Destination Downtown
September 14-16, 2009
El Dorado, Arkansas
Monday, September
14
Time TBA Opening Reception
Myrtelle’s House – 323 W. Oak Street
Tuesday, September
15
7:30 Early-Bird Session
Designing Window Displays that
Sell
Susan Shaddox - Interior
Design Consultant, Main Street
Arkansas
2 Fifty 2 Building – 200 W. Main
8:00 Registration and Coffee
2 Fifty 2
Building – 200 W. Main
9:00 – 10:30 Opening Session
Historic
Rialto Theater - 117 East Cedar
Street
Welcome and Introductions
Cary Tyson, Director,
Main Street
Arkansas
Bob
Wilson, Director, Mississippi Main
Street Association
Ray Scriber, Director, Louisiana
Main Street Program
El
Dorado Promise Representative
10:45 – Noon Concurrent Sessions
What to Do
About Those Vacancies – TODAY!
Diane Laird
– State Coordinator, Delaware Main
Street Program Chamber
of Commerce Board Room – 111 W. Main
Keeping Main Street Afloat in a Down Economy
Stephanie Redman – President, ReSurge, Inc.
2 Fifty 2 Building – 200 W. Main
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch on Your Own
Roundtables for Executive Directors and State
Staff
1:45 – 3:00 Concurrent Sessions
El Dorado - 1971
Ron Frantz – Architect, Oklahoma
Main Street
Center
Chamber of Commerce Board Room – 111 W. Main
Best Board Practices: Twelve
Touchstones of a Healthy Main
Street Organization
Stephanie Redman – President, ReSurge, Inc.
2 Fifty 2 Building – 200 W. Main
3:15 – 4:30 Sessions and Tour
Growing Our Own Businesses with Entrepreneur
Development
Keith Kjelstrom - Principal, Keith Kjelstrom Consulting
Chamber of Commerce Board Room – 111 W. Main
Taking
Care of Your Staff
Marian Boyd – Deputy
Director, Arkansas
Historic Preservation Program
2 Fifty 2 Building – 200 W. Main
Ticketed
Tour
Downtown El Dorado Walking Tour
Rachel Silva – Preservation Outreach Coordinator, Arkansas Historic
Preservation Program
6:30 - until Showdown at Sunset and Closing
Party
Courthouse Square and Laredo Grill
Late night Haunted El Dorado
Rachel Miller – Education
Outreach Coordinator, Arkansas
Historic Preservation Program
Wednesday, September
16
7:30 Early Bird Session
Retail and Business Events That Work
Kathy LaPlante – Program Officer, National Trust’s Main Street Center
2 Fifty 2 Building – 200 W. Main
8:00 Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 10:15 Concurrent Sessions
Deep Fried Internet
Tripp Muldrow - Arnett Muldrow & Associates
Chamber of Commerce Board Room – 111 W. Main
Smart Growth with Downtown
Housing
Chris Chain - President/Owner, Renovations of Mississippi, Inc.
2
Fifty 2 Building – 200 W. Main
10:30 – 11:45 Closing Session
Insanity Has It’s Own Rewards
Roger Brooks – Destination Development, Inc.
11:45 Adjourn