Presentations

Local Authorities: Partners in Economic Development

• Conference Agenda
• The Economic Development Community in Georgia Kevin Shea, President, Georgia Economic Developers Association
• Development Authorities and Financing Economic Development Module 1: Why We Have Development Authorities Where They Came From; What They Can Do – Dan McRae, Seyfarth Shaw
• CIDs – How and Why It Makes Sense for All Size Communities Darren Harper, Project Manager, Camden County JDA
• CIDs- Why They Are a Big Deal -and some big deals they have done Tad Leithead, Chair, Cumberland CID, Director, Greater North Fulton CID & Perimeter CID
• Module 2: Some Things Development Authorities Can’t Do and some workarounds to do them anyway Dan McRae, Seyfarth Shaw
• Development Authorities and Financing Economic Development Module 3: What Bonds Development Authorities Can and Can’t Issue and why Dan McRae, Seyfarth Shaw
• What Makes Bonds Marketable… or Not! And- Programs That Help Patrick Rutledge, Federal Home Loan Bank Atlanta
• Small Business Credit Initiative Holly Hunt, SSBCI Program Manager, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
• Development Authorities and Financing Economic Development Module 4: Ca$h for Projects- NMTC “forgivable loans” and EB-5 junior debt Dan McRae, Seyfarth Shaw
• *The Growing Trend- International Projects* Why Georgia (and some other states) Use “Bonds for Title” * Your Competition- What Other States Are Doing Paul Lo, Director, Credits & Incentives Consulting, Ryan Charles Stallworth, Sr. Project Manager Economic Development, GA Power Company Dan McRae, Seyfarth Shaw
• “ROI” = Return on Incentives *How the Market Affects Incentives Offers* Measuring Incentives Rope Roberts, Region Project Manager, GA Power Company
• Ethics, Liabilities, Conflict of Interest Kevin Brown, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• Open Meetings, Open Records Kevin Brown, Seyfarth Shaw LLP