Foster Area Business Association

APNBA Conference

May 16, 1999

"?‘Culturing?’ Your Business Dis-trict" Turning Pebbles into Pearls?” is the theme of the APNBA busi-ness conference Friday, October 1, 1999, at the Portland Conference Center.. Come learn how other business districts achieve their successes and what resources are available to help you.
D. W. Owens, Chair of ROSE and past president of FABA joins Kathleen Lansing, current FABA president and Nancy Chapin, ex-ecutive secretary of FABA and 82nd Avenue as panel members.
D. W. speaks on Creating Com-munity, Kathleen on Growing As-sociations, and Nancy on Your Best Foot Forward - Marketing Strategies.
Other panelists are architects, city planners, non-profits, management consultants, business owners, city planners, and developers.
Featured speakers are Robert Gibbs, a specialist in retail plan-ning, and John Fregonese, a spe-cialist in comprehensive and land use planning.
Register before September 15 for the Early Bird fees. For more in-formation, contact The Support Group, 774-2832.
Sponsors are Fred Meyer and Safeway NW Central Credit Union. Supporters are Pa-cific Power. the Oregonian, Portland Conference Center, Courtyard by Marriott, and The Print Shop