see each agenda section below.

If you did not participate in the 2005 trip, but are interested in the 2006 trip, click here to email your name, title, company name, email and phone number.

TRIP AGENDA
Welcome to the 2005 InterCity Visit (pdf)
Tim Crowley, Frost Bank
2006 Chairman, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

The Denver Region from Within (pdf)
Tom Clark, Executive Vice President
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation

Airport Redevelopment (pdf)
"Stapleton Today…From Runways to Roadways: A neighborhood of homes, shops, offices, parks and schools."
Happy Haynes, Assistant to the Superintendent for Community Partnerships, Denver Public Schools
Hank Baker, Senior Vice President – Marketing, Forest City Stapleton, Inc.

Austin's Mueller Development
Greg Weaver, Senior Vice President – Development, ProLogis formerly Catellus Development Corporation

Reception at Mayor John Hickenlooper & Helen Thorpe's Loft
Dinner Guest Speaker The Honorable John Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver

Police-Community Relations (pdf)
Marco Vasquez, Deputy Chief for Administration, Police Department, City of Denver
    (Check back later for copy of presentation)
Richard Rosenthal, Police Monitor, City of Denver

A Great City has a Great Library (pdf)
Beth Elder, Director Public Services, Denver Public Library
Wes Brown, Chair, Denver Public Library Commission and DPL Friends Foundation

Regional Funding for Arts (pdf)
Mary Ellen Williams, District Administrator, Scientific & Cultural Facilities District
Floyd Ciruli, President, Ciruli Associates
Deborah Ellerman, Executive Director, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Jefferson County
Tour Denver Performing Arts Complex

A Partnership for Accelerated College Degree (pdf)
Christine Johnson, President, Community College of Denver
Pete Hergenreter, Retired Principal, CEC Middle College
Scott Springer, Principal, CEC Middle College

A Vision for Downtown Denver (pdf)
Marketing, People Movement, Housing, and Safe & Secure
Tamara Door, President, Downtown Denver Partnership
   (Check back later for copy of presentation)
Jim Graebner, Board Member of LoDo District, Inc.
  LoDo yesterday, today and tomorrow
Commander Deborah Dilley, Denver Police Department, District 6 Station
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Reception and Dinner at The Brown Palace Hotel
Special Guest Speaker, The Honorable Wellington Webb

Regional Planning and Transit (pdf)
"Roads, Trains, Buses & Campaigns: Meeting the Region’s Transportation Needs" Cal Marsella, President, RTD—Denver
   (Check back later for copy of presentation)
Maria Garcia-Berry, CEO, CRL Associates
Jennifer Schaufele, Executive Director, Denver Regional Council of Governments
   (Check back later for copy of presentation)

Transit Oriented Development/Destination as a Revitalization Tool (pdf)
The Honorable Douglas Garrett, Mayor, City of Englewood
Bob Simpson, Community Development Director, City of Englewood
   (Check back later for copy of presentation)
Marilee Utter, Principal, Citiventures Associates, LLC
   (Check back later for copy of presentation)

Toll Roads and Land Use
"Lessons Learned on a Toll Road" (pdf)
Jack Nicholls, Program Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff
E-470 Public Highway Authority

"Planning for Maximum Landuse"
The Honorable Ed Tauer, Mayor, City of Aurora
Bob Watkins, Planning Director, City of Aurora
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Panel Discussion/Questions & Answers
Mayor Ed Tauer, City of Aurora
Bob Watkins, Planning Director, City of Aurora
Jack Nicholls, Program Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff , E-470 Representative
Bryan Nicol, Senior Vice President, Transportation Business Group, CH2MHILL

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Table 1 City Arts
Denise Montgomery, Director Cultural Affairs City/County of Denver

Table 2 City Parks and Open Space
Kim Bailey, Manager
Parks & Recreation City/County of Denver

Table 3 City Economic Development
Mary Buckley, Director Business Development
Economic Development City/County of Denver

Table 4 Using Tax Increment Finance Districts
Tracy Huggins, Executive Director
Denver Urban Renewal Authority

Table 5 Police-Community Relations
Al LaCabe, Manager of Safety City/County of Denver
Gerald Whitman Chief, Denver Police Department

Table 6 Central Library Operations
Beth Elder, Director Public Services
Denver Public Library

Table 7 Downtown
Greg Vartanyan, President First National Bank of CO
Downtown Denver Partnership

Table 8 and 9 Highway-Transit Partnership
TREX Project
Jim Bumanglag, Technical Support Services Leader, Colorado Department of Transportation
Robert Ostermiller, Senior Project Manager, Carter Burgess

Table 10 Stapleton Foundation
Beverly Hadden ,CEO Stapleton Foundation

Table 11 Community Philanthropy
Kim Hacker, Denver Social Ventures and Denver Foundation

Table 12 Training the Next Generation
Christine Johnson, President
Community College of Denver