California conference on economic development conference

[Bob Hersh <bhersh@cpeo.org>]

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Submitted by the California Center for Land Recycling

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 UNIQUE, ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON SMART INVESTMENTS WILL PROVIDE VITAL,
PRACTICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION THROUGH PANELS AND ROUNDTABLES

BAKERSFIELD, CA - The California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission
(CDIAC), chaired by California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, will host
an upcoming conference titled Tools to Revitalize California Communities
on June 11, 2004 in Bakersfield.

The Bakersfield event will be the third annual daylong workshop
sponsored by CDIAC - this year in conjunction with Assemblymember Nicole
Parra (D-Hanford) - focusing on how California communities can access
private capital and state funding for economic development through a
wide variety of financing mechanisms. 

Featured speakers at this year's conference - which is being held at the
DoubleTree Hotel in Bakersfield - are Treasurer Angelides, who will
deliver a keynote address at the luncheon, U.S. Rep. Cal Dooley
(D-Fresno), who will deliver the keynote address at the welcome and
introduction, and Assemblymember Nicole Parra (D-Hanford). Other
speakers will include federal, state and local government officials,
economic development professionals, government finance professionals,
planning experts and private investment professionals.

In addition to the speakers, more than 70 professionals from the fields
of economic development and financing will preside over roundtable
sessions. They will provide insight into how to attract capital
investment, case-study perspectives from
women- and minority-owned businesses, keys to urban real estate
investments, faith-based, non-profit economic development activities,
formulas for business and job creation and dialogue on affordable
housing. 

The Tools to Revitalize California Communities seminar is part of the
Treasurer's "Double Bottom Line" investment initiative, which focuses on
achieving successful investment results while simultaneously broadening
economic opportunity in California communities.

The following are the details:

Tools to Revitalize California Communities Conference 

                                        .       Date:           Friday,
June 11, 2004

Time:       8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: DoubleTree Hotel
       3100 Camino Del Rio Court
        Bakersfield, CA  
       (661) 323-7111

Cost:      $25 Registration

On-site registration will be accepted based on availability. For more
information about Tools to Revitalize California Communities, contact
CDIAC at (916) 653-3269 or visit the CDIAC website at
www.treasurer.ca.gov/cdiac. Brochures are available. 

Click on Link to Registration Form:

<http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/cdiac/tools/2004/061104agenda.pdf>

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The California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission provides
information, education, and technical assistance on public debt and
investments to local public agencies, public finance professionals and
the public.

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      The preceding announcement is brought to you by The California
Center for Land Recycling, a statewide nonprofit that repairs fractured
communities and discourages urban sprawl through creative private,
public and nonprofit partnerships. Our work is accomplished through
training, technical assistance and small grants for communities who are
attempting to turn around vacant or environmentally distressed
properties.  For more information on our workshops and other activities,
please visit www.cclr.org.


Bob Hersh
Brownfields Program Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)
1101 Connecticut Ave., NW  Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20036

Tel:     202.452.8043
Fax:    202.452.8095
email:  bhersh@cpeo.org
url:      www.cpeo.org
 

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