Thank you Winnipeg !
Thank you to Winnipeg for hosting the conference and for your friendly hospitality.
Conference presentations are available in Members Area.
For information, please contact secretariat@ccco-occ.ca
Downtown Transformation
2024 Annual Conference
Winnipeg Manitoba
September 22 - 25, 2024
September 22 - 25, 2024
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Optional Activities
2:00 pm - 4:00 pmRegistration Desk Open Upon Request
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmWelcome Reception
City Hall - sponsored by Mayor Scott Gillingham
6:00 pmFree Evening
Monday, September 23, 2024
RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg – MR 7
8:15 am - 8:45 amRegistration
- Continental breakfast
8:45 amWelcome and Greetings
- Welcome by Laurel Lea, CCCO President
- Greetings by Mayor Scott Gillingham, City of Winnipeg
9:00 am - 10:00 amPresentations
- Transformation of the Hudson Bay Building, Southern Chiefs Organization (SCO)
- Grand Chief Jerry Daniels
- Addition of True North Square and Plaza and transformation of Portage Place Shopping Centre
- Jim Ludlow (TBC speaker)
10:00 amBreak
Sponsored by Association of Manitoba Municipalities
10:15 am - 12:00 pmPresentation and Panel Discussion
- Centre Plan 2050 – Hazel Borys, Director PP&D
- Panel discussion – Hazel Borys, Grand Chief Gerry Daniels, Jim Ludlow, Kate Fenske, CEO Winnipeg Downtown Business Improvement Zone
- Moderator – Monique Goffinet Miller
12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLuncheon
Presentation by Proposed 2025 Annual Conference Host City Fredericton
- Mayor Kate Rogers
1:30 pm - 3:00 pmCapital Exchange Presentations
- City of St. John’s, Newfoundland: Councillor Sandy Hickman
- Downtown St. John's: Transforming Spaces and Shaping the Future
- City of Victoria, British Columbia: Councillor Marg Gardiner
- Victoria: Approach to the Official Community Plan
- City of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: Councillor Norman Beck
- Clean Water Initiative
3:00 pmBreak
Travel to Assiniboine Park
3:30 pm - 5:00 pmSite visit
- Assiniboine Park – Gateway to the Arctic
- Tour of The Leaf
Early EveningEarly Evening
- Delegates dine on their own.
Tuesday, September 24, 2023
RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg - MR7
8:15 am - 8:45 amContinental breakfast
8:45 amWelcome and Greetings
- Monique Goffinet Miller, CCCO Board Vice-President
- Greetings from our Break Sponsor
- Association of Manitoba Municipalities, Denys Volkov, Executive Director
9:00 am - 10:15amPresentations
- Re-opening Portage & Main – Kurtis Kowalke
- Downtown Housing Accelerator Fund – Alissa Rappaport, Manager, Housing Accelerator Fund
10:15 amBreak
10:30 am - 11:30 amPresentation and Panel Discussion
- Transit Master Plan – Bjorn Radstrom
- Panel discussion – all three above – (Moderator C of W ??)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLuncheon
- Luncheon at Lieutenant-Governor House
- Sponsored by the Lieutenant-Governor, The Honourable Anita Neville
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmSite Visits
- 1:30 – 3:00 Manitoba Legislature Tour
- 3:15 – 4:45 Tour the Bay Building with Southern Chiefs Organization
and Portage Place with True North - 4:45 – 5:45 Reception hosted by SCO and True North
6:00 pm - 9:00 pmGroup Tour and Dinner
Qaumajuq, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Hosted by the City of Winnipeg
Wednesday, September 25, 2023
RCB Convention Centre Winnipeg -MR 7
8:15 am - 8:45 amContinental breakfast
8:45 amWelcome and Greetings
City of Winnipeg – Councillor Cindy Gilroy
9:00 am - 10:15 amCapital Exchange Presentations
- National Capital Commission: Melanie Amyotte
- Celebrating 125 years and a Major Projects Overview
- City of Regina: Councillor Terina Nelson
- YQR Update
- City of Fredericton: Mayor Kate Rogers
- Officers Square Revitalization
10:15 am - 11:15 amBoard Meeting
11:30 am - 11:45 amConclusion
- Closing Remarks - CCCO BOD Chair, Laurel Lee
- City of Winnipeg “Au revoir” – Councillor Cindy Gilroy