Agenda & Speakers: Wednesday, August 16 th. 3 pm 5 pm: Optional Tours (TBD, more info coming soon!)

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1 Overview: From food halls and co-ops to celebrity chef restaurants and urban farms, food themes are reshaping the face of urban development. This program convenes private developers with public and nonprofit leaders to discuss how a focus on food within real estate projects translates into enhancements to health, equity, sustainability, and the bottom line. Join ULI Colorado for an all-day forum featuring lunch at Civic Center Eats. Don t miss the optional tour day and kick-off reception at The Source on 8/16. Agenda & Wednesday, August 16 th 3 pm 5 pm: Optional Tours (TBD, more info coming soon!) 5 pm 6:30 pm: Kickoff reception. Join us at the Yacht Club located inside The Source for complimentary drink, food, and networking in Denver s first food hall. Sponsored by Zeppelin Development. Thursday, August 17 th 7:45 8:15 am: Networking coffee, registration 8:15 8:20 am: Program Opening 8:20 8:45 am: Cultivating Development Join the Urban Land Institute for an overview of trends and opportunities at the intersection of food and real estate. Ed McMahon, Senior Resident Fellow, Charles E. Fraser Chair for Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

2 8:45 9:45 am: We ve made food sexy, let s make it accessible again. TBA 9:45 10 am: Break 10 11:15 am: Morning Breakout Sessions (1) Locally Sourced Food Plans and Agritourism. Adams County & the City of Brighton are collaborating to preserve prime agricultural lands, foster entrepreneurship, deploy the food heritage for economic development, and shape a regional food draw. Learn about their new District Plan to promote agritourism and farmland preservation. Core topics: Creating county-wide initiatives, agritourism, placemaking and economic growth for rural communities, public and private development partnerships. Abel Montoya, Director of Long Range Planning for Adams County Aja Tibbs, Long Range/ Historic Preservation Planner, Community Development, City of Brighton Jill Lammers, Director of Heritage and Agritourism Program, State of Colorado (invited) Martha Sullins, Front Range Regional Specialist, Food Systems and Business Management, Colorado State University Extension Jeff Moline, Agricultural Resource Manager, Boulder County (2) Cooking Up Something Good in Retail! These developers and entrepreneurs are curating great retail through food, but they bring more than local restaurants they bring neighborhood solutions. Core topics: curating retail, placemaking, public-private partnerships Kelly Greene, President, Urban Legend, Legend Partners Discussing restaurant leasing at Belleview Station Kyle Zeppelin, President, Zeppelin Development Discussing Comal Kitchen at Taxi Paul Tamburello, President, Generator Real Estate Discussing the GrowHaus and Mercado Don Degnan, President, The Kitchen Restaurant Group (invited) (3) Creating an Ecosystem for Food Entrepreneurs. Boulder is known for craft beer and bicycles, but among foodies, it is also the place where new companies challenge the old guard in the food business. Up-and-coming food companies like Purely Elizabeth, Made in Nature and Good Karma Foods have moved to Boulder to access the city s deep bench of food executives, a food retail environment that prizes innovation and experimentation, and investment capital. Core topics: food startups, business re-location, the food economy Clif Harald, Executive Director, Boulder Economic Council, Boulder Chamber (moderator) Susan Graf, Vice President, Regional Development Manager, New Resource Bank Ben Fenton, Vice President, Boulder Food Group/ BFG Partners (invited) Justin Gold, Founder, Justin s Nut Butter (invited)

3 Sarah Rodriguez, Vice President of Venture Funding, The Unreasonable Institute (invited) 11:15 12:30 pm: Group lunch: Civic Center Eats! Enjoy a lunch on your own or team up with others from the food forum for discounts at Denver s Thursday food truck extravaganza in Civic Center Park. 12:30 1:45 pm: Afternoon Breakout Sessions 1.0 (1) Food as an Anchor for Mixed Use Development. Getting the right tenant mix is crucial to a mixed-use project s success -- and creating great ground floor retail is essential to good urbanism. Is food the key to making mixed use and density work? How can we bring everyday food choices into traditional for-profit development to activate our urban neighborhoods and yield positive returns? This all-star panel discusses how they make their grocery retail work at very different scales. Scott Menefee, Senior Development Director, Holland Partner Group Discussing new Whole Foods in Union Station Neighborhood Adam Hartig, Vice President of Real Estate, Lucky s Market (invited) Discussing expansion of Lucky s Market to $75 million mixed use community in Wheat ridge called the Corners Mike Fogarty, Senior Category Manager, DanoneWave Discussing Choice Market at reinvention of the convenience store (2) Food Halls: Hall of Fame or Hall of Mirrors? Food truck gatherings like Boulder s new Rayback Collective have joined shipping container popup shops like LoHi s Avanti to created instant, low-risk people places that challenge conventional development. These out-of-the-box approaches are increasingly being deployed to enliven public space and create an instant community around the age-old tradition of food and family dining. But are they a sustainable business model? Core topics: food halls, placemaking, unconventional retail Mark Shaker, President, Flightline Ventures, developer of Stanley Marketplace Discussing Stanley Marketplace Justin Riley, Co-founder & CEO, Rayback Collective Discussing the Rayback in Boulder Ken Wolf or Jeff Osaka, Owner, Amusments LC, Developer of the Denver Central Market (invited) Discussing Denver Central Market Justin Croft or Justin Anderson, Zeppelin Development Discussing Zeppelin Station and national trends in urban food halls (3) Urban Agriculture and Development: How to Make it Work and Work for Your Community. Community-supported agriculture can help create sustainable local food systems. Even the densest cities can support urban agricultural zones at different scales. Learn how these developers are integrating urban ag to build food education and community while providing better access to healthy foods across Colorado communities. Core topics: Urban agriculture, food equity

4 Clem Rinehart, Owner/ Broker, TreeHouse Brokerage and Development Discussing S Park, Denver David Kahn, Principal, SUN Studio Discussing the SILO Sustainable Neighborhood & agriburb in Lafayette Eric Kornacki, Founder, Re:Vision Discussing food co-ops in food deserts Matt Shawaker, Associate Principal, RNL Design Discussing Adam s Crossing agriburb in Brighton (invited) 1:55 3:10 pm: Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2.0 (1) Food Finance: Developing Replicable Financing Models. A session that explores TIF, Tax Credits, PRI, Bonds, and other new tools to help connect food and real estate. This session will explore replicable financing models to help you create complete communities. Blake Angelo (Moderator), Manager of Food System Development, Office of Economic Development, City and County of Denver Ed Briscoe, President, Impact Charitable Wade Shelton, Project Manager, Trust for Public Land Erin Lyng, Associate, Progressive Urban Management Associates Cassie Wright, President, Urban Ventures Anne Mizak, Loan Officer, Colorado Enterprise Fund (2) No One Eats Alone: A Conversation with Michael S. Carolan A sociology professor who writes about food as a social enterprise and the human connection of foodscapes, Carolan contends that real change only happens when we start acting like citizens first and consumers second. No One Eats Alone is a book about becoming better food citizens. This session explores how to get past the initial conversations of food access and food justice and talk about the how. Michael S. Carolan, Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University 3:10 3:30: Break 3:30 4:45 pm: Chef s Table & Community Happy Hour! This melting pot of local restauranteurs, chefs, community food activists, and food inspired developers share their lessons learned, aspirations, and discuss what s next. Bars open to attendees. Drinks sponsored by Ratio Beerworks and Blue Moon Brewing. Ed McMahon, Senior Resident Fellow, Charles E. Fraser Chair for Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (moderator) Paul Reilly, Executive Chef, Proprietor, Beast + Bottle Katie Lazor, Executive Director, EatDenver, Snooze

5 4:45 5 pm: Program Closing Paul Tamburello, Founder, Generator Real Estate Blake Angelo, Manager of Food System Development, City and County of Denver Catherine Cox Blair, Senior Advisory, National Resource Defense Council Wendy Peters Moschetti, Director of Food Systems, LiveWell Colorado