Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM | John C. Maxwell Leadership Center
7:30 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Opening Remarks
Kevin Carmichael, Senior Vice President, Economic Development, Partnership Gwinnett
Matt Yarbrough, Vice President, Policy & Government Affairs, Council for Quality Growth
8:05 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Presenting Sponsor Remarks
Jim Brooks, Executive Director, Evermore Community Improvement District
8:10 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Metro Atlanta Project Spotlights
Spotlight 1: Rivian Headquarters – Portman Holdings
Mike Greene, Senior Vice President, Development, Portman Holdings
Spotlight 2: The Lawrence Hotel
Lee Merritt, Chair, Lawrenceville Downtown Development Authority
8:50 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Panel 1: Beyond the Boundary: Maximizing the Impact of Tax Allocation Districts
Tate Wilson, Managing Director, KB Advisory Group
Matt Elder, Deputy Director, Planning & Development, Gwinnett County Government
Ed Wall, Managing Director, Government, Piper Sandler
Moderator- Tad Leithead, Executive Director, Lilburn CID
9:50 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Metro Atlanta Project Spotlights
Spotlight 3: 98 14th St Midtown Green
Kevin Green, President and CEO, Midtown Alliance
Spotlight 4: Gas South DistrictÂ
Stan Hall, President & CEO, Gas South District
10:30 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Panel 2: What Happens to the Office Park? Rethinking Space for a Changing Market
Michael Starling, Director of Economic Development, City of Dunwoody
Bruce Fernald, Founder and Principal, BD Urban, LLC
Kathi Cook, Director of Community Development, City of Alpharetta
11:10 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Awards Ceremony
11:35 AMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lunch is Served
12:00 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Panel 3: The Power to Transform: What Moves Metro Atlanta Redevelopment Forward
Mike Green, Portman Holdings
Kathi Cook, City of Alpharetta
Chuck Warbington, City of Lawrenceville
12:50 PMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Closing Remarks
Nicole Love Hendrickson, Chairwoman, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners
