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2007 SAN DIEGO, CA

On October 28-30, more than 100 Chamber members, community leaders and regional elected officials visited San Diego in search of best practices and lessons learned on key issues facing Central Texas.This year the Chamber chose San Diego for a number of reasons. San Diego has a thriving residential downtown, extensive multi-modal transportation system, new children's museum and central library. A panel of regional mayors from cities surrounding San Diego have experienced exceptional annual growth rates similar to those of several Central Texas cities and will address the group.

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Briefing materials provided to participants are available by clicking on each agenda heading below. Download copies of presentations, where available, under each speaker. And link to the various organization websites in each section.

If you did not participate in the 2007 trip, but are interested in the 2008 trip, click here to email your name, title, company name, email and phone number.

PRESENTATIONS

Downtown Community Plan 07 (pdf)
    Nancy Graham, President and CEO, Centre City Development Corporation

SANDAG Big Picture (pdf)
    Gary Gallegos, Director, San Diego Association of Governments

Metro Transit Systems (pdf)
    Paul Jablonski, CEO, Metro Transit Systems

North San Diego Transit (pdf)
    Karen King, Executive Director, North San Diego Transit District

San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture (pdf)
    Victoria Hamilton, Executive Director, San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

San Diego Library (pdf)
    Mel Katz, Chairman, Friends of San Diego Library

Children's Muesum (pdf)
    Rachel Teagle, Executive Director, San Diego Children's Museum

Water- A Precious Commodity (pdf)
    Maureen Stapleton, General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority - Presentation (pdf)
    Wes Bannister, Board Member, Orange County Water District - Presentation (pdf)

Global Connect-Trends in Innovation and Investment
    Greg Horowitt, Director and Co-Founder, GlobalCONNECT - Presentation (pdf)