Location
STEW218AB
Session Number
22
Session Title
Collaboration, Planning, and Perseverance: Keys to Community Development
Track Title
Local Agency
Event Description/Abstract
From revitalizing a fading downtown with a fully renovated courthouse plaza and streetscapes to adding new senior housing and moving a historic railroad depot to transform it into a community center, the City of Bedford, Indiana, wasn’t afraid to dream big with its Stellar Grant. This roundtable discussion will reveal what happens when over 40 local and state partners come together to create a vision and the lessons learned in successfully delivering 14 projects in 5 years despite setbacks.
Collaboration, Planning and Perseverance: Keys to Community Development
STEW218AB
From revitalizing a fading downtown with a fully renovated courthouse plaza and streetscapes to adding new senior housing and moving a historic railroad depot to transform it into a community center, the City of Bedford, Indiana, wasn’t afraid to dream big with its Stellar Grant. This roundtable discussion will reveal what happens when over 40 local and state partners come together to create a vision and the lessons learned in successfully delivering 14 projects in 5 years despite setbacks.
