ACBR | Economic Development from a CRE Lens
Thursday, February 26, 2026 |
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST |
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
About Event
ACBR in partnership with the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, invites you to join us for our Economic Development from a CRE Lens event on Thursday, February 26th from 12:30 pm- 4:30 pm.
Location: Peachtree Tower, 191 Peachtree St #3400, Atlanta, GA 30303
The Metro Atlanta economic development agencies add tremendous value to CRE brokers and help to build productive professional relationships that add collaboration to the deal-making process. This instructive, three-part course will examine the best practices within Atlanta-based agencies and learn the role of navigating incentives, details of site selection, business recruitment and job creation.
Timeline:
- 12:00 pm: Registration Opens
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Session 1: Keynote Speaker: Gregg Simon, SVP of Project & Partner Development, Metro Atlanta Chamber
- 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm- Session 2: Economic Development Partner Panel
- Moderator: Kristi Brigman, Chief Economic Development Officer, Metro Atlanta Chamber.
- Panelists:
- Charlie Moseley, Manager, Statewide Economic Director, Georgia Power Co.
- Dawn L. Arnold, Executive Vice President, & COO, Invest Atlanta
- Arthur Tripp, Jr., Vice President, Economic Development, Georgia Power Co
- Lonnie Smallwood, Business Recruitment Director, Select Georgia
- 2:45 pm - 2:55 pm: Break
- 2:55 pm - 3:45 pm: Session 3: Case Study: A Lens Into a recent, highly successful Economic Development Project
- Moderator: Adam Bruns, Editor in Chief, Site Selection Magazine
- 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm: Happy Hour for all attendees and facility tour
Location
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
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191 Peachtree St #3400, Atlanta, Georgia 30303