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Lunch Meeting on October 20, 2016
Maggiano's Little Italy
10910 Domain Dr.
Austin, Texas 78758
512-501-7870

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Thursday, October 20, 2016, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Category: Meeting

AAFP Lunch Meeting
"Economic Development and Investment in Central Texas"

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Agenda:
11:30 - 11:45  Registration
11:45 - 12:15  Lunch served
12:10 - 1:00  Program

Program:  "Economic Development and Investment in Central Texas"
Opportunity Austin is a five-year, five-county development initiative aimed at fostering job-creating investment in Central Texas.  Launched in 2004, the original strategy aimed to create 72,000 regional jobs and increase regional payroll by $2.9 billion over five years.  To implement the strategy, the regional business community committed to invent $14.4 million.  The current five-year program, Opportunity Austin 3.0 sets out initiatives for priorities including boosting economic diversification to proactively strengthen the economy, deepening the talent pool through development and attraction and keeping the Greater Austin region attractive to entrepreneurs, business leaders and site selectors through expanded advocacy on issues such as a comprehensive regional transportation system and regional collaboration.


Speaker:  Charisse Bodisch
Senior Vice President, Economic Development
Austin Chamber of Commerce

RSVP: If attending, please register by Noon, Monday, October 17th

Special Meals:  If you have dietary restrictions, please email Linda Horton at [email protected] by Noon, Monday, October 17th

Registration fee:
Austin AFP members - Free
Non-members - $35.00 (payable in cash or by check at the door or by credit card on our website.

Please note:  If you register and don't attend the meeting, you may be billed $35.  To avoid being billed, please cancel in advance or ask someone from your organization to attend in your place.

Click here to register