{"id":3215,"date":"2014-04-10T15:21:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T19:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2014-04-10T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T19:21:56","slug":"international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/","title":{"rendered":"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Downtown Association (IDA) will be holding their Midwest Forum in Downtown Grand Rapids May 5-6, 2014.\u00a0 The conference has been designed to be distinctly different and memorable.\u00a0 Attendees won\u2019t be stuck inside convention and meeting spaces \u2013 they\u2019ll be moving between six progressive topical sessions held inside the offices and intuitions that are collectively working to build and rethink the Grand Rapids community.\u00a0 The focus will be issues and opportunities facing Downtowns that include talent attraction, innovative public engagement, growing support for local businesses, positioning arts and creative institutions to change the cultural landscape, transformative projects and techniques, and much more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>To explore these topics, a lineup of more than 20 speakers has been assembled, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wurman.com\/rsw\/\">Richard Saul Wurman<\/a> (<strong><em>Tuesday keynote<\/em><\/strong>) \u2013 Founder of the TED Conference, and so much more..<\/li>\n<li>Rick DeVos \u2013 3<sup>rd<\/sup> generation philanthropist and architect of the world-renowned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artprize.org\/\">ArtPrize<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/startgarden.com\/\">Start Garden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mike Berne \u2013 International <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consultmjb.com\/\">retail planning expert<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jeannette Pierce \u2013 Grassroots talent attraction guru at <a href=\"http:\/\/dhivedetroit.org\/\">D:hive<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chris Muller \u2013 Citizen advocate working to change the shape of the <a href=\"http:\/\/grandrapidswhitewater.org\/\">Grand River<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scott Page \u2013 Principal of the APA\u2019s recipient of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VMPHIWqq688&amp;feature=player_embedded\">2013 National Planning Award for an Emerging Planning and Design Firm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sarah Filley \u2013 Co-Founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popuphood.com\/\">PopUpHood<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lyz Crane \u2013 Deputy Director, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artplaceamerica.org\/\">ArtPlace America<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See all the detail and the full list of speakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ida-downtown.org\/eweb\/Dynamicpage.aspx?webcode=MidwestUDF2014Events\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ida-downtown.org\/eweb\/Dynamicpage.aspx?webcode=MidwestUDF2014\">Registration<\/a> is only $175\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Contact David Downey (ddowney@ida-downtown.org) or Debbie Young (dyoung@ida-downtown.org) of IDA.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nikki Brown is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development and land use issues.\u00a0 She can be reached at nbrown@mml.org or 517-908-0305.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Downtown Association (IDA) will be holding their Midwest Forum in Downtown Grand Rapids May 5-6, 2014.\u00a0 The conference has been designed to be distinctly different and memorable.\u00a0 Attendees won\u2019t be stuck inside convention and meeting spaces \u2013 they\u2019ll be moving between six progressive topical sessions held inside the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids - Inside 208<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids - Inside 208\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The International Downtown Association (IDA) will be holding their Midwest Forum in Downtown Grand Rapids May 5-6, 2014.\u00a0 The conference has been designed to be distinctly different and memorable.\u00a0 Attendees won\u2019t be stuck inside convention and meeting spaces \u2013 they\u2019ll be moving between six progressive topical sessions held inside the [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Inside 208\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MMLeague\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-10T19:21:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Inside-208-Site-Image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dene Westbrook\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MMLeague\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MMLeague\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dene Westbrook\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dene Westbrook\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/person\/15aed4510ea6fe39f324094edb06c88c\"},\"headline\":\"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-10T19:21:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/\",\"name\":\"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids - Inside 208\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-10T19:21:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/\",\"name\":\"Michigan Municipal League - Inside 208\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Michigan Municipal League\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/mml-logo-square-e1673462978850.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/mml-logo-square-e1673462978850.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":303,\"caption\":\"Michigan Municipal League\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MMLeague\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/MMLeague\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mmleague\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/person\/15aed4510ea6fe39f324094edb06c88c\",\"name\":\"Dene Westbrook\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4721eb8effd8cf177fa62c157e667f61896ad872ae6a223a223ce1b260d8b8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4721eb8effd8cf177fa62c157e667f61896ad872ae6a223a223ce1b260d8b8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dene Westbrook\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/mml.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/author\/mmldev1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids - Inside 208","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids - Inside 208","og_description":"The International Downtown Association (IDA) will be holding their Midwest Forum in Downtown Grand Rapids May 5-6, 2014.\u00a0 The conference has been designed to be distinctly different and memorable.\u00a0 Attendees won\u2019t be stuck inside convention and meeting spaces \u2013 they\u2019ll be moving between six progressive topical sessions held inside the [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/","og_site_name":"Inside 208","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MMLeague","article_published_time":"2014-04-10T19:21:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Inside-208-Site-Image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Dene Westbrook","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MMLeague","twitter_site":"@MMLeague","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dene Westbrook","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/"},"author":{"name":"Dene Westbrook","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/person\/15aed4510ea6fe39f324094edb06c88c"},"headline":"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids","datePublished":"2014-04-10T19:21:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/"},"wordCount":274,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/","url":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/","name":"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids - Inside 208","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-04-10T19:21:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/10\/international-downtown-association-ida-midwest-forum-to-be-held-in-downtown-grand-rapids\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"International Downtown Association (IDA) Midwest Forum to be held in Downtown Grand Rapids"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/","name":"Michigan Municipal League - Inside 208","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#organization","name":"Michigan Municipal League","url":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/mml-logo-square-e1673462978850.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/mml-logo-square-e1673462978850.jpg","width":600,"height":303,"caption":"Michigan Municipal League"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/MMLeague","https:\/\/x.com\/MMLeague","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mmleague\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/person\/15aed4510ea6fe39f324094edb06c88c","name":"Dene Westbrook","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4721eb8effd8cf177fa62c157e667f61896ad872ae6a223a223ce1b260d8b8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4721eb8effd8cf177fa62c157e667f61896ad872ae6a223a223ce1b260d8b8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dene Westbrook"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/mml.org"],"url":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/author\/mmldev1\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}