TENTATIVE AGENDA
July 10-11 | Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center

• 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

  WALKING TOURS

  • Downtown Syracuse Walking Tour
  • What Can a Land Bank Do? A Site Visit
• 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  NYCOM Registration Desk Open

• 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • MAIN STREET TRACK
    Thinking Creatively: Art and Cultural Strategies to Grow Your Local Economy
    
    
  • VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTIES TRACK
    A Primer on Dealing with Vacant and Abandoned Properties
    
    
  • ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRACK
    It's All About the Benjamins: Financing Redevelopment
• 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • MAIN STREET TRACK
    Main Street Rapid Roundtable Discussions
    
    
  • VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTIES TRACK
    Lessons Learned From New York's Vacant Properties Initiative
    
    
  • ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRACK
    At the Ready: The Local Official's Role in Economic Development
• 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

  Networking Mixer at Shaughnessy's Irish Pub

• 7:30 a.m - 3:30 p.m.

  NYCOM Registration Desk Open

• 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

  Continental Breakfast

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

  EARLY RISER DISCUSSIONS

  • MAIN STREET TRACK
    Restore NY 2.0
    
    
  • VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTIES TRACK
    New York's Zombie Law Six Years On
    
    
  • ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRACK
    Ebikes, Escooters and Bike Shares
• 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

  OPENING PLENARY

  • New York's Focus on Revitalizing Downtowns
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • MAIN STREET TRACK
    A Local Model for Main Street Redevelopment
    
    
  • VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTIES TRACK
    Land Banks 101
    
    
  • ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRACK
    Improving Downtown Building Stock with the New York Main Street Program
• 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • MAIN STREET TRACK
    Main Street Post-Pandemic: Figuring It Out
    
    
  • VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTIES TRACK
    Taking Title to Abandoned Properties Using RPAPL Article 19-A
    
    
  • ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRACK
    The Downtown Revitalization Initiative: Historic Investment in New York State's Downtowns
• 12:30 p.m.

  LUNCH

• 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • MAIN STREET TRACK
    Successful Communication and Marketing of Downtowns and Main Streets
    
    
  • VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTIES TRACK
    Redevelopment of Tax-Delinquent Brownfields
    
    
  • ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRACK
    Creating and Implementing a Vision with ARPA Funds
• 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  • MAIN STREET TRACK
    From Malls to Main Streets:  Placemaking for Small Business Development
    
    
  • VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTIES TRACK
    Code Enforcement: Effective Approaches to this Integral Function
    
    
  • ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRACK
    Adult-Use Cannabis in Your Downtown and Beyond