GET TO THE HEART OF IT ALL... eDowntown Update October 16, 2007

Today is the last day to RSVP

Architecture Matters, Downtown Greensboro & Beyond   Thursday, October 18th, Empire Room, 203 S. Elm Street   RSVP by Tuesday, October 16, 2007   If you are a downtown property owner, business owner, developer, realtor, governmental staff, and/or potential investor, this is an exceptional opportunity to attend interactive workshops to learn, look and listen about:   ·                Tax Increment Financing (TIF), N.C. Constitutional amendment approved in 2004; ·                Historic Preservation Tax Credits, income tax incentives for the rehabilitation of historic structures;  ·                Project Tour of Downtown historic tax credits buildings downtown; ·                Why Architecture Matters Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and keynote presentation. This event will be held Thursday, October 18 at The Empire Room and is FREE to the public, rsvp required.  RSVP’s will be taken until 5:00pm on 10-16-07, to rsvp click here or email jkastner@blandwood.org, ph:  336-272-5003 Ext-3.     To map The Empire Room, click here.  Recommended Parking click here.  For Architecture Matters brochure (pdf 1MB) click here.

11:30am-1:30pm Workshop A:                Show Me the Way, NC’s newest financing tool.   1:30-2:30pm Workshop B:                Where Credit is Due, a primer for using historic tax credits   3:00-4:00pm Project Tour                Tour, downtown Greensboro historic tax credits buildings downtown   5:30-7:00pm Architecture Matters   Keynote presentation by Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Blair Kamin     This event is sponsored by Preservation Greensboro, J. Hyatt Hammond Associates, Downtown Greensboro, Inc., University of North Carolina-Greensboro Department of Interior Architecture, Craft Insurance Center, and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.

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