Agenda:
9:00 - 9:25 am Sign-In and Network (Continental Breakfast provided)
9:25 - 9:30 am Welcome at Eastern Shore Community College
Curt Smith, Planning Director, Accomack-Northampton PDC
9:30 - 9:45 am Welcome at Virginia Institute of Marine Science (satellite connection to ESCC begins)
Tom Murray, Associate Director, Department of Advisory Services, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Laura McKay, Program Manager, Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program
9:45 - 10:05 am A Lifetime Working on and Managing Virginia's Working Waterfronts
Bill Pruitt, Retired, Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner
10:05 - 10:20 am National Working Waterfront Network and Website Video Tour of Tools and Case Studies
Tom Murray, Associate Director, Department of Advisory Services, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
10:20 - 11:10 am Law and Working Waterfronts
US Legal Rulings Impacting Working Waterfronts
Terra Bowling, Research Counsel, National Sea Grant Law Center
Virginia Legal Rulings Impacting Working Waterfronts
Mary-Carson Saunders Stiff, Coastal Policy Clinic, William and Mary Law Center
Including Bavuso, Garrett and Jennings Ruling and VA Supreme Court rulings
Panel Questions
11:10 - 11:25 am Break
11:25 am - 12:30 pm Economic Importance of Working Waterfronts
Coastal and Ocean Snap Shots of Your County (Incomes, Jobs, Taxes)
Danielle Molnar, Coastal Service Center, NOAA
Jeff Adkins, Economist, National Ocean Service, NOAA
Understanding How Zoning, Comprehensive Planning, and Ordinances Influence Your Business
Anne Ducey Ortiz, Director of Planning and Zoning, Gloucester County
Panel Questions
12:30 - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 - 2:10 pm Legacy Planning
Building a Business for the Next Generation
Ken Smith, President, Virginia Waterman's Association
Preparing for Business Transition
Alison Lennarz, Kaufman & Canoles
Will Holt, Attorney, Kaufman & Canoles
Panel Questions
2:10 - 3:00 pm Emerging Markets and Access to New Markets
Training Waterman to Lead Ecotours (Video and Discussion)
Paula Jasinski, President, Chesapeake Environmental Communications
Economic Development (CEDS), Local Planning and Workforce Readiness
Donald McCann, Representative, Virginia Marine Trade Association
Panel Questions
3:00 - 4:00 pm Developing Virginia's Plan for Working Waterfronts
Beth Polak, Coastal Planner, Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program
Tom Murray, Associate Director, Department of Advisory Services, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Tanya Denckla Cobb, Associate Director, Institute for Environmental Negotiation, University of Virginia
4:00 pm Adjourn