2008 Mayor's Neighborhood Summit Workshops
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Kentucky International Convention Center
221 S. Fourth St.
Concurrent Workshop Session A
A-1 Successful Meeting Strategies
A-2 Grassroots Initiatives: Working from the Ground Up
A-3 Community Building and Organizing
A-4 Citizen Participation in the Planning Process
A-5 Louisville 2035 – A Look Forward
A-6 Transportation Alternatives
A-7 How to Amend/Enforce Your Deed of Restrictions
A-8 Shaking the Money Tree
A-9 Foreclosures: Prevention and Resources
Concurrent Workshop Session B
B-1 Let’s Party! Planning a Successful Neighborhood Event
B-2 Don’t Be a Victim: Personal Safety Tips
B-3 Youth Engagement: Partnerships and Programs
B-4 Transitioning Board Members and Officers
B-5 Financial Planning for Non-Profits
B-6 Condo/Patio Homes Association Management
B-7 Suburban Cities Best Practices
B-8 Going Green – Adopt a “Green” Lifestyle
B-9 Vacant Properties: Turning a Neighborhood Liability
into an Asset
Workshop Descriptions
A-1 Successful Meeting Strategies
Discover how ground rules can help your association’s officers and members listen to each other and make conflict more constructive. Learn about the “Six Thinking Hats” technique which illustrates the need for individuals and groups to address problems from a variety of different angles.
A-2 Grassroots Initiatives: Working from the Ground Up
These community leaders have created important options for neighborhood health, housing, and safety. Learn how they have worked for healthy farm-fresh foods in the inner city, successful neighborhood input with housing developers and the wet-dry vote in West Louisville.
A-3 Community Building and Organizing
Asset Based Community Planning helps communities recognize their assets (individuals, local association and institutions) and mobilizes them for development purposes. This workshop will help participants understand how to use key concepts, real life examples and best practices to build and shape their communities.
A-4 Citizen Participation in the Planning Process
Discuss programs and initiatives offered by Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services focusing on the Neighborhood Planning College. This workshop strives to provide participants with a better understanding of the development review process and to assist them in participating more fully in the planning process.
A-5 Louisville 2035 – A Look Forward
Take a look into Metro Louisville’s past, present and future. This workshop will examine how Louisville has evolved over its history and strategize what might happen in the future.
A-6 Transportation Alternatives
Considering today’s fuel and energy costs, everyone is finding that their budgets are feeling the effects. Find out about transportation and energy alternatives with new and creative ways of conservation and the future of transportation.
A-7 How to Amend/Enforce Your Deed of Restrictions
This workshop will highlight some of the legal and practical aspects of amending and enforcing deeds of restriction. Deeds of restriction (also called declarations of covenants or conditions and restrictions) regulate the use of property and provide for maintenance of any common areas in the subdivision.
A-8 Shaking the Money Tree
Looking for new ways to fund your organization? This workshop will present funding strategies that will give participants new ideas for establishing their own self reliant revenue source.
A-9 Foreclosures: Prevention and Resources
This workshop provides information on how the foreclosure crisis impacts our community. Learn what preventative measures and resources are available to those who are directly or indirectly impacted by foreclosure.
B-1 Let’s Party! Planning a Successful Neighborhood Event
The key to any successful neighborhood event depends on the planning. Learn how other neighborhoods and organizations plan their community events.
B-2 Don’t Be a Victim: Personal Safety Tips
You and your neighborhood can be safer by learning these informative and helpful tips from Louisville Metro Police Officers (LMPD). The officers will discuss practical safety measures to safeguard against identity theft and personal safety.
B- 3 Youth Engagement: Partnerships and Programs
Neighborhood leaders are rediscovering that youth are essential contributors to the well-being and vitality of our community. This workshop will focus on youth programs and partnerships that encourage and empower our community’s future leaders.
B- 4 Transitioning Board Members and Officers
Have you ever discovered you don’t know where key documents are kept, or how purchases are decided, or any number critical pieces of history or documentation? If you are the board officer completing your term or the one just elected, this workshop is designed to insure that you can help your group meet its fiduciary, statutory and administrative obligations.
B-5 Financial Planning for Non-Profits
Learn strategies for making your non-profit organization financially successful. This workshop will highlight proven financial strategies and tax tips every non-profit should know.
B-6 Condo / Patio Home Association Management
Knowing the laws that apply to your community association (condo, patio home or homeowner association) is vital to successful management. The panelists will share best practices to consider when to hire a property management firm or to self-manage.
B-7 Suburban Cities: Best Practices
‘Tale of Two Cities’: Learn from representatives of suburban cities what duties the Mayor, Council or Commissioner of 2nd thru 6th class cities perform and how they deliver services. The panelists will discuss the relationship of suburban cities to neighborhood associations, condo/patio home associations and Metro Government.
B-8 Going Green – How to Adopt a “Green” Lifestyle
Adopting a green lifestyle is easier than you think! Learn how local businesses and a neighborhood association have implemented new techniques that encourage environmental friendliness.
B-9 Vacant Properties: Turning a Neighborhood Liability into an Asset
This workshop will provide innovative approaches that neighborhood leaders and associations have used successfully in dealing with vacant lots and structures in their neighborhoods. You will learn about a community-wide collaboration that investigates possible solutions and promotes best practices within the neighborhood.