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Long Beach – New Funding Strategies to Fuel Smart Growth Successes

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Friday, November 13 • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Access to capital is often the top barrier to realizing a community’s vision. This workshop focuses on effective and innovative strategies for getting good projects in the ground.

12:30 PM Check-in and Coffee
1:00 PM Welcome
  • Roberto Uranga, Councilmember, City of Long Beach
  • Josh Meyer, Program Director, Local Government Commission
1:10 PM Funding Strategies: Where are We Now?
  • Lisa Wise, Principal, Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc.
    Presentation PDF
1:45 PM Tools and Strategies for Innovative Approaches
  • Darin Dinsmore, Founder and CEO, Crowdbrite
    Presentation PDF
  • Michael Bohn, Senior Principal, Studio One Eleven
    Presentation PDF
  • Neil McGuffin, Director of Real Estate Development, Little Tokyo Services Center
    Presentation PDF
3:00 PM Group Discussion
3:40 PM New Directions for Innovative Financing in the Region
  • Daniel Tellalian, Director, Emerging Markets
4:00 PM Ajourn

 

To access the newly released guidebook, Smart-Growth Money: New Funding Strategies for Community Improvements, visit https://www.legacy.civicwell.org/new-funding-strategies-guidebook

This workshop series is being funded by the California Endowment.