Atlanta to Host Premier U.S. Forum on Market-Led Inner City Revitalization; Mayor Shirley Franklin to Welcome Attendees.BOSTON -- The fourth annual Inner City Economic Forum (ICEF ICEF International Court of the Environment Foundation ICEF Inner City Economic Forum ICEF International College of Economics and Finance (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia) ), the nation's top gathering of corporate, civic and academic leaders, will convene CONVENE, civil law. This is a technical term, signifying to bring an action. in Atlanta, September 19-20. The 2006 ICEF Summit which was founded by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC ICIC Initiative for a Competitive Inner City ICIC International Cancer Information Center ICIC I See, I See ICIC International Council for Internet Communications ICIC Interexchange Carrier Industry Committee ICIC Intercalibrations-Intercomparisons ), a Boston-based nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , will tour Atlanta to see how economic revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. concepts have been implemented in inner city Atlanta's District at Howell Mills, Atlantic Station and the new Atlanta New Atlanta Communications, LLC is a software company specializing in products to ease creation of Web applications. Based in Alpharetta, Georgia and founded in 1998, the company markets 3 products: ServletExec, JTurbo, and BlueDragon. beltline. Mayor Shirley Franklin Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and, since January 7 2002, the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, a nonpartisan office. will attend the Summit to welcome the ICEF participants. The Atlanta-based Blank Foundation, founded by the founder of Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , Arthur Blank Arthur M. Blank is an American businessman and a co-founder of Home Depot. Today he is known for his philanthropy and his ownership of the Atlanta Falcons team in the National Football League and the Georgia Force team in the Arena Football League. , and The Enterprise Foundation are event sponsors. On Sept. 20, ICEF participants will hear about Atlanta Committee for Progress' model to engage Fortune 500 CEOs in economic development and link regional economic development efforts to low income communities. Tim Tuff, Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the John H. Harland Company will moderate. "We chose Atlanta for this prestigious event, because this city has taken so many strides to improve the inner city condition," said Dorothy Terrell, ICIC President and CEO. "Mayor Franklin has actively worked to harness the business community to be an active partner and with the creation of the Atlanta Committee for Progress shows that the city's top business and academic leaders can be critical forces of change for the inner city by setting an agenda that can accomplish measurable goals." Another highlight at the Forum will be the release of new market data on inner city retail. Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. Professor Michael Porter This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , chairman and founder of ICIC, will present "From Making the Case to Making Profits," new research on inner city retail markets in 100 of the country's largest cities, done in partnership with The Boston Consulting Group. Also, at the 2006 Forum, a group of some of the nation's largest retailers will gather to discuss strategies to attract retail businesses to underserved, low-income urban areas. Henry Cisneros, Chairman of CityView and former U.S. Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will keynote the luncheon on the Tuesday, September 19th. The event will take place at the Atlanta Hilton, Sept. 19 - 20. Highlighted agenda follows. Media are welcome to attend from 10:00 - 2:00 pm on the September 19th or through arranged interviews. Media Photo opportunity with Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. About The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a national, non-partisan, not-for-profit organization founded in 1994 by Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, following several years of pioneering research on inner-city business and economic development. ICIC's mission is to promote economic prosperity in America's inner cities through private sector engagement that leads to jobs, income and wealth creation for local residents. ICIC brings together business and civic leaders to drive innovation and action, transform thinking and accelerate inner city business growth and investment. For more information, please visit our web site at www.icic.org
2006 ICEF Event Highlights:
Tuesday, September 19th
11:00 a.m. Michael E. Porter, Founder and Chairman, ICIC
Professor, Harvard Business School
"Inner City Retail: From Making the Case to Making
Profits"
12:30 p.m. Henry Cisneros, Chairman of CityView
Former Secretary of HUD and Former Mayor of San Antonio
"Unleashing the Untapped Potential of America's Inner City
Markets"
2:00 p.m. "Buy In: The Next Wave of Inner City Retailers"
Chilis, Staples, Target
3:30 p.m. "New Development: Building Retail Real Estate in the
Inner City"
Representatives from urban developers: Grid Properties,
Canyon Capital Realty Advisors, General Growth Properties
5:00 p.m. Bus Tour of Atlanta visiting Howell Mills, Atlantic
Station and the new Atlanta Beltline.
6:30 p.m. Reception
Wednesday, September 20th
9:00 a.m. "Inner City Investments: Capitalizing on the New Profit
Paradigm"
Victor MacFarlane, CEO, MacFarlane Partners
9:30 a.m. "Inner City Collaboration: CEO-Civic Engagement-The
Atlanta Case Study"
John Ahmann, Ex.Dir., Atlanta Committee for Progress
Tim Tuff, Chairman and CEO, John Harland Company
Lynette Young, COO, City of Atlanta
11:30 a.m. "Transformation: From Ideas into Action"
12:30 p.m. Discussion and Close
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