Summer 2015 Meeting
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust Street, Des Moines Iowa
Thursday, August 13
3:00 – 5:00pm
Steering Committee Meeting – Members only
Des Moines City Hall
5:00 – 7:00pm
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 Member Christine Hensley
Council Member Skip Moore
Council Member Chris Coleman
Small group no-host reservations will be facilitated
Friday, August 14
8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast & Registration
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust Street
9:00 – 9:30am
Welcome & Introductions
Joel Rogers, COWS & Mayor Frank Cownie, Des Moines IA
9:30 – 11:30am
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
11:30 – 1:00pm
Lunch
sponsored by ZipCar
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1:00 – 3:00pm
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
3:00 – 5:00pm
Tours of Des Moines
Choose one:
1. BCycle tour of Des Moines featuring downtown development
2. Driving tour of Des Moines featuring Community Policing
3. Walking tour of Des Moines featuring public art
4. Tour of the Iowa State Capitol
6:00 – 7:00pm
Reception
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust Street
Optional tour of the World Food Prize at 6:15pm
7:00 – 9:00pm
Celebrating our 10th Anniversary
Dave Cieslewicz, former Mayor of Madison WI and founding member of the
Mayors Innovation Project
Keynote: TBA
Moderator: Joel Rogers, COWS
Dinner
Saturday, August 15
8:30 – 9:45am
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.
10:00am – 12:00pm
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
12:00 – 12:45pm
Lunch
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12:45 – 2:45pm
An Urban Agenda for the Next Administration
Mayor Frank Cownie, Des Moines IA
Mayor Lisa Wong, Fitchburg MA
Mayor Kasim Reed, Atlanta GA*
Moderator: Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Chapel Hill NC
2:45 – 3:00pm
Break
3:00 – 5:00pm
Tour of the Iowa State fair
Gary Slater, CEO/Manager of the Fair
5:00pm
Dinner on your own
*Invited
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