(Check back or add your email to our list — we are still finalizing several exciting sessions and speakers!) Keynote Speaker: Donovan Rypkema Donovan Rypkema is president of Heritage Strategies International. HSI was established in 2004 as a companion firm to PlaceEconomics, a consulting firm of which Rypkema is the principal. PlaceEconomics – widely recognized as the industry leader in the economics of historic preservation – specializes in services to public and NGO clients who are dealing with center city and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the reuse of heritage structures. Rypkema has worked with communities in 49 States and more than 25 countries. Rypkema is the author of numerous articles and publications as well as a book, The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader’s Guide. He holds a Master of Science degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. Rypkema served on the Board of Advisors of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is currently on the Board of Directors of Global Urban Development, and teaches a graduate course on the economics of historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania. Fee Schedule for Members Fee Schedule for Non-Members (buy a membership today and save!)

Workshops:

TUESDAY
Sessions
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
Durable Restoration Presents: Working With Your Historic Masonry
Advancing Hispanic Business Development in Northeast Ohio

2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Regional Approaches to Developing & Promoting Heritage Experiences

3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Durable Restoration Presents: Disaster Recovery

Tours
2:00 PM-4:45 PM
Terminal Tower
Location: Tour will depart from the Superior Avenue entrance of the Hyatt Arcade promptly at
2:00 PM.

Events
5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Legacy Circle Reception

WEDNESDAY
Sessions
9:00 AM-10:15 AM
Choosing Colors

Planning From the Community Up

9:00 AM-11:45 AM
Introduction to Real Estate Development
Speaker: Donovan Rypkema

10:30 AM-11:45 AM
Tap Into Your Preservation Resources: The Ohio Historic Preservation Office

Basics of Design Review

Tour
9:00 AM-11:45 AM
Putting the Community in Revitalization
Tour of the Historic Warehouse District

Lunch
12:00 PM-1:45 PM
Conference Keynote Luncheon
Join Cleveland City Councilmember Joe Cimperman; Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson; Keynote
Speaker Donovan Rypkema; Heritage Ohio Board of Trustees Chair W. Kevin Pape to preside
over Heritage Ohio’s Annual Meeting; and Heritage Ohio Director of Revitalization Jeff Siegler
announcing Nationally Accredited Programs, Ohio Certified Main Street Managers, Recognizing
Five-Year Programs, and the 2009 class of Heritage Ohio Main Street Programs

Sessions
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
Alternate Building Code in Laymen’s Terms: How to Work With Local Officials

Nuts & Bolts of SIDs & TIFs
Speaker: Scott Ziance
Location: Kaiser

2:00 PM-4:45 PM
Introduction to Pro Forma Analysis
Speaker: Donovan Rypkema
Location: Emanuele

3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Introduction to Receivership as a Community Redevelopment Tool

Economic Impact of Theater Revitalization

Tour
2:00 PM-4:45 PM
The Rebirth of Cleveland’s Main Street
Tour of the Historic Gateway Neighborhood

Events
Cleveland Restoration Society & the American Institute of Architects – Cleveland’s
“Celebration of Preservation” awards program at the “reimagined” Hanna
Location: 2067 East 14th Street

THURSDAY
Sessions
9:00 AM-10:15 AM
Funders Roundtable: Working With Potential Funders

Stop the Muddling: Learn About Façade Restoration & Signage Design

The True Cost of Demolition

10:30 AM-11:45 AM
This Church Matters

Demystifying Historic Conservation Easements

Downtown Master Plans: Case Studies

Tour
9:00 AM-11:45 AM
Explore Cleveland’s Collection of Neighborhoods
Tour of Cleveland Neighborhood Commercial Districts

Lunch
12:00 PM-1:45 PM
Annual Awards Luncheon
Join Heritage Ohio as we recognize Ohio’s Top Opportunities and honor the best of Ohio’s
Preservation & Revitalization practitioners at our Annual Awards Luncheon. We’ll also have
representatives from Athens give our luncheon attendees a special invitation to Ohio’s Hill
Country and Athens, site of the 2010 Conference.

Sessions
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
A Place For Trades: Cultural Change in the 21st Century

The Retail Niche on Main Street

Pulling Projects Together

3:30 PM-4:45 PM
What Does “Green” Really Mean? Thinking & Living Sustainably

Community Wayfinding & Signage

Farm To Table

Tour
2:00 PM-4:45 PM
Theater Restoration Squared
Tour of PlayhouseSquare in Downtown Cleveland & Gordon Square Arts District in
Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway Neighborhood