A SPECIAL INVITATION

You are personally invited to join colleagues for this very important conversation.

Earlier this year we heard from Steve Leeper, CEO of Cincinnati’s downtown development entity, about how his organization successfully revitalized one of the country’s most violent neighborhoods. Since then, a plan to cultivate a similar environment for catalytic urban redevelopment in Kansas City has been underway. The initial focus for this plan's work will be within the Urban Neighborhood Initiative.

Join us to hear about current urban development initiatives and how they can be knitted together into a catalytic strategy to transform the city center. Then, give input on the scope of work necessary to design an implementation strategy and business case, grow our local community development capacity and seed a patient capital fund.

Agenda:

• Welcome, Background and Purpose
• Mini-Presentations
  • Mark Jorgenson, Market President, U.S. Bank
  • John Wood, Neighborhoods and Housing Services, City of Kansas City, Missouri
• Presentation of objective and scope of next steps
• Table Discussions
• Funding Announcement

Co-sponsors of this event are:
American Institute of Architects Kansas City, City of Kansas City, Mo., Greater Kansas City LISC, Mid-America Regional Council, Urban Land Institute — Kansas City, and Urban Neighborhood Initiative.

When:
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014
7:30 a.m. — Registration and breakfast (included)
8–10 a.m. — Program

Where:
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Rd
Kansas City, MO 64110
(map)

Register:
Registration is free. Please RSVP here
or call Lisa Elsas at
816-701-8392.