Connections 2019

CONNECTIONS 2019
JMU Festival Center | October 3, 2019 
Registration is CLOSED - Deadline was 9/27/2019  

Parking Information: Please park in the East Campus Parking Deck (MAP).  This is the new parking deck across from the JMU Festival Center.   If you park anywhere else you will be ticketed and we will not pay for your ticket.  


Agenda:

12:45 pm - Registration 

1:30-2:30 pm
Virginia + The Valley – Where are we and where are we heading?
Welcome: Jon Alger, President, James Madison University 
Remarks and Panel: Stephen Moret, President, Virginia Economic Development Partnership; Barry DuVal, President, Virginia Chamber of Commerce; Bernie Niemeier, President & Publisher, Virginia Business Publications
 
2:45-3:30 pm
State of the City & County/Local Economic Picture: Eric Campbell, Harrisonburg City Manager and Stephen King, Rockingham County Administrator
 
3:45 – 4:30 pm
Special Sessions (Break Out Session will require RSVP to each session)

• The Future of Retail and Commercial Development, and More – Keith May and Tim Reamer,  Cottonwood Commercial Realty

• Workforce – Issues, Trends and Staying Out of Trouble– Cindy Maish, U.S. Department of Labor

• Marketing Trends – Dave Saunders, Madison+ Main         #BoldBrandsWin