If you attended the July Session with Iowa Economic Development Authority’s (IEDA) Jim Thompson in Decorah, you will NOT want to miss the Best City Practices Session on October 15th in Waukon!

Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
ProvERBial Tap Room
609 Rossville Road, Waukon, IA

Thompson is IEDA’s Downtown Economic Development Specialist covering all areas of developments for downtown and Main Street Districts.  He is a wealth of information on best practices for model communities, the community catalyst program, downtown funding options and more.

The agenda for the evening will include:

• 5:30 p.m. – Welcome
• 5:45 -7:00 p.m. – Ordinances  – including building use and building conditions – how to use your ordinances effectively
• Break
• 7:15-8:30 p.m. – How to make your city more competitive…How to create incentives locally…How to be progressive…
• Q&A

This session is for city council members, city staff, volunteers, and business owners.

Dinner will be served.  Drinks will be available for purchase. Please RSVP to Lori Quam at lquam@uerpc.org to gather food counts.