Business Retention and Development Committee Agenda and Packet 2019 03 04

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11: City,/ im Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 BUSINESS RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SUBJECT: DATE: SPRING 2019 BUSINESS FORUM DISCUSSION MARCH 4, 2019 PRESENTED BY: AARON DEJONG, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY: Staff would like the BRaD committee to continue discussing the Spring 2019 Louisville Business Forum, tentatively identified to be held in May. Below are components of the event the Committee should provide input. Topic The previous two forums had 1) and economic update (May 2018) and an open house style format on multiple topics (December 2018). To inform the business community on more regional and state issues, a suggestion is to host Rich Wobbekind, with the Leeds School of Business. He has a terrific presentation centered around their annual Colorado economic outlook (https://www.colorado.edu/business/business-research- division/colorado-business-economic-outlook). Other topic areas to consider if the economic outlook presentation is not preffered include: • Structure a regional Economic Development panel to discuss area challenges • Host a futurist to discuss future challenges and how cities and businesses may address them. • Hold a `future of cities' discussion. Location Given the last two events were held at Ascent Church, a new location may be in order. The event has had between 75-100 attendees, so the Louisville Arts Center may be a good spot for the next event. Also, the Louisville Recreation Center has a large space adjacent to the senior center. Dates Depending on the topic, dates towards the end of May would be realistic to achieve. If the desired topic needs additional time to prepare, then the event will need to be later than May.