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Summit on SPARC: A Thank You Note
On Monday and Tuesday, the City of Alexandria- along with GAEDA and Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix, and Hixson- hosted a one-of-its-kind conference that featured some of the nation’s and the state’s foremost authorities in crime prevention, urban redevelopment, and infrastructure investment. I had the privilege and honor of helping to plan and organize this event, so, please forgive me, but I think it’s only appropriate to publicly thank those people who made the whole thing possible. So, thank you to: 1. Mayor Joseph Riley and his staff, particularly his assistant Rita, for believing in what we are trying to do in…
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MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY and TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY
Next Monday, you should all drive to the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center in Downtown Alexandria around 1:25PM. Free parking. Free admission. And you’ll get to hear a series of incredible lectures and presentations from nearly two dozen of the nation’s and the state’s leading experts in urban redevelopment, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), and infrastructure investment. The keynote speaker on Day One is Mayor Joseph Riley, the long-time Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. Last year, the President gave Mayor Riley the National Medal of Arts. Riley’s revolutionized his hometown. Today, Charleston is one of America’s top travel destinations. A…
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Bobby Jindal: Road Scholar
When Bobby Jindal was campaigning for Louisiana Governor in 2007, Timmy Teepell, his Chief of Staff in Congress, liked to joke that he was a “road scholar.” It’s a clever play on words; his boss was a Rhodes Scholar, and Teepell never even enrolled in college. Once Jindal was elected Governor, Teepell, once again, was tapped for Chief of Staff, which is, arguably, one of the most important positions in the administration. He was a home-schooled kid with a talent for basketball who, at the age of 18, decided to skip college and jump into political activism, primarily for Christian…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
