TEDC 2024 Spring Conference Agenda

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Panama City Beach, FL

Wednesday, April 24

 

• 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Hospitality Suite Open

  • Suite 1502

 

• 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Early Bird Reception

  • Holiday Inn Outside Deck

 

* Dinner on your own

 

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Thursday, April 25

 

• 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM: Registration Open

  • Grandview Room - SeaWatch Conference Center - 2nd floor

 

• 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM: Breakfast Buffet

  • Grandview Room Patio - SeaWatch Conference Center - 2nd floor

 

• 8:45 AM: Welcome and Recognition of Sponsors

  • Vicki Bunch, Greater Jackson Chamber, TEDC Secretary/Treasurer and Conference Chair

 

• 9:00AM - 9:45AM: Turning the Dial with Site Development Funding: Best Practices and Creative Projects

  • Bill Adams, Senior Target Market Specialist, TVA

  • Kirby Lewis-Gill, Director of Site Development, State of TN ECD

  • Kendrick Curtis, Assistant Executive Director, Middle TN Industrial Development Association

 

• 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM: Life of a Local

  • Lee will discuss his current community, his experience coming back and a case study on putting together the puzzle of ED for a big project.

    • Lee Johnson, Executive Vice President, Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance

 

• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Break

 

• 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM: Affordable Housing

  • Discussion on deals and issues they have worked with recently that included a component of affordable housing.

    • Tom Trent, Madison Haynes, Jim Murphy, & Tanner Hamilton, Bradley Law Firm

 

• 11:30 AM: Announcements/Adjourn

 

• ​​​​11:45 AM (Noon): Lunch for all!

  • Golfers join before play & all other non-golfers

  • Holiday Inn - Lunch Buffet

  • Hospitality Open on the Beach

 

• 1:00 PM: TEDC Golf Tournament

  • Holiday Golf Course - 100 Fairway Blvd

 

• 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Reception/Dinner

  • Holiday Inn Outside Deck

 

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Friday, April 26

 

• 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM: Breakfast Buffet

  • Grandview Room Patio - SeaWatch Conference Center - 2nd floor

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​8:45 AM - 9:25 AM: ​​​​​​​The Power of Economic Development to Positively Impact a Community - A Case Study

  • Kevin Sheilley, President/CEO, Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​9:25 AM - 10:00 AM: Effects of EV on Existing Auto Suppliers and How We Can Prepare

  • Adam Murray, Target Market Specialist, TVA

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: ​​​​​​​Legislative Update

  • Bradley Jackson, TN Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: ​​​​​​​Break​​​​​​​

 

• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: ​​​​​​​TN ECD Update

  • Jamie Stitt, Assistant Commissioner, State of TN ECD

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​11:00 AM - 11:15 AM: ​​​​​​​TVA Update

  • Harry Schmidt, TVA

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​11:15 AM - 11:30 AM: ​​​​​​​UTCIS Update

  • Kim Denton, Economic Development Director

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​11:30 AM - 11:45 AM: SEDC Update

  • Matt Tackett, President, SEDC

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​11:45 AM - 11:50 AM: ​​​​​​​TEDC Fall Conference

  • Vicki Bunch

 

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​11:55 AM​​​​​​​​​​​​​​:  Golf Prizes, Adjourn