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Friday, April 16, 2010

8:30 am – 12:00 noon

Tampa Convention Center

Please join us for the Inaugural “Congress of Regional Leaders.”  For the past 2 ½ years, the ONE BAY: Livable Communities initiative has drawn upon thousands of citizens to create a shared regional vision to plan for where future population and employment growth shall go through responsible land use, mobility, and environmental sustainability.

Join ONE BAY in hosting the 2010 Congress of Regional Leaders on Friday, April 16, 2010. This highly anticipated community event will attract every elected official, business and civic influencer in the seven county region and rally around our citizen’s Vision for our future.

By sponsoring the summit, your organization will show its support for the Vision and the individual seeking to be leaders for sustainable change in our region. Just as Reality Check Tampa Bay in 2007 brought together a wide spectrum of participants from around the region, the Congress of Regional Leaders will call upon citizens, political leaders, and influencers confident that sustainable change for our region is ahead.

Please take a moment to review the opportunities below.

                 CONGRESS SPONSOR.....................................$5,000

                 SPEAKER SPONSOR........................................$2,500

                 BREAKFAST SPONSOR(S)................................$1,500

                 TABLE SPONSORS...........................................$1,000

Sponsorship of this event will allow ONE BAY to keep this event free of charge for participants, which will be vital to attracting a diverse group of leaders from across the seven-county region.

For complete details on each of these opportunities - click here.

For more information, please call Elisa DeGregorio, (813) 872-2810.

Agenda... 

The goal of this summit will be to attract each and every elected official, influencer, business and civic leader to the table to:

·         Celebrate and recognize the community input received in developing the vision

·         Share the ONEBAY Vision & recommendations and identify current best practices fulfilling on recommendations in vision.

·        Through facilitated, small group discussion, participants will foster collaboration and “buy in” of the One Bay Vision by i dentifying where they see change happening in their communities and where it could happen by developing short and long-term strategies regional leaders can consider as they make important decisions about the built environment, natural environment and mobility in the region.

·         Identify regionally specific challenges to and opportunities for coordinating federal, state and local housing and transportation funding in anticipation of the federal Sustainable Communities initiative resulting from the HUD-DOT-EPA partnerships.