We can’t see you in person, but we’ve set up an exciting lineup of national speakers, local and national developers to join us and virtually showcase all of the amazing things happening in Garner! Join us for 4 sessions over 4 weeks as we explore why Garner is the next Boomtown!
A panel featuring new ideas in the region as we solidify our place as a hub for innovation. Featuring WakeTech eSports initiative, Life Science Job Training Initiatives.
1Learn about the upcoming bond initiative and what it means for our community and a panel discussion to unveil a new Economic Development initiative!
2Why Creative Spaces and Storytelling are Move Important Than Ever Before. Learn about The HUB at the Garner Chamber, Gearworks Reinvention & Launch Garner. Hear from Susan Scott, Chief Growth Officer at UNC TV/PBS.
3Why Garner, Why Now? Private Sector Panel: Barry Eagle (Tru Hotel Garner), Jay Priester (Costco Developer), Gregg Sandreuter (HM Partners)
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I believe in the power of intimate and intentional conversations and words to inspire connection, personal, and collective growth and well-being. I offer organizations and communities the opportunity to gain new perspectives and leadership skills by providing a series of services designed to inspire groups to flourish. I happen to also be a global citizen using my finely honed and hard-earned, executive skills and experiences in my current leadership role in a digital media publishing environment (PBS NC). My team fundraises on multiple platforms and in a variety of ways. I lean on my experience and entrepreneurial leadership stints at a combination of top-tier brands and media, consumer and entertainment startups to inform what I do.
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HM Partners is a privately held commercial real estate investment and development company. The firm’s strategic focus is on high quality properties in the Raleigh/Durham North Carolina marketplace. For its own account and in strategic partnership with others, the firm acquires and develops infill office, multi-family, and street level retail space on strategic suburban and urban sites. Complicated urban mixed use projects are one of the firm’s specialties. The firm uses its own capital alongside debt and equity capital from high net worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors and lenders to fund its projects. By bringing a values-based course of dealing to visionary market-based projects with exceptional execution, our projects create sustained value for our stakeholders who include investors, lenders, businesses, residents, team members, neighbors, citizens, communities, and cities. As a part of that endeavor, Stephen has taken over three decades of setbacks, failures, breakdowns, losses, successes, and comebacks and transparently uses them to provide simple-yet-effective step-by-step lessons to help anyone reclaim their hope and go from stuck to unstoppable.
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An alumnus of UNC-Chapel Hill, McKoy is a sought-after national speaker and thought leader in the areas of community and economic development, social innovation and entrepreneurship, energy finance and the green economy, sustainability, and sustainable business development. He was invited by President Obama to the White House to discuss how sustainable enterprise and impact investing fits with the new economy. He has served as a mentor at CUBE, the social innovation incubator at the UNC Campus Y.
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Barry Eagle, President/CEO, put a plan in place in 2006 to create an innovative hands-on management company with vision and a commitment to excellence in all facets of hotel operations and sales. Crown Hotel and Travel Management, LLC opened in 2008 with one goal in mind – to deliver financial results for hotel investors and give on-site assistance rarely seen from other management companies. His hospitality career spans over twenty years, working with brands such as Hilton, Marriott, IHG, Sheraton, Choice, Best Western and several independent hotels. His professionalism and integrity are well known in the industry, along with his leadership. For much of his career, he led the sales and marketing initiatives for distressed hotels where he gained the reputation for turning around a property’s financial performance.
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Vinny Smith grew up playing video games. It was his love for playing video games that turned his interest to learn how to design and program games. From this beginning, Vinny went on to earn a B.S. in Computer Science from the U.S. Naval Academy. While attending the Naval Academy, Vinny was a three sports athlete competing in football, track & field, and boxing. Vinny has a passion for youth growth & development through avenues like productive video gaming.
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Jay Priester is President of Cambridge Properties, Inc. a private commercial real estate development company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cambridge is primarily focused on retail ground up development including grocery anchored shopping centers, single tenant build-to-suits and residential land development. Most of Cambridge’s work is in North Carolina and primarily in the Charlotte and Raleigh metro markets. As President of Cambridge he oversees daily operations and manages all aspects of development from sourcing new developments sites, anchor tenant leasing, underwriting, entitlements, design, financing, and construction. Priester began his career with Cambridge immediately after graduating from North Carolina State University in 2005, and quickly grew in rank through the company holding multiple positions over the last 16 years. Most recent notable developments include a new Publix anchored shopping center in Denver, North Carolina, a Costco anchored development in Garner, North Carolina, and the University City Entertainment District anchored by Top Golf.
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Brian Anweiler was named Wake Technical Community College’s second Athletic Director in September 2019. Prior to Wake Tech, Anweiler was at Northern Virginia Community College, in the greater Washington, DC area, as the College-wide Student Life Director. He was at NOVA from January 2009 to August 2019 after spending 17 years at Tallahassee Community College (TCC). He also served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University in the School or Recreation, Health, and Tourism teaching several courses including Economics & Finance in the Sport Industry, Sport Governance, and Managing Intercollegiate Athletics from 2012-19. Anweiler is a 1994 graduate of TCC. He earned his bachelor’s degree in media communication from Florida State University in 1997 and earned his master’s degree in Physical Education (Sport Administration) in 2000 from FSU.
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ACCENTUATE STAFFING
BPG MANAGEMENT COMPANY-NC, LLC
DOMINION ENERGY
PACIFIC WESTERN BANK
PARTNERS COMMERCIAL REALTY, LLC
ECONOMY EXTERMINATORS
WILLIAM PORTER LIFE
VR BUSINESS BROKERS
Schedule 2021
11:30am – Conference Registration & Vendor Expo
12:00pm – Lunch featuring Logan’s Roadhouse
12:30pm – Welcome & Presentation “Something Big is Coming”, Matthew Coppedge-Garner Chamber CEO
Innovation Nation: How the Triangle is Leading the Way in Innovative Ideas & Creativity
Brian Anweiler, Athletic Director, WakeTech – How Video Gaming is Becoming a Huge Industry
Henry McKoy, Director of Entrepreneurship, NCCU – Developing Talent for Life Sciences Jobs
Break – Sponsored by John D. Adams, CPA
Bond Discussion – Town of Garner
Creating Ecosystems for Entrepreneurship: Why Creative Spaces & Storytelling are More Important than Ever Before
Susan Scott, Chief Growth Officer, UNC TV/PBS and Storytelling Expert
Break
The Triangle’s Next Boomtown: Why Garner, Why Now?
Jay Priester, Cambridge Properties, Costco-Garner & Rand Village Developer
Gregg Sandreuter – HM Partners, Beacon Commerce Park Developer
Barry Eagle – Crown Hotel Group, TRU Hotel – Garner Developer
Coming Soon: An Exclusive First Look at Projects in the Pipeline – Economic Development Announcements & Panel
Closing Remarks
4:30pm – Reception – Sponsored by All Star Trash, featuring Logan’s Roadhouse