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Jaeckle Fleischmann To Host Western New York Economic & Land Development Forum

Release Date: September 25, 2007

BUFFALO, NEW YORK — Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP will host two Economic and Land Development Forums on Friday, October 19, 2007 in Buffalo and Friday, October 26, 2007 in Rochester.  The half-day forums are designed to bring together developers, real estate, municipal and economic development professionals to discuss incentive programs, recent trends and issues related to the state of development in Western New York.   Projects completed in the Western New York area will be used as case studies, providing the back drop for discussions.
           
The forums will kick-off  with opening breakfast presentations by Matthew Enstice, Executive Director of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and Thomas Wilmot, Chairman of Wilmorite on the RIT Collegetown project in Buffalo and Rochester respectively.  Concurrent panel discussions will follow with topics and panelists as detailed on page 2.  Both forums will run from 8:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.  For more information or to register visit www.jaeckle.com.
           
Jaeckle Fleischmann's Economic and Land Development practice group is comprised of attorneys with extensive experience pertaining to real estate, environmental, tax, and labor laws that assist businesses and developers in obtaining funding, approvals and economic development agreements for future and ongoing projects.  The group also counsels businesses in securing the maximum tax benefits available through a variety of programs at the local, state and federal levels. Jaeckle Fleischmann is a full-service business law firm with more than 80 legal professionals practicing from offices in Buffalo, Rochester and Amherst, NY and Phoenix, Arizona. The Firm's clients include Fortune 500 companies, publicly and privately held businesses, financial institutions, governmental entities, universities, traditional and high tech start ups, as well as individual business owners.   For more information, visit our website at www.jaeckle.com.
 
Session 1A: The BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York Project - A NYS Brownfield Program Case Study.
Dennis Gorski
Senior Vice President, Business Development
BlueCross BlueShield of WNY
Richard Tobe
Commissioner of Economic Development  
City of Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning
Christina Akers
Sr. Special Assistant, Economic Development
City of Buffalo
Martin Doster
Regional Waste Remediation Engineer
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
John Black
Executive Vice President
WSP Engineering 
 
Session 1B:Wind Power - Preparing for the Future  
Mark Colmerauer
Principal & Senior Geologist
American Consulting Professionals
Keith Pitman
CEO
EmpireState Wind
Terry Harwish
Vice President Operations
Independent Power Company
Session 2A: Development Projects-Anticipating SEQRA Challenges
William Tuyn
Engineer
Greenman Peterson Engineering & Surveying LLP
Christopher Dirr
Vice President
Savarino Development
Timothy Vaeth
Development Project Manager
Ciminelli Development
Donald Riley
Vice President
Mark IV
 
Session 2B: Structuring Tax Credit Deals
Michael Anthony
Vice President
M&T Bank Commercial Real Estate Financing
Stephen Karnath
Acquisitions Manager & Underwriter
National Equity Fund
Steve Ald
Counsel
Southern Tier Environment for Living
 
           
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