Schedule: Friday, October 25, 2024

Registration Desk Open
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Registration Desk 2nd Floor

Light Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Foyer of Meeting Rooms 6-7

Breakfast with the Experts Session
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Salon F

Enjoy a light continental breakfast at this flexible networking session. Breakout groups will focus on redevelopment hot topics such as affordable housing, ongoing maintenance in a CRA and many more. This will be a great opportunity to network, share success stories and learn from your peers. 

Hot Legal Topics in Redevelopment
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Salon G

Laws relevant to CRAs change often. Join us as we hold a session on hot legal topics regarding redevelopment. We will have our best CRA legal minds discuss the 2019 changes to Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes, and legislation on topics impacting redevelopment and CRAs.

Moderator: Brenda Thrower, CRA Development Manager, Community Redevelopment, CRA City of Tampa

Speakers: Renee Jadusingh, Executive Director, Delray Beach CRA; Cliff Shepard, FRA General Counsel, Shepard, Smith, Kohlmyer & Hand P.A.; Ryan Matthews, FRA Lobbyist, Shareholder, GrayRobinson P.A.  

Redevelopment Plan in a Post-CRA World
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Salon H

Many CRAs are sunsetting in the next few years in Broward County and elsewhere in the state. Sunset strategies, TIF planning and management, new redevelopment organizational structures that don’t use TIF and identification of funding sources could be discussed. New research shows that most Florida redevelopment plans are outdated and irrelevant. Learn about this research and practical steps to update and align your redevelopment plan, grants and incentives to Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes, keeping your plan at the forefront of your community’s redevelopment.

Moderator: Kris Mory, Director, Economic Development, City of Delray Beach

Speakers: Kris Mory, Director, Economic Development, City of Delray Beach; Kaitlyn Collier, Economic Development Manager, City of Delray Beach

Conference Adjourns
11:30 a.m.