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Overview: This webinar will focus on the various details involved when writing a request for proposal (RFP), focusing on what questions district leaders should being asking when considering entering a contract with a third party and when to consider initiating a formal procurement process. Hear from panelists about how to set up standard operation procedures (SOPs) for contracting and procurement along with sample timelines and RFPs.
December 4, 2020 | 11:15am ET (8:15am PT)
Domain: Organizational Management
Pricing: IDA Members: Free | Nonmembers: $40
Advancing Places is an online series aimed at empowering IDA members with the solutions needed to address the most critical urban issues of the day. This session will include a moderated Q&A and will be recorded for member and nonmember use in the future.
Speakers:
- Casey Burack, Esq., General Counsel & VP of Government Affairs, Downtown Austin Alliance (Austin, TX)
- Vincent Martinez, AICP, Senior Manager of Downtown Operations, Downtown Denver Partnership (Denver, CO)
Moderator:
- David Downey, President & CEO, International Downtown Association
Speakers
Vincent Martinez, AICP
Senior Manager of Downtown Operations, Downtown Denver Partnership (Denver, CO)
The Downtown Denver Partnership’s Senior Manager of Downtown Operations, Vincent Martinez, has a background in urban place management that spans both Colorado and Texas. Vince led Urban Main Street programs in Houston’s Market Square and San Antonio’s Southtown. He also served on the boards of the Texas Downtown Association and San Antonio’s Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone. Moving to Denver in 2006, Vince has had the opportunity to work with a number of communities throughout Colorado and has been an active participant with the International Downtown Association’s Top Issues Councils and Summit planning committees. In his current role, he oversees a budget of just over $5 million dedicated to clean and safe services along Denver’s 16th Street Mall and throughout Downtown Denver. Vince is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, earned his Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado Denver and has a BA in History from Texas State University.
Casey Burack, Esq.
General Counsel & VP of Government Affairs, Downtown Austin Alliance (Austin, TX)
Casey works on urban mobility issues and projects for the Downtown Alliance. She also serves as in-house counsel on a variety of matters, and advocates on behalf of the Downtown Alliance at the state and federal levels of government.
Casey serves as the primary staff lead for the organization’s Urban Mobility Committee. She also currently serves on the Board of Bike Share Austin, as co-chair of ULI Austin's Transportation Strategic Council, and as a member ULI Austin’s Advisory Board.
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