Wisconsin Alliance of Cities/Quality of Life Conference

Enhancing Quality of Life in Wisconsin
in the 21st Century
July 26-28, 2000 / Racine Marriott Hotel
Racine, Wisconsin

Act Today for Tomorrow!

Participants will be introduced to many of the concepts and tools community leaders need to compete successfully in today's and tomorrow's-global marketplace.

QL²¹ will help us work together to meet present needs without compromising the needs of the future. It will help us integrate economic health and vitality, environmental integrity and social/cultural well-being, contributing to the overall quality of life in our communities.

Leaders who excel will be thoroughly versed in sustainability concepts that are being discussed worldwide: quality of life indicators, computer aided visioning, eco-industrial parks, systems thinking in schools, and low impact design, among others.

You will leave the conference with an action statement for adoption by your local governing body that could help set the course for your community and the state to thrive into the 21st century.

QL²¹ will give you a taste of what people worldwide are talking about. If you are interested in learning more about sustainability place your business card in a fishbowl on Friday to win "Quality of Life" door prizes. Prizes include free registration to conferences providing in-depth information including the Green Institute's eco-industrial park conference in September, Wisconsin Visitor's and Convention Bureau Conference in November, books and informational materials, Wisconsin posters, etc...

Who should attend?

Those interested in affecting the course of their communities into the new century!

Community Leaders, Municipal Planners
County Executives, Board Chairs, Members & Staff
Village Presidents, Board Chairs, Members & Staff
City Mayors & Managers, Council Chairs, Members & Staff
Town Board Chairs, Members & Staff
School Board Chairs, Members and Administrators
Municipal Consultants, Developers
Public Works Director, Facilities Managers

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 26

9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Registration. For directions to the Racine Marriott and reservations, click here.

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. & 2:45 - 4:15 p.m. Examples of Sustainability Concurrent Sessions. Panels will be repeated.

Business Panel:

Brian Borofka of WEPCO, Chair, WMC Environmental Working Group.
Jeff Nettesheim, Sen. Project Eng., Snap-On Tools.
Ken Alston, Director, Sustainable Product Development, SC Johnson.
Jim Beasom, Appleton Papers Inc.
Wisconsin Builders Association.

Communities Panel:

Gary Vaillancourt, Exec. Director, Sustainable Racine
Tim Dantoin, Board Pres., Sustainable Green Bay
Roy Aiken, Exec Director, Door Property Owners Association; Door County Stewardship Council
Margo Kuisis, Exec. Director, Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful.

6:00- 8:00 p.m. - Opening Reception hosted by Sustainable Racine in conjunction with Animal Crackers at the Racine Zoo Community Jazz Fest. Taste of Racine at a restaurant of your choice. Governor invited.

Thursday, July 27

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.

New Methods for Measuring the True Health of Your Community: the Genuine Progress Indicator and other Community Indicators. Tim Campbell, Community Development Educator, Iron County UW-Extension.
Low Impact and Environmentally Sensitive Site Design. Larry Boyer, Coordinator of Sustainable Design Services, Graef, Anhalt and Schloemer & Associates Inc.
Community Decision Making: Integrating K-12 Education in System Dynamics with Community Action. Roy Aiken, Door Property Owners Association & Door County Stewardship Council, Larry Smith, UW Green Bay and Don Ziegelbauer, Sturgeon Bay High School.
Competing in the Global Marketplace: State Programs for Communities. Wis. Department of Commerce international trade consultants.

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Measuring Success in Your Neighborhood - Indicators/Benchmarks. Sustainable Racine, Gary Vaillancourt, and the Bay Area Community Council Brown County Benchmarks Study, Paul Abrahams.
Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Successful Green Building Projects. Matt Tendler, AIA, KS Consulting.
Eco-industrial Parks: What they are and how they help you compete. Tom Osdoba, the Green Institute, Minnesota.
Town of Dunn - Purchase of Development Rights & other Examples of Local Govt. Cooperation - Ed Minihan, Chair Town of Dunn and Tom Harnisch, Wis Towns Association.

12:00 - 1:00 Buffet Lunch

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Market Trends in Housing. Wisconsin Builders Association.
A Case Study of New Richmond, Wisconsin: Managing Rapid Growth from a Financial, Organizational and Community Planning Perspective. UW-Extension Team.
Sustainable Rural Development - USDA measurable criteria for Grants- Bryce Luchterhand, USDA Wisconsin Director or David Gibson, USDA Program Director
Retaining the character of your community in the face of tourism. Bill Geist, executive director, Wisconsin Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus.

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Thursday, July 27 - Optional Afternoon Tours

Indicate choice on registration form.

3:00 - 6:00 - Growing Business in a near full employment economy: A case study of Milwaukee's Menonomee River Valley. Discussion en route. Tour Guide: Brian Reilly, Manager, Menomonee Valley Redevelopment Authority. Note: cost of bus being underwritten by AFSCME.
3:00 – 5:30 - SC Johnson's New "Green" Buildings - Tour guide: Kurt Zimmerman, The Zimmerman Design Group.
3:00 - 5:00 - Wingspread, Johnson Foundation's Frank Lloyd Wright designed conference center, built in 1938-39.

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. – Dinner and Keynote Presentation:

"Decision Support System for Land Use Planning and Growth Policy Development" Will Orr, Program Director of the Prescott College, Ariz., Sustainability and Global Change Program funded in large part by NASA.

Friday, July 28

8:30 - 10:45 - Answer the question on the registration form regarding your communities' most pressing issue for the future. Participants will be grouped by issue and engage in a facilitated discussion, the goal of which is to draft a resolution for representatives to adopt at the local governing body level and take to their association's fall conferences.

10:45 - 11:30 a.m. - Don Kettl with an update on the work of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on State/Local Partnerships for the 21st Century.