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ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2021 Hilton Garden Inn and Convention Center • Salina, KS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 8:00 a.m. Vendor Set-up 9:00 a.m. KEDA Board of Directors Meeting – (Dole Room) 9:30 a.m. Conference Registration & Vendors Open – (Pre-function Area) 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Welcome / Opening Remarks – (Flint Hills/Graves/Earhart Rooms) Steve Jack, KEDA President 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. General Session – (Flint Hills/Graves/Earhart Rooms) Be Careful What You Wish For – Growth Brings Challenges Now that we are in the recovery year, we have managed to leave many of those 2020 issues behind but now we face the next set - inflation, labor shortages, supply chain breakdowns. The rapid rebound was not entirely anticipated, and it is still unclear how long this consumer enthusiasm lasts. What is in store for the rest of 2021 and what can we say about 2022 at this stage? Dr. Chris Kuehl is a Managing Director of Armada Corporate Intelligence. He DR. CHRIS KUEHL provides forecasts and strategic guidance for a wide variety of corporate clients Managing Director around the world. He is the chief economist for several national and international Armada Corporate Intelligence organizations. Prior to starting Armada in 1999, he was a professor of economics and finance for 15 years – teaching in the U.S., Hungary, Russia, Estonia, Singapore and Taiwan. He holds advanced degrees in economics, Soviet studies and East Asian studies. Chris is the writer/editor of Business Intelligence Briefs and a writer for the Black Owl Report – both publications from Armada. He is an economic analyst for the Armada Strategic Intelligence System and is responsible for the Credit Manager’s Index from NACM as well Fabrinomics from the FMA. 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. General Keynote Session – (Flint Hills/Graves/Earhart Rooms) Accelerating Kansas Growth Lt. Governor Toland will provide updates from the Department of Commerce, review the Legislative Session and share information related to the SPARK process. David Toland is the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and also serves as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce. Toland was appointed Secretary of Commerce by Governor Laura Kelly in January 2019 and Lieutenant DAVID TOLAND Governor in January 2021. Lt. Governor/Secretary of Commerce As Secretary of Commerce, Toland has overseen sweeping changes within the agency. Under his leadership, the Department has rebuilt its in-state, domestic and international business recruitment teams; launched the state’s Office of Broadband Development; re-established a Community Development division and the Kansas Main Street Program; and launched the state’s first new economic development strategic planning process since 1986. These efforts, and more, resulted in more than $2.5 billion in new capital investment by businesses in Kansas in 2020, an increase of nearly 80% over the previous year and the highest in state history. Prior to joining the team at Commerce, Toland was the first CEO of Thrive Allen County, a nonprofit coalition focused on improving economic conditions, healthcare access and quality of life in the small, rural Kansas county. Prior to Thrive, Toland worked as an appointee of Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, holding key leadership positions in the D.C. economic development and planning offices. He holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Kansas. 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch – (Eisenhower Room) 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. General Session – (Flint Hills/Graves/Earhart Rooms) Statewide Housing Assessment Update Amy will provide an update on where they are at on the Statewide Housing Assessment and some key discoveries to this point in their research. Amy Haase, AICP, is a Principal and Project Manager with the Community and Regional Planning group at RDG Planning & Design. Over her 22-year career, she has led a wide range of projects, providing comprehensive planning, housing market studies, and neighborhood and downtown revitalization studies for AMY HAASE, AICP communities across the Midwest. Principal & Project Manager Community & Regional Throughout her career, Amy has been involved in dozens of housing studies Planning Group RDG Planning & Design from small, rural communities to multi-county regions. She’s presented on various topics including the decline of housing availability for the middle class and the importance of housing options for senior living. Amy is passionate about building better communities, and this not only shows in the communities she works in, but also those she lives in. Residing in Omaha, Nebraska, Amy has been a leader in neighborhood associations’ and she serves on the Metro Transit Authority Board. Amy’s work is driven by a passion to work collaboratively to create places of meaning for all residents. A trusted leader in her field, Amy has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners since 2004, and she became a Certified Public Facilitator in 2011. Housing Successes & Tools Panelist: Amy Haase, RDG Planning & Design, Alissa Ice, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Linda Hunsicker, Kansas Department of Commerce, Joann Knight, Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation/ Community Housing Association of Dodge City Alissa Ice became the Director of Housing Development for the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation in December 2019. She manages the state’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit, HOME development, National Housing Trust Fund, the Private Activity Bond and the state Moderate Income Housing programs. Prior to KHRC, Alissa was with Missouri Housing Development Commission for twelve years. Alissa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare from the University of Kansas and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. ALISSA ICE Director, Housing Development Kansas Housing Resources Corporation Joann Knight serves as the Executive Director of the Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation and has been with the public/private partnership for 30 years. Knight was instrumental in creating and now also oversees the Rural Education and Workforce Alliance, Main Street Dodge City, Dodge City Festivals, and the Community Housing Association of Dodge City. Knight currently serves on several boards including the Western Kansas Rural JOANN KNIGHT Economic Development Alliance (wKREDA) serving as the 2020 President, the Executive Director Kansas Economic Development Alliance (KEDA), Team Kansas and was the class Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation representative on the 2018 Eisenhower Women of Excellence in Public Service Series Board of Directors. Knight was recently awarded the 2019 Rural Economic Development Leadership Award from the National Rural Economic Developers Association. Linda Hunsicker has been with the Kansas Department of Commerce, Community Development Division since July 15, 1996. She works specifically in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as a CDBG Specialist. Her duties include monitoring’s and management of Community Improvement, Water and Sewer, Downtown Rehabilitation and Housing projects awarded statewide. She is also the environmental and housing specialist for the CDBG program. The CDBG Housing program that Linda is responsible for rehabilitates homes of owner occupied or rental properties and demolition of dilapidated homes. LINDA HUNSICKER She received her Associate of Applied Science Degree in Fashion Merchandising CDBG Specialist, Community from Dodge City Community College and her Bachelor of Science in Extension Development Division Kansas Department of work from Kansas State University. Commerce 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. General Session (virtual presentation) – (Flint Hills/Graves/Earhart Rooms) Thriving in a Virtual World Analyzing global economic outlooks and recent trends in corporate location decision- making, this presentation will consider where we are, offer a glimpse into the future, and leave you with key takeaways to prosper in our new reality. With years of experience attracting major capital investment to both metropolitan and rural communities, Tess Fay, Senior Consultant for Global Location Strategies (GLS) has an eye for impact. While at the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, she recruited jobs and investment into the state, evaluating the long-term returns that could TESS FAY result from $14 billion of potential new business investment from manufacturing and Senior Consultant industrial projects. She recommended competitive sets of tax credits and economic Global Location Strategies (GLS) incentives that could be offered to business investors and supported by the community and state. She also coached communities across the state to help them advance towards investment readiness and has a passion for helping rural communities succeed. Tess puts her experience to work for the communities we guide, helping to execute site competitiveness, readiness, and benchmarking studies; lead site identification efforts; and a multitude of other economic development services. As a site selection consultant, Tess has a deep understanding of workforce, infrastructure, and supply chain needs within the global sectors we serve and is passionate about matching companies and communities for mutual, long-term success. She is an invaluable resource to the decision-makers GLS works within manufacturing site selection. Before transitioning to site selection and economic development, Tess spent four years in manufacturing at the illustrious Big Ass Fan Company, makers of innovative and award-
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