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Conference Information

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DATE
September 18, 2010, 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

2010 Exhibitor Packet Info
(pdf format)

Ad 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.

Getting to the Conference

Click map for an interactive Google Map.

Conference at a Glance

2010 Theme: "Neighborhood Leadership At All Levels"

8:00 - 8:45	Registration/coffee/exhibits/networking - Exhibitor Area
8:45 - 9:00	Conference Plenary Session
	Welcome & Conference Overview - Susan Schopp, NRC Board Chair
	Opening Remarks - Mayor Julian Castro
9:00 - 10:15 Session A	Panel Discussion: "Youth Involvement in Neighborhoods"
	County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson
	Janie Lopez, NuStar Energy
	Ashley Hernandez, Woodlawn Lake Community Association
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:45 Session B	Workshops - Classrooms
	Utilizing Social Media - The Basics - Brad DiBaggio
	Leadership Development - Don Arispe
	Responsible Pet Ownership
11:45 - 12:00	Break
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch & Keynote Address (Church Gym) The Trinity Project and Neighborhood Revitalization Christine Drennon, PhD Director, Urban Studies Program Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology Trinity University
1:00 - 1:15	Break
1:15 - 2:45 Session C	Workshops - Classrooms
	NA - HOA Legal Issues - Tom Newton
	Board Training
	Neighborhoods On Line - The Basics
2:45 - 3:00	Conference Wrap Up / Announcements / Door Prizes

Ongoing: 7:30 - 10:30 - Free Document Shredding Station in the Parking Lot

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.