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9:15am EDT

TH9.15.17 Revitalization efforts and its impact on the economy Dupont (lobby level)Shelley Buchbinder • Amanda Micklow • David Padgett • Mary Rocco • Mary Rocco TH9.15.18 Public Incentives: How Effective Are They in Generating Public Benefits? Tuttle (lobby level)Michael Henderson • George C. Homsy • Eric Stokan • George C. Homsy TH9.15.19 Addressing Economic Inequality after the Great Recession: Policy, Planning, and Reshaped Landscapes of Opportunity in the City Gusman (lobby level)Marjorie Visser, University of California, Davis • Nina Martin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Edwin Melendez • Lisa J. Servon • Edwin Melendez

11:00am EDT

TH11.00.17 Sport construction, identity and economic development Dupont (lobby level)Anne Diallo • William Holt • Mark Rosentraub, University of Michigan • William Holt

1:30pm EDT

TH1.30.17 Empowerment / Enterprise / zones strategies: What works? Dupont (lobby level)Ljubinka Andonoska • Agatha S. Caraballo • Alan Davis • Hyun Kyong (Rosa) Lee TH1.30.18 Transformation of Miami’s Urban Core Michelangelo (2nd floor)Sebawit Bishu • Nicki Fraser • Ramon Trias • Nicki Fraser

3:15pm EDT

TH3.15.17 Tourism and city Branding and their impact on economic development Dupont (lobby level)Heather Khan • Evan Cleave, University of Western Ontario • Carlos Suárez-Carrasquillo • Sarah Iannarone, Portland State University • Heather Khan

8:05am EDT

FR8.05.17 Tourism and economic development Raphael (2nd floor)Madlyn Bonimy • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor • Robert Kerstein • Madlyn Bonimy

9:50am EDT

PS4.0 Tacos, Generators, and Revitalization: How Oklahoma City Food Truck Vendors Navigate Local Regulation Biscayne Ballroom (2nd floor)James Eldridge

10:30am EDT

FR10.30.17 Convention Center Follies and the Study of Urban Politics Dupont (lobby level)Heywood Sanders, University of Texas at San Antonio • Marc Levine • Mark Rose • Bob Whelan • Mark Rose

3:40pm EDT

FR3.40.17 Economic indicators & measurements considerations Dupont (lobby level)Ned Hill • Eric Joseph van Holm • Margaret Cowell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University • Janey Wang • Margaret Cowell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9:00am EDT

SA9.00.17 Downtown and Inner City Economic Recovery Gusman (lobby level)Carlos Balsas, University at Albany • Tuna Batuhan • Spencer T. Clayton • T. William Lester • Carlos Balsas, University at Albany SA9.00.18 Financing urban development Tuttle (lobby level)NakHyeok Choi • Bridget Fisher • Min Kim • Derwin Munroe • Heywood Sanders, University of Texas at San Antonio

10:30am EDT

SA10.30.18 Contradictions of the creative city: inequality, economic mobility, and the arts Alhambra (2nd floor)Melanie Fasche • Matthew Kaliner • Ric Kolenda • Colby King, Bridgewater State University • Ric Kolenda