BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230913T110000Z DTEND:20230914T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Chamber Inter-City Visit & Leadership Conference DESCRIPTION:A Chamber Road Trip to visit Richmond\, VA to learn best practice to deal with expected growth in Garner. Join other community leaders and stakeholders as we focus major topics to discuss and learn about\; all with the goal of growing Garner more effectively and efficiently.\n\n\n\nBus trip includes 1-night hotel stay at The Graduate Hotel - Richmond (individual room)\, all meals\, transportation and attendance at all tour events on location.\n\n \nTentative Schedule\n\nSeptember 13\, 2023\n\n7:00am-Delegation leaves from Garner Chamber\n\n11:00am-Arrive in RVA (Richmond\, VA)\, Check in to hotel\n\n11:45am-Take bus from hotel to Activation Capital\n\n12:00pm-Lunch by Mama J's\n\n12:45pm-Life Sciences Presentation by Activation Capital & Alliance for Building Better Medicine\n\n1:45m-Take bus from Activation Capital to Regency\n\n2:15pm-Economic Development - Shopping Malls Transformation (Panel & Tour) - Henrico County Economic Development\, Workforce Development & Chesterfield County Economic Development\n\n3:30pm-Take bus to Graduate Hotel\n\n4:00pm-Relax at hotel or take optional walk over to Lemaire at the Jefferson for Happy Hour\n\n5:30pm- Reception and Dinner in Scott's Addition at The Park RVA\n\nSpend evening out in RVA\n\n \n\nSeptember 14\, 2023\n\n7:15am-8:15am - Breakfast at Graduate Hotel\n\n8:15am- Take Bus to ChamberRVA\n\n8:45am- Regional Visioning/Megaregions Presentation\n\n10:00am-Walk through Virginia State Capitol grounds to Pulse Government Station - Ride Pulse to Science Museum Station\n\n11:00am-Self-guided Tour of Science Museum of VA\n\n12:00pm-Lunch at Science Museum\n\n1:00pm-Transportation/Bus Rapid Transit Presentation\n\n2:00pm-Take Pulse from Science Museum to Arts District Station\, walk to Graduate Hotel to pick up bags\n\n2:30pm-Depart Graduate Hotel\n\n3:00pm-Stop at Staples for Send-off\n\n6:30pm-Arrive back at Garner Chamber\n\nMain Topics\n\n\n Tour the Bus Rapid Transit System\n Learn about the regional impacts that Richmond as seen and how Garner can emulate these at an early stage\n Tour reimagined shopping malls/strip shopping centers for inspiration\n Learn about and tour Life Sciences developments and building a life sciences environment X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A Chamber Road Trip to visit Richmond\, VA to learn best practice to deal with expected growth in Garner. Join other community leaders and stakeholders as we focus major topics to discuss and learn about\; all with the goal of growing Garner more effectively and efficiently.
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\nBus trip includes 1-night hotel stay at The Graduate Hotel - Richmond (individual room)\, all meals\, transportation and attendance at all tour events on location.
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Tentative Schedule

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September 13\, 2023

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7:00am-Delegation leaves from Garner Chamber

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11:00am-Arrive in RVA (Richmond\, VA)\, Check in to hotel

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11:45am-Take bus from hotel to Activation Capital

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12:00pm-Lunch by Mama J&rsquo\;s

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12:45pm-Life Sciences Presentation by Activation Capital &\; Alliance for Building Better Medicine

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1:45m-Take bus from Activation Capital to Regency

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2:15pm-Economic Development - Shopping Malls Transformation (Panel &\; Tour) - Henrico County Economic Development\, Workforce Development &\; Chesterfield County Economic Development

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3:30pm-Take bus to Graduate Hotel

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4:00pm-Relax at hotel or take optional walk over to Lemaire at the Jefferson for Happy Hour

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5:30pm- Reception and Dinner in Scott'\;s Addition at The Park RVA

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Spend evening out in RVA

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September 14\, 2023

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7:15am-8:15am - Breakfast at Graduate Hotel

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8:15am- Take Bus to ChamberRVA

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8:45am- Regional Visioning/Megaregions Presentation

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10:00am-Walk through Virginia State Capitol grounds to Pulse Government Station - Ride Pulse to Science Museum Station

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11:00am-Self-guided Tour of Science Museum of VA

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12:00pm-Lunch at Science Museum

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1:00pm-Transportation/Bus Rapid Transit Presentation

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2:00pm-Take Pulse from Science Museum to Arts District Station\, walk to Graduate Hotel to pick up bags

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2:30pm-Depart Graduate Hotel

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3:00pm-Stop at Staples for Send-off

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6:30pm-Arrive back at Garner Chamber

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Main Topics

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  1. Tour the Bus Rapid Transit System
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  2. Learn about the regional impacts that Richmond as seen and how Garner can emulate these at an early stage
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  3. Tour reimagined shopping malls/strip shopping centers for inspiration
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  4. Learn about and tour Life Sciences developments and building a life sciences environment
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\n LOCATION:Richmond\, VA UID:e.443.25614 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260925T005526Z URL:https://business.garnerchamber.com/events/details/chamber-inter-city-visit-leadership-conference-25614 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR