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August 15, 2018
6:03pm
General Assembly & Economic Summit
2018 General Assembly and Economic Summit
On May 31, 2018, ICTC partnered with SCAG and IVEDC to provide the Economic Summit and General Assembly at the Old Eucalyptus School. To begin the Economic Summit, Mr. Michael Bracken, Chief Economist, Development Management Group, Inc., gave us an update on our Imperial Valley economy and a big picture view of our future economic opportunities. We also had two panels that discussed our International Trade and Infrastructure Opportunities.
We closed our Economic Summit with Mr. Iddo Benzeevi, President and CEO of Highland Fairview. Mr. Benzeevi gave us a view of future logistics opportunities here in Imperial Valley and the State of California. Following the Economic Summit we had two groups go on tours to the Calexico East Port of Entry and the Mesquite Intermodal facility.
For the General Assembly we had Congressman Juan Vargas, 51st District of California as our keynote speaker discussing our transportation opportunities for Imperial Valley at the national level.
2016 General Assembly and Economic Summit
To see the General Assembly and Economic Summit's Full Program Click Here.
Event's Pictures
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2015 General Assembly and Economic Summit:
The General Assembly was held on April 30th and the Economic Summit on May 1st. It was our first since ICTC’s inception in January 2010. We partnered with IVEDC and SCAG to carry out this event. The following presenters made the event dynamic and interesting: Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia, 56th District; Jim Madaffer, Commissioner, California Transportation Commission; Cheryl Viegas-Walker, Incoming SCAG President/El Centro City Council Member; Michael Bracken, Managing Partner and Chief Economist at Development Management Group, Inc.; Dan Massiello, Senior VP of Public Finance at Kosmont Companies; Christina Casgar, Goods Movement Policy Manager for San Diego Association of Governments; Bill Plourd, President and CEO of El Toro Export, LLC; Eusebio Arballo, Chairman of IVEDC and Public Affairs Specialist of San Diego Gas and Electric; Miguel Figueroa, Director of Imperial County Workforce Development; and, Bobby Brock, President and CEO of Imperial Valley Community Foundation. The event hosted 123 attendees. The link below has highlights of the event.
Highlights from Imperial Valley's 1st General Assembly and Economic Summit
Information on IVEDC's website
