Hosted by the United Way of Collier County

Community and Economic Development Equitable Housing Development Strategies

Agenda 9-16-15 October 1, 2015 Hilton, Naples

10 a.m. Community Forum - Welcome and Introductions and why are we here?  Steve Sanderson, United Way Collier County  Steve Carnell, Collier County Government and United Way Board Leader  David Jackson, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

State of, and demand, for workforce housing in Collier County  Delegates from Collier County Employers  Kim Grant, Collier County Government  Lars Gilberts, United Way of Florida ALICE Project

Workforce housing tools: what can be gleaned from research and practice?

 Robert Hickey, Senior Research Associate, Center for Housing Policy/National Housing Conference (Tool Box)

 Loryn B. Clark, Executive Director, Office of Housing and Community, Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Comparison Community Challenges)

 Ashley Kerr, Community Initiatives Manager, Collaborative Solutions Inc. (Incentives)

12:15 p.m. Break

12:30 Networking Lunch – Table questions and idea generation Workforce and AHAC* Focused

1:30 Report out

2:00 Next steps and wrap-up

2:30 Adjourn

Special thanks to our forum partners

Collier County Government, The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way of Florida. * Affordable Housing Advisory Committee