Summer 2015 Meeting
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust Street, Des Moines Iowa
Thursday, August 13
3:00 – 5:00pm
5:00 – 7:00pm
7:15pm
Steering Committee Meeting – Members only
Kofu room, Des Moines City Hall
Welcome Reception
An Urban Agenda for the Next Administration
The Honorable Martin O’Malley
Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens, 909 Robert D. Ray Drive
Dinner with members of the Des Moines City Council
Mayor Frank Cownie, Council Members Christine Hensley, Skip Moore, Chris
Coleman
Small group no-host reservations will be facilitated
Friday, August 14
8:00 – 9:00am
9:00 – 9:30am
9:30 – 11:30am
11:30 – 1:00pm
1:00 – 2:45pm
3:00 – 5:00pm
Breakfast & Registration
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust Street
Welcome & Introductions
Joel Rogers, COWS & Mayor Frank Cownie, Des Moines IA
Community Policing and Racial Equity
Mayor Stephen Benjamin, Columbia SC
Chief of Police Dana Wingert, Des Moines IA
Deputy Chief Allwyn Brown, Richmond CA
Moderator: Former Mayor Heidi Davison, Athens GA
Why Iowa?: The Impact of the Iowa Caucuses
Andrea Woodard, Greater Des Moines Partnership
Lunch sponsored by ZipCar
Measuring Sustainability: Metrics & Systems
Mayor Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis MN
Laura Graham, Sustainability Coordinator, Des Moines IA
Dan Caroselli, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles CA
Moderator: Councilmember Mike Kasperzak, Mountain View CA
Tours of Des Moines
Choose one:
1. BCycle tour of Des Moines featuring downtown development – Meet
in Cowles Commons, across from the Renaissance Hotel
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6:00 – 7:00pm
7:00 – 9:00pm
2. Driving tour of Des Moines featuring Community Policing – Meet
directly outside of World Food Prize at vans
3. Walking tour of Des Moines featuring public art – Meet in Renaissance
Hotel lobby
4. Tour of the Iowa State Capitol – Meet on front steps of World Food
Prize
Reception
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust Street
Optional tour of the World Food Prize at 6:15
Celebrating our 10th Anniversary
Dave Cieslewicz, former Mayor of Madison WI and founding members of the
Mayors Innovation Project
Moderator: Joel Rogers, COWS
Dinner
Saturday, August 15
8:30 – 9:45am
10:00am – 12:00pm
12:00 – 12:45pm
12:45 – 2:45pm
2:45 – 3:00pm
3:00 – 5:00pm
5:00pm
Breakfast at the Farmer’s Market
Meet at Cowles Commons, on other side of Locust St from the Renaissance, for
food vouchers and further instruction.
Effective Housing Planning
Mayor Miro Weinberger, Burlington VT
Glenn Lyons, Neighborhood Development Corporation
Sheila Dillon, Director of Neighborhood Development, Boston MA
Mike Akerlow, Director of Housing and Neighborhood Development, Salt
Lake City UT
Moderator: Marjorie Sloan, Mayor of Golden CO
Lunch
An Urban Agenda for the Next Administration
Mayor Frank Cownie, Des Moines IA
Mayor Lisa Wong, Fitchburg MA
Mayor Scott Avedisian, Warwick RI
Moderator: Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Chapel Hill NC
Break
Tour of the Iowa State Fair
Gary Slater, CEO/Manager of the Fair
Dinner on your own
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