Saturday, May 1, 2010
 2:00-6:00 p.m. Conference Registration Open

Sunday, May 2, 2010
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Conference Registration Open
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.  Educational Tour: Capitol Hill Urban Main Street Tour*
Educational Tour: Great Small Towns on the Edge of the Great Plains*
8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.  Main Street 101 - Open to the Public
9:00 a.m.-Noon  Educational Tour: People, Places, and Progress: Oklahoma City Overview Tour* 
1:00-5:00 p.m.  Educational Tour: People, Places, and Progress: Oklahoma City Overview Tour*  
4:00-5:00 p.m.  New Attendee Orientation
6:00-9:00 p.m.  Opening Reception

Monday, May 3, 2010
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.  Conference Registration Open
10:00 a.m.-Noon  Opening Session
1:00-5:00 p.m. Educational Tour: Downtown Shawnee Tour*
  Educational Tour: Art Deco Delights and the Underground*
  Educational Tour: Plaza District Urban Main Street Tour*
  Educational Tour: The Paseo Artists Colony Tour* 
  Educational Tour: Historic Stockyards City* 
1:00-7:00 p.m. Main Street Expo Open
2:00-3:15 p.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions
  The Second Oklahoma Land Run: Oklahoma City's Visionary MAPS Plan
  The 20 Ingredients of an Outstanding Destination
  Power of Youth on Main Street
  Event Lifecycles: The Power of Analysis
  Too Modern for Main Street? Deciding What to Keep - or Lose - from Your 1950-70s Era
  The Power of Numbers: Main Street Data and Economic Impact
  In-Store Visual Merchandising: Big Bang, Little Bucks
2:00-5:00 p.m. The Four Points in 3D 
3:15-3:45 p.m.  Refreshment Break in the Main Street Expo
3:45-5:00 p.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions 
  The Power of Destination Marketing  
  Don't Drive Away Your Auto Heritage!
  Nuts and Bolts of Downtown Circulation
  Beyond Farmers Markets: Main Street as a Local Food System Hub 
  The Intangible Power of Main Street 
  A Look at Use of Space and Visual Merchandising from a Multicultural Perspective 
  Defending Main Street Programs: Everyone Has a Role to Play
5:00-7:00 p.m.  Main Street Exhibitor Reception

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Conference Registration Open
8:00 a.m.-Noon  Educational Tour: The Second Oklahoma Land Run: The MAPS Plan that Saved Downtown*
  Educational Tour: Okla Modern: A Recent Past Tour*
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.  Main Street Expo Open
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.  Educational Tour: Rubbin' Buckles on the Chisholm Trail*
8:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m.  Educational Tour: Gateway to the Chickasaw National Recreation Area*
8:30-9:45 a.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions
  Form Based Codes Through Partnerships: Refreshing Real Estate Development 
  Power of Public Relations: A Conversation with Journalists and Bloggers 
  Best Board Practices: Twelve Touchstones of a Healthy Main Street 
  Tying In To Downtown Events: Ideas to Help Your Merchants 
  Building Your Entrepreneur's Success Rates 
  Main Street by Design: From Awful Space to Great Place 
  How to Sell Sponsorship in 2010 
8:30-11:30 a.m.  Leading Main Street: A Main Street Managers Round Table* (space is limited) 
9:45-10:15 a.m.  Refreshment Break in the Main Street Expo
10:15-11:30 a.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions
  Telling Your Story in the 21st Century 
  Small Business Marketing on a Dime 
  Get Your Festival Groove On 
  Lessons From Louisiana: Main Street's Role in New Orlean's Recovery
  Boosting the Power of Economic Restructuring 
  It's Easy Being Green: Tips and Techniques for Downtown
1:00-4:00 p.m.  Educational Tour: Design After Disaster: Oklahoma City National Memorial*
1:30-2:45 p.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions
  Surviving in the Original Lifestyle Center 
  From Taiwan to Oklahoma: Heritage Celebrations and Marketing that go Beyond the Basics 
  Downtown Hotel Development: Demonstrating Market Potential
  Branding Your Main Street and Downtown 
  Creative Funding Strategies and Techniques
  It's a Circus Out There: Better Work on Your Balancing Act! 
  Creating BIDs in Challenging Times 
  Strength in Numbers: Building an Effective "Buy Local" Campaign 
2:45-3:15 p.m.  Refreshment Break
3:15-4:30 p.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions
  Magic Walls and Other Ways to Rescue Deadly and Dreadful Meetings
  Expanding the Power of Main Street: Engaging Multicultural Entrepreneurs 
  Reviving Your Economy: The Value of Strategic Partnerships
  Rejuvenating Main Street Boards 
  Cool Tools for Main Street Economic Development 
  Program Manager Survival: LOL
  Designing Sustainable Communities 
  Doing More With Less: Remaining Effective Amidst Budget Cuts 
5:00-6:00 p.m.  Main Street Awards
6:30-9:30 p.m.  Main Street Bash*

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Educational Tour: Historic Cherokee National and Claremore Main Street*
8:00 a.m.-Noon Educational Tour: MidTown Urban Neighborhood Tour*
8:00-11:30 a.m.  Conference Registration Open
8:30-9:45 a.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions
  Re-Spark the Fire and Keep it Burning
  Creating an Urban Green Trail
  Engaging Multi-Generational Volunteers in Main Street Programs 
  Creative Marketing Tells Your Story: Meet Me In Port Townsend.com 
  Using "Click and Mortar" to Build Main Street Businesses 
  Win Some - Lose Some 
  Using Information to Achieve Project Funding Success 
  Power of Regionalism
9:45-10:15 a.m.  Refreshment Break
10:15-11:30 a.m.  Concurrent Educational Sessions
  Retail Recipes for Success
  Let's Paint the Town
  You Better Recognize! How to Acknowledge and Thank Volunteers 
  Working with People Who Don't Have to Follow Your Rules
  Powerful Public Partnerships: Connecting to Elected Officials 
  Arts Movement in Downtown Tyler 
  Using Podcasts to Attract a Global Audience 
  Writing and Responding to a Request for Proposal (RFP) 
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Closing Session

 *ticket required