DATE
September 12, 2009, Saturday
TIME
8 am - 3 pm
LOCATION
227 W. Woodlawn Avenue
(Laurel Heights United Methodist Church)
$10 Voluntary Donation Appreciated
Open to the public
Free Parking
RSVP not required to attend.
e-mail nrcsa@swbell.net
or call 210.735.0586.
RSVP required for lunch ticket
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Exhibitor Packet Info
(word format)
Exhibitor area full
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08:00 - 08:45 am |
Registration & Networking |
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Welcome & Conference Overview - Susan Schopp, NRC Board Chair |
| Remarks - Judy Davis, Laurel Heights UMC Neighborhood Minister |
| Opening Remarks - City Councilwoman Mary Alice Cisneros |
09:00 - 10:15 am
Session A
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Panel Discussion: Neighborhood Issues Over the Years |
| Historical Perspective - County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson |
| Current Neighborhood Issues - State Rep. Mike Villarreal |
| Neighborhood Advocate Perspective - Frankie Martin, Presa Community Center |
10:30 - 11:45 am
Session B
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Workshops |
| Neighborhood Code Compliance / Historic Preservation - Liz Garcia & Shanon Wasielewski, City of San Antonio |
| Sustainable Neighborhoods - St. Mary's University Neighborhood Revitalization Project - Dr. Steven Nivin, Director |
| Leadership Development - Don Arispe |
| NA - HOA Legal Issues - Tom Newton |
12:00 pm |
Lunch & Keynote Speaker - Councilwoman Ivy Taylor, BRAC and impact on city and neighborhoods |
01:15 - 02:45 pm
Session C
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Panel Discussion: Impact of Major Livable Community Projects |
| River Expansion Project: |
| Museum Reach - Lila Cockrell and Irby Hightower |
| Mission Reach |
| Salado Creek Project: |
| City Councilman, District 10 John Clamp |
| District 3 Library - Steve Tillotson |
02:45 pm |
Closing |
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Annual Neighborhood Conference was first organized in 1989 by a diverse group of individuals led by Mr. Bruce Beal, reporter for the Neighborhoods Section of the now defunct San Antonio Light newspaper. Maria Berriozabel, then serving as councilperson from District 1, a number of individuals from the San Antonio Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (SACNA) such as Emily Thuss, June Kachtik, and Larry DeMartino, and many others worked with local neighborhood organizations to enlist volunteers to organize this major undertaking. The purpose was to provide an annual venue where neighborhood people could attend workshops and network with other neighborhood representatives to share experiences. The original name for the conference was "Neighbors for the Nineties" and the first conference was held in June of 1990.
Because it proved so successful, the conference continued to be held each year through the cooperative efforts of SACNA, the City of San Antonio Council and Planning Department, Community Associations Institute (CAI), and many local businesses who funded the event. Fund raising efforts were conducted specifically to support the conference to ensure it continued to be offered free of charge.
When the Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC) was created in 1994, responsibility for holding the conference was transferred to the NRC to guarantee its continuation. Today, the Annual Neighborhood Conference is still the premier venue where neighborhood leaders and representatives can gather to learn and network. Representatives of many other cities have attended the conferences to study this successful cooperative effort.
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