Leadership Asheville Seniors                         LAS X                        October 9, 1996

 


Business and Economic Development

City Development Office , 29 Haywood Street (Level 2R Rankin Street Garage)

October 9, 1996

"Leadership is getting people to tackle tough problems"-Ronald Heifetz

 

8:30          Coffee and Muffins

8:45           2010 Plan to Advantage Asheville: Overview of Asheville/Buncombe Development Plans
Lou Bissette, attorney and former Asheville mayor

9:45           Break

 

10:00          What's Good and What's Bad: Response to Development Plans
                  Moderator: Jim Lesko (LAS IV)
                    Charles Glasner, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
                    Albert Sneed, Council of Independent Business Owners
                    Myra Fuller, Coalition of Asheville Neighborhoods
                    Bob Shepherd, Land of Sky Regional Council

12:00          Lunch

12:45          Case Study of Citizen Action: Haw Creek Neighborhood
                     Chris Pelly, president, Haw Creek Homeowners Association
                     Jim Siemens, attorney
                     Barbara Melton, community activist

1:45            Break

2:00            Case Study: Communication Towers
                      Gerald Green, Senior Planner, Asheville Planning and Development Dept.
                      Gary Johnson, Director, Division of Resource Planning and Professional                         Services, Blue Ridge Parkway
                      Amy Richardson, Gearon & Co., consultant to BellSouth

3:00            Critical Issues and Critical Solutions in Review

 

Special thanks to Jim Lesko (LAS IV) and Dick Esperon (LAS IX)

 

  

 
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