The IEZA has just released the agenda for the 2007 Annual Fall Conference being held September 26-28 at Rend Lake Resort and Conference Center in Whittington, Illinois.
A block of rooms will be held until September 10, 2007. For room reservations, call 800-633-3341 and you are requested to indicate that you are with the IEZA!
The following is the agenda for the conference. Changes will be posted at this site. At the bottom of this article are the PDFs of this agenda and of a Map of the Rend Lake area that you can print out for your convenience.
AGENDA
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
- 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Evening Reception
Rend Lake Resort at the "Deck" (heavy hors d'oeuvre & drinks)
Thursday, September 27, 2007
- 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
provided by Rend Lake Resort - 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration
- 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Welcome / Opening
Remarks by the Honorable Senator John O. Jones, 54th District - 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. "Enterprise Zone Abatement Affects on School State Aid"
By James Mathes, ISBE- One-on-one consultation in adjoining board room following this session and on Friday morning.
- 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 BREAK
- 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. "Man-Tra-Con"
workforce programs - Noon – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH
Speaker: Brittany Bielecki, Walgreens – "How Enterprise Zone Benefits have Encouraged Growth for Walgreens" - 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. BREAK
Walgreens' Distribution Center (Mt. Vernon) and Pheasant Hollow Winery - 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Travel to Mt. Vernon
- 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Tour of Walgreens' Distribution Center
- 3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tour of Pheasant Hollow Winery, Whittington
- 5:00 p.m. Return to hotel
- 6:30 p.m. BBQ Dinner
(shelter #4)
Friday, September 28, 2007
- 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
provided by Rend Lake Resort - 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. "Enterprise Zone Application Review"
By John Thompson, Betty Steinert, and Sally Heffernan - 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Ask the Experts / Questions & Concerns Panel Discussion
Panel Members: Betty Steinert, John Thompson, Sally Heffernan, & JoEllen Seil - 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. "Legislative Report and Discussion"
By John Thompson, Lee County Enterprise Zone Administrator - 11:00 a.m. – Noon IEZA Annual Meeting
Vote on President, Vice President, and Treasurer
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