Palo Alto, CA -- The City of Palo Alto and the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce will host their first Economic Forum of 2003 on Wednesday, March 12 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. at the Palo Alto Civic Center. The forum will focus on the state of the retail market from both a local and regional perspective. Shanti Breznau, an Associate Planner from local economic and retail consultant firm Strategic Economics, will moderate a panel of experts on this topic. Panelists include David Longbine, Director of Stanford Shopping Center, local developer Warren Thoits, President of Thoits Bros., Inc., and Todd Oliver, a partner at Terranomics, the retail division of BT Commercial. Panelists will participate in a facilitated discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing this sector in Palo Alto and Silicon Valley. An informal question and answer session will follow the panel discussion.

This forum is part of a continuing series sponsored by the City of Palo Alto Economic Development Division of the City Manager's Office and the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. Past forums have included conversations with experts from commercial real estate and development firms, local venture capital firms, the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and the Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy.

 

Palo Alto's Quarterly Economic Forum Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Palo Alto Civic Center 1st Floor Council Chambers 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto

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