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Montana Downtown Conference
Downtown Helena
May 7 & 8, 2009

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AGENDA 

Thursday, May 7^th Montana Club 6^th Floor Original Dining Room

11 am to 12 noon

• Registration at the Montana Club 6^th Floor

12 noon to 1:30 pm      Lunch – Original Dining Room

• Welcome by Jim McHugh, Downtown Helena BID
• Lunch Presentation – “Downtown Bozeman & the Recovery”

Chris Naumann, Downtown Bozeman Partnership 

1:30 pm to 2:45 pm      Break-out Sessions

• “Downtown Website Development: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”

Ben Bennett, Massive Studios   Original Dining Room

• “Downtown Boards: Recruitment, Retention and Productivity”

Paul Bentley, MSU Leadership Program 

2:45 pm to 3:00 pm      Refreshment Break 

3:00 pm to 4:30 pm      Plenary Session - Original Dining Room

• “Historic Preservation - Our Past is Our Future: Perspectives from Developers & Investors”

John Leith-Tetrault, President, National Trust Community Investment Corporation

Nick Kujawa, President, Kujawa Development LLC

Peter Brown, Historic Preservation Officer, State of Montana  

4:30 pm

• Nord Johnson, General Manager

Guided Tour of the Historic Montana Club 

6:00 pm to 8 pm           Blackfoot River Brewery Social (upstairs)

• Cerveza & Fiesta Dinner

Friday, May 8^th             Exploration Works Museum @ Great Northern Town Center

 7:45 am to 8:30 pm      2^nd Floor

• Breakfast Roundtable Community Updates from Around the State

8:30 am to 10:00          2^nd Floor

• “Downtown Master Planning”

Chris Naumann, Downtown Bozeman Partnership and Linda McCarthy, Missoula Downtown Association 

10:00 am to 10:15 am               Refreshment Break & Playtime 

10:15 a.m. to 10:30 am Exploration Works Tour 

10:30 am to 11:15 pm              Break-out Sessions (1 upstairs, and 3 downstairs in basement)

• Electronic Media Communications & Marketing Strategies
• Membership Ideas, Techniques and Results
• Successful Event Planning & Marketing
• Developing Clean & Safe Programs

11:15 a.m. to noon                   Break-out Sessions (1 upstairs, and 3 downstairs in basement)

• Information & Training Resources from Local to National
• Tourism Development & Branding
• Parking more than Enforcement, its an Economic Tool
• Merchant Services On-line & Real Time:  Cost Savings for Gift Cards, Fees & more…

Noon

• Informal Goodbye in Ex-Works Basement
• Vigilante Day Parade on Last Chance Gulch the Oldest Parade in Montana

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www.downtownbillings.com * www.downtownbozeman.org * www.missouladowntown.com

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