Leading resort developers, professors and law professionals will converge in Avon July 27-29 to discuss the latest trends in sustainable resort development during the Sustainable Resort Development Conference, hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business and business community representatives.
Leeds executive development programs and the CU Real Estate Center have teamed up with leading resort developers to present the conference at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek resort in Avon. A fee will be charged to attend the conference.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to compare notes -- to talk to others in the development and legal industry and share our successes in sustainability," said Jeff Temple, president of Storm Mountain Ranch Development and president of Maytag Mountain Ranch Development.
"Our developments are huge -- thousands of acres on some of the most wonderful land in Colorado," said Temple. "The plan for sustainability for our projects is crucial."
As more people have flocked to Colorado's mountains to find second homes or to vacation, numerous issues have surfaced in their wake.
Conference participants will address some of the issues, including sustainable resort development, solutions to public and private conflicts, insights into the market for residential properties in resort communities, the impact of growth controls on resort markets, the impact of second homes on resort communities, the possibility of a real estate price bubble and other issues.
Attendees will hear about past, present and future resort developments, in addition to attending panel sessions, formal presentations and discussions. The conference also includes a tour of Storm Mountain Ranch in Steamboat Springs, a working ranch that features 14 home sites and hundreds of acres dedicated to the preservation of wildlife.
"Working with the Leeds School has been wonderful," said Temple. "They understand and support the importance of the mission of sustainability and have provided a venue to get the message out."
"This is a unique opportunity to talk one-on-one with leading resort developers," said Byron Koste, director of the Leeds School's Real Estate Center. "Among other things, participants will get a first-hand tour of one of the more unique resort projects and they will get to see what's on the drawing board for a number of the foremost resort developers."
Speakers and panelists will include Temple; Stan Zemler, Vail town manager; Gerry Engle, the Atira Group; Rod Slifer, Vail mayor and principal in Slifer, Smith and Frampton Real Estate; Beth Slifer, president of Slifer Designs; and Harry Frampton, East West Partners and chairman of the Urban Land Institute.
Other speakers include Glenn Porzak, partner with Porzak, Browning & Bushong; Andrew Spielman, senior associate with Hogan & Hartson, LLP; Jeff Parsons, board of directors, Colorado Wild!; Nestor Davidson, associate professor, CU School of Law; Geraldine Link, director of public policy, National Ski Areas Association; Doug Robotham, Colorado state director, Trust for Public Land; Dan Richardson, global warming project manager, city of Aspen; Christopher Cunningham, research economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Tom Thibodeau, global real estate capital markets chair, CU Leeds School Real Estate Center; Linda Venturoni, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments; and CU-Boulder's Koste.
For more information on the Sustainable Resort Development Conference call (303) 735-0541, or to register visit .