Thursday, April 24, 2003

May 9, 2003

Warwick Center, UNCW

8 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

• Continental Breakfast

Master of Ceremonies - Dewey Harris, Director of Community Services, City of Wilmington.

8:30 a.m.- 8:45 a.m.

• Welcome - Paul Hosier, Interim Provost, UNCW

“The Importance of Assessing the Quality of Life in Southeastern North Carolina: Some Comments”

State Representative Daniel McComas, New Hanover.

State Representative Thomas Wright (Invited) Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover.

Representative Bonner Stiller (Invited) Brunswick, New Hanover.

Mayor Harper Peterson, City of Wilmington

Commissioner Bill Caster, New Hanover County

8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

• The Quality of Life and Regional Cooperation in Southeastern North Carolina: Setting Priorities

Keynote Speaker: Representative Carolyn Justice, Pender, New Hanover County

9:15 a.m. - 10 a.m.

• 2003 Update on the Quality of Life in Southeastern North Carolina

Milan Dluhy, Professor and Chair, Political Science and Public Administration, UNCW

Lloyd Jones, Associate Professor and Director, Survey Research Center, UNCW

Tao Hong, Graduate Student in Public Administration, UNCW

10:15 a.m.- 11 a.m.

• Benchmarking and Selecting the Right Indicators for Measuring Success and Failure in the Region”

Moderator: Thomas Barth, Professor and Director of the MPA program, UNCW

Rhonda Bellamy, WAAV

Wayne Clark, Director of Development Services, City of Wilmington

Bo Connell, Director of Marketing, New Hanover Health Network

Woody Hall, Professor, Cameron School of Business (UNCW)

Dexter Hayes, Planning Director, New Hanover County

Laura Padgett, Wilmington City Council

Nelson Reid, Professor and Chair, Social Work Department, UNCW

Steve Stone, Assistant County Manager, Brunswick County,

Laurie Taylor, Cape Fear United Way

11:00 a.m. - Noon.

“ What Can A Progress Board Do and What Can We Learn from other Communities?

Taped Interview: Kaye Lamb, Chair, Vision Asheville-Buncombe; James Mullen, Chancellor UNCA; and Pat Smith , Executive Director, Community Foundation of Western North Carolina

Reaction Panel:

Moderator: Chris May, Executive Director, Cape Fear Council of Governments

Tom Covington, Executive Director, North Carolina Progress Board

Darren Currie, Assistant County Manager, Columbus County

Daniel E. Dawson, W.K. Dickson and former member N.C. Progress Board

May Moore, Brunswick County Board of Commissioners

Janet Nelson, New Hanover Partnership for Children

Dwight Strickland, Chair, Pender County Board of Commissioners.

Katherine Moore, Wilmington City Council

Allen O’Neal, New Hanover County Manager



Noon - Lunch

“ Strengthening University/Community Partnerships”

Chancellor James Leutze (taped interview) and Dean Jo Ann Seiple, UNCW

1:30 p.m.- 2:45 p.m.

• Roundtable Discussion and Workshop. “Options for Setting Up a Progress Board in the Region

Convenor: Ric Kolenda, Emerging Issues Group

Sterling Cheatham, City Manager, Wilmington

Susan Dankel, WHQR

Donna Girardot, Executive Director, Cape Fear Home Builders Association

Susi Hamilton, Executive Director, DARE

Andy Hedrick, Interim Manager, Pender County

Connie Majure-Rhett, Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce

Buddy Milliken, Cape Fear Tomorrow

Amon McKenzie, Columbus County Board of Commissioners

Allen Parsons, Associate Editor, Wilmington Star-News

Jeremy Phillips, Director of Business Development, Wilmington Industrial Development

Nancy Pritchett, New Hanover County Board of Commissioners

William “Bill” Sue, Brunswick County Board of Commissioners

Andrea Surratt, City Manager, Wrightsville Beach



For Reservations RSVP, 910-962-3220 (Ruth Lawrence)



Sponsors

Corporate : Alltel, Bell South, Cavanaugh and Associates, PA, Progress Energy

Media Sponsors: WHQR and Wilmington Star-News

Other: The Department of Social Work, The Department of Political Science and the Master’s Program in Public Administration, Brunswick County, Cape Fear Council of Governments, Columbus County, City of Wilmington, Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, New Hanover County, Pender County