Time

Location

Activity

Logistics/Notes

8:00 am

Empress Theatre

Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 am

Welcome, Overview of Day

Recognition of Day’s Sponsor

Leah and Board

8:45 – 9 am

Empress Theatre: Role it will play in Redevelopment of the Downtown

Empress Theatre Manager Randy McKay will give overview of Empress Theatre and how the Empress ties in to into economic revitalization in the downtown.

9:00 -9:15 am

What is Economic Development?

Susan McCue: intro to ED and providing a brief overview of the day 

9:15-10:15 am

Economic Development Discussion:

1)     Downtown

2)     Mare Island Updates, Touro and Regional Park

3)     Waterfront Plan

Annette Taylor

Gill Hollingsworth

Leah Dreger

10:15

Break

10:30 – 10: 55

The Role of Transportation plays in Economic Development

Crystal Odum Ford

11:00 to 12:00

Tour-Evans Bus from Empress

Narrated bus tour of Economic development plans for downtown, waterfront, and new regional park on Mare Island

Susan, Leah, Annette

12:00 – 1:30

Bus back to Empress

Lunch at China Wok Cafe

Walk to restaurant

1:30 – 2:15

Empress Theatre

North East Corridor: Business attraction & new economic growth

Annette Taylor and Gary Mandrich

2:15-3:00

1)     Developing Vallejo: Govt/Business Partnership and the Role of Development/Redevelopment

2)     Asset Management of City Owned Properties

3)     Federal Role: Community Development Block Grants 

Susan McCue

Steve England

Guy Ricca

3:00-3:15

Break

3:15-4:15

Developing Vallejo:

1)     The role of the Chamber of Commerce

2)     The role of the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau

Rich Geist

Mike Brown