January 17, 2019, Thursday - East Town Business Partnership Business Forum

January | Car Lanes, Bus Lanes, Bike Lanes—Oh My!

The next East Town Business Partnership Business Forum is scheduled for Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Padilla - 1101 West River Parkway, Suite #400.  The title of this month’s forum is “Car Lanes, Bus Lanes, Bikes - OH MY!”  Registration, lunch and networking starts at 11:30 a.m. with the program starting at Noon.

This forum will feature a panel of transportation design experts talking frankly about downtown street design, emerging trends in multi-modalism and potential disruptive technologies such as autonomous vehicles.

Please RSVP via Eventbrite by no later than 4 p.m., on Monday, January 14, 2019.  If you are Platinum member or if you purchased lunch coupons with your membership, please contact ETBP Executive Coordinator Christie for the coupon code.

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Future ETBP 2019 Business Forums:

February | Ways the Social Determinants of Health are Transforming Institutions

The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.” In this forum East Town and Hennepin Healthcare’s Upstream Health Innovation Team will discuss cutting edge research, measurements, and health care programs that are changing the very nature of health care itself.

March | The Economic Opportunities of Engaging Homelessness
Downtown Minneapolis is home to nationally recognized thinkers and organizations that work to end homelessness. This joint forum with the mpls downtown council will feature People Serving People CEO Daniel Gumnit moderating a panel focusing on where economic innovations meet human need.

April (Annual Meeting) | Advancing Arts and Entertainment in East Town
East Town is known for the Guthrie Theater, MacPhail Center for Music, and the US Bank Stadium. Are you also familiar with Gamut Gallery, Good Arts Collective, Armory Event Center, and neighborhood art venues? This season’s Annual Meeting will feature our growing arts and entertainment scene!

May | Crime and Safety, Sentencing and Restorative Justice
This forum will feature a candid panel conversation about the intersection of downtown crime, modern policing, sentencing, incarceration, and restorative justice.

June | Toward an Inclusive Downtown
This joint forum with the mpls downtown council will unveil the results from the yearlong “Inclusive Downtown Think Tank” co-sponsored with the YMCA that set out to cast a bold new vision for an increasingly welcoming downtown.