BUILDING LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

Creating Resilient and Sustainable Economies
The 21st Annual Ahwahnee Conference for Local Elected Officials

Dates: March 16-18, 2012, Yosemite National Park
(A pre-conference session will be held the evening of March 15th)

Conference Details | Agenda

Conference Agenda

(Updated 3/13/12)

Pre-Conference Session: Thursday, March 15 — Colonial Room, Ahwahnee Hotel
7:30 pm	Pre-Conference Session: *Implementing the Ahwahnee Principles without Redevelopment Funds*
	Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski Cecilia Estolano, Principal Member, Estolano LeSar Perez Advisors LLC
9:30 pm	*Adjourn for the evening*
Conference: Friday, March 16 — Tudor Lounge, Ahwahnee Hotel
7:15 pm	*Conference Welcome*
7:25 pm	*Participant Introductions*
8:20 pm	Keynote: *Making Decisions in a Chaotic World — Some Perspective from the Private Side*
	Will Fleissig, President and Managing Director, TransACT
9:30 pm	*Adjourn for the evening*
Saturday, March 17 — Cliff/Falls Room, Yosemite Lodge
8:00 am	*Continental Breakfast*
8:45 am	*Participant Introdcutions (Continued)*
9:15 am	*Energy Efficiency and California's Economic Recovery*
	Commissioner Mark Ferron, California Public Utilities Commission
10:00 am	*Break*
10:15 am	*The Energy Challenge: Reducing Energy Use in New and Existing Buildings — Finding the Financing to make it Possible*
	Energy Upgrade California, LA County: Howard Choy, General Manager, Office of Sustainability at County of Los Angeles Sonoma County Energy Independence Program: Liz Yager, Energy and Sustainability Manager, County of Sonoma Pay As You Go- Financing Energy Projects: Cisco DeVries, President, Renewable Funding How Fresno is Keeping Energy Dollars in the Local Economy: Joseph Oldham, Sustainability Manager, Sustainable Fresno Division, City of Fresno
12:15 pm	*Boxed Lunch and Hiking Break*
4:30 pm	*Looking to the Future: What Can We Expect?*
	Don Weden, former planner, Santa Clara County
5:30 pm	*Reception*
6:00 pm	*Dinner*
7:15 pm	*Looking to the Future: The Developers Respond*
	Tom Low, AIA CNU LEED, Partner and Director of Town Planning, Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company Will Fleissig, President and Managing Director, TransACT Meea Kang, President, Domus Development Company and President, California Infill Builders Association Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President, Lewis Operating Corporation
9:30 pm	*Adjourn for the evening*
Sunday, March 18 — Garden Terrace, Yosemite Lodge
8:30 am	*Continental Breakfast*
9:00 am	*City and County Partnerships that Save Money*
	Supervisor Don Saylor, Yolo County Councilmember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, City of Winters
10:00 am	*Local Government and Business Partnerships that Save Money*
	Steve Frisch, President, Sierra Business Council
10:45 am	City Approaches to Economic Development
	Jeffrey Lambert, AICP, Community Development Director, City of Ventura
11:45 am	*Conference Adjourns*

Events

Registration Closed

Registration Deadline: March 9, 2012

Lodging Deadline: February 13, 2012

Conference Agenda

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