Conference Information

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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.

Exhibitor Packet Info
(word format)

08:00 am  Registration & Networking
09:00 am  Welcome
09:15 am  Session A – TBA
10:30 am  Session B – Workshops
12:00 pm  Lunch and Keynote Speaker
01:30 pm  Session C – TBA
02:45 pm  Closing

Your tables will be showcased many times throughout the day. There is an entire hour dedicated to networking before the conference begins and fifteen minute breaks between each session change.

Exhibitor Information

$100 - Program Ad
$50 - Discount rate with
exhibitor table purchase

All advertisement submissions must be camera-ready and will be reproduced in black and white only.  Placement of the advertisement will be the sole responsibility of the NRC.

$100 - Business Rate
$50 - Nonprofit Rate*

* must submit copy of 501 status.

• All tables located in main hallway.
• Table locations on first come, first served basis.
• Exhibitor listing in conference program.

Conference History

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.