This thing sounds like a public meeting, the Mayor will be there, so will George Austin from Overture/WARF/City High Speed Rail Planning and Al Fish from the UW . . . all public officials, but so see them you have to pay . . . $20, does that seem right? Do they really want neighborhood associations to be there, when they have it scheduled during the work day? This thing just seems odd.
2010 State of the Downtown
Thursday, October 28, 2-6pmMadison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club
1 W. Dayton StreetThe 1st annual State of the Downtown is taking place on Thursday, October 28th from 2:00-6:00pm at the Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club located at 1 W. Dayton St. The purpose of the event is to bring together business and community leaders, government officials, downtown neighborhood associations, UW-Madison & Madison College officials and City staff to take a comprehensive look at many aspects of the downtown including employment, housing, tourism, arts & culture, transportation & parking and education trends to improve and enhance the state of downtown Madison.
The event will include remarks by City of Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz as well as presentations by George Austin from the Overture Foundation and WARF, Al Fish from UW-Madison Facilities, Planning & Management and special guest Rich Bradley from the Downtown Washington D.C. Business Improvement District. The program will also involve breakout groups for downtown stakeholders to discuss and develop metrics and targets to be used to measure our success on an annual basis.
The event is open to the public and costs $20/person and will include light appetizers and a cash bar at the conclusion of the event. Please register online by Monday, October 25th or contact John Cerniglia at jcerniglia@downtownmadison.org or (608) 512-1332. For more info click here.
Thank you to the 2010 State of the Downtown sponsors!
Major Sponsor:
Michael Best & Friedrich LLPSupporting Sponsors:
Urban Land Interests and US Bank
I wonder how they will use what comes out of this meeting. I’m on the executive committee of a downtown neighborhood association, I haven’t been invited that I know of. I wonder when those invites will go out? I had heard about this, but until yesterday, didn’t realize people had to pay to attend. Seems to me that will deter folks from coming if you have to take off work, then pay to attend. Seems designed to attract only certain people.
