Program & Schedule

Program & Schedule

8:00 - 8:45 - REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
Nancy Marine Studio Theatre Lobby

Coffee, Decaf, Tea
Plain Yogurt
Fresh Sliced Assorted Fruit
Granola
Mini Pastries, Bagels, Croissants, Danish, Muffins

8:45 - 9:00 - INTRODUCTIONS
Edward Cook, President
Torrington Historic Preservation Trust
Torrington, CT

9:00 - 9:45 - PRESENTATION

Got Mill...?
Wes Haynes
CT Trust for Historic Preservation, Hamden, CT
Making Places Initiative - Difficulties, opportunities and case studies of successful mill redevelopment projects
with various funding scenarios

9:45 - 10:45 - KEYNOTE

Recycling History: Why Reusing Old, Contaminated Properties Makes Economic Sense
Charles Bartsch
Senior Advisor for Economic Development EPA, Washington DC
Mr Bartsch is charged with promoting inter-agency and public-private financing partnerships to spur land revitalization and site reuse.

10:45 - 11:00 - BREAK

11:00 - 11:30 - PRESENTATION

Navigating Your Way Through Connecticut's
Brownfield Funding Programs
Tim Sullivan
DECD Deputy Commissioner
CT’s Historic Brownfield Redevelopment Program

11:30 - 12:00 - PRESENTATION

Saving Our Historic Mills:
An Important Tool for Environmental Protection and Economic Vitality
Wayne Bugden, LEP
Director of Environmental Services, Licensed Environmental Professional: CT
CME Engineering, East Hartford, CT
Connecticut Brownfields Working Group

12:00-1:00 - LUNCH
BACKSTAGE: Eat, Drink, Live (connected to theatre)

Cobb Salad with choice of:

Grilled Chicken
Grilled Salmon
Grilled Vegetables

Beverage, Fine Thin Breadsticks, Cookies

1:00 - 1:45 - PRESENTATION

Financial Strategies, Tools and Incentives for Historic Mill Redevelopment
R. Michael Goman,
Principal, Advisory & Development Services
Goman+York Property Advisors, LLC

1:45- 3:00 - PANEL DISCUSSION

Redeveloping Historic Factories and Mills, Who Really Benefits?

Moderator
Charles Bartsch
Senior Advisor for Economic Development, EPA, Washington DC

Panelist
Shaun Gately
Economic Development Coordinator, Vernon, CT

Panelist
Wayne Bugden
CME Engineering, Brownfield specialist

Panelist
Julie Carmelich
National Register Specialist, Historian
State Historic Preservation Office

Panelist
R. Michael Goman
Goman + York Property Advisors

Panelist
Kent Schwendy
President/CEO
Corporation for Independent Living