Join fellow redevelopment professionals and practitioners for comprehensive learning and extensive networking focused on solving challenges and creating opportunities for economic revitalization through land reuse.

Who should attend?

• Municipal and County elected officials
• Environmental and land-use engineers, attorneys and other professionals
• Planners, economic development specialists and grant writers
• Developers, bankers and insurance companies
• Community groups
• Environmental justice organizations
• Anyone who wants to learn what’s new, what’s next, and what’s possible in community revitalization

Planners take note! AICP members can earn Certification Maintenance (CM) credits at this event. When CM credits are available, they are noted at the end of an activity title in the program agenda. You can also view approved CM Credit activities for this event and learn more about AICP’s CM program on APA's website. AICP members must be in attendance for the duration of an activity in order to receive CM Credit.

What will you learn?
From big-picture trends to policy and funding specifics, CCLR creates programming that empowers our partners and attendees for success in land reuse:

• Opportunity Zones: How they work and their potential to spark revitalization
• Accessing state and federal resources and leveraging private investment
• Positioning properties to maximize market appeal
• Developments in remedial approaches and technologies
• Creating private-public partnerships
• Best practices to apply back home

Join us to make this the most consequential event in 2019. You'll gain invaluable knowledge and contacts that can help drive new investment and job creating opportunities in your communities.

Distinguished Presenters include:

• Dale Bryk | Deputy Secretary - Environment
• Bob Richardson | Blue Cardinal Capital
• Andrew Kennedy | Ctr. for Economic Growth
• Erin Crotty, | CHA Consulting
• Steven Black | RACER Trust
• Luiz Aragon | City of New Rochelle
• Ryan Silva | NYS EDC
• Christian Mercurio | Mohawk Valley Edge
• Rahwa Ghirmatzion | PUSH Buffalo

Our detailed agenda spotlights the information you'll get from every angle of redevelopment and the dozens of experts you'll meet.

"I found the CCLR conference stimulating, informative and exciting! The CCLR staff and the panels of developers, public agencies, attorneys and municipal officials provided our Greenwich delegation with invaluable information, advise on a path forward, and most of all, optimism and hope for the future of our brownfields sites!" Pam Fuller, Mayor, Village of Greenwich

“The experts we’ve met at CCLR conferences inspired us to rethink our approach and gave us the tools to accelerate our development efforts.” Holly Granat, Onondaga County Office of the Environment

"Bringing so many practitioners together with specialized knowledge has helped us save time and find money." Amy Fisk, Niagara County Economic Development Corp.

Marketing Pitch Panel

Our Pitch participants have been selected! Pitching municipalities include:

• The City of Rochester: 4752 Lane Ave. Rochester by Jane Forbes | Div. of Env. Quality
• The City of Utica: 1712 Erie St. Utica by Jack Spaeth | Urban & Eco Dev
• Herkimer County: 7 Spruce St. Ilion by John Piseck | Herkimer County IDA

Sponsorship

Don’t miss this opportunity to support CCLR and this Summit and gain visibility for your services and values for healthy communities. Click here for our sponsorship levels. For more information contact jean.hamerman@cclr.org.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Pine Environmental, La Bella Associates, Knauf Shaw, GZA, Harris Beach, EKI, C&S Companies, Bergmann Associates, Clean Earth, Bousquet Holstein, Chazen Companies, CHA Companies, Mohawk Valley Edge, Utica IDA, Action Corporate Asset Advisers.

Scholarship Instructions

We have raised scholarship funds to support non-profits or public entities that need to have the registration fee fully or partially waived in order to attend on a first-come first-served basis. Please fill out this form and contact Johanna Roth at johanna.roth@cclr.org with any questions.

Lodging

Two hotels are within walking distance of the Armory at Sage College: Towneplace Suites at 22 Holland Ave, 518-860-1500, or the Hilton Garden Inn at 62 New Scotland Ave, 518-396-3500

Please do not hesitate to contact Claire Weston if you have any questions about the Summit at 802-488-4690

When

June 11, 2019 from 1pm to 6:15pm followed by Networking Reception and June 12, 2019 from 8am to 3:45pm

If you are a speaker or event sponsor, please contact Johanna Roth at johanna.roth@cclr.org for a discount code.