Mayor of Newark
Even been to a place that instantly made you say, "Eww"? All of us have. But how do you begin to transform a community that its own residents say that? Mayor Jeff Hall will discuss how he engaged the public to change their perception of Newark's downtown and guided community investments that made residents stop saying "Eww" and started them saying "Ooo" with each new project in the downtown.
You often see successful downtown revitalization projects, but what you don't often hear about is how they came together. This session will share with you the process of assembling a highly-effective team to get your projects off the ground and how to keep them on track and over the finish line.
Think the borders of your community's downtown are written in stone? Think again. Learn about two projects happening in Newark that are expanding the boundaries of the downtown.