Please save the date, March 12, 2015, for DVRPC’s upcoming conference designed for local planning partners, practitioners, developers, and decision-makers to learn about programs and initiatives that are building livable communities in Greater Philadelphia now and for the future.

This one-day conference will feature an opening keynote by Harriet Tregoning, director of HUD’s Office of Economic Resilience, and a lunch keynote on future retail and development trends by planning and retail specialist, Robert Gibbs, PLA, ASLA, CNU.

www.dvrpc.org/breakingground/

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
8:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks
Barry J. Seymour, Executive Director, DVRPC
Commissioner Leslie Richards, DVRPC Board
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker:
Harriet Tregoning, Director of HUD’s Office of Economic Resilience
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
12:00 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch and Keynote:
Robert Gibbs, President, Gibbs Planning Group, Inc.
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions