MAY 30, 2019
THE INNOVATION + DESIGN BUILDING
BOSTON, MA
With storefront vacancies increasing in both number and duration, creative collaborations and solutions are necessary to bring these vital assets back into continuous productivity for property owners, small businesses, creatives and the local economies in which they reside.
On May 30, 2019, we brought together developers, city officials, small business owners, startups and Massachusetts creatives to discuss the latest in creative vacant storefront activations and debate sustainable, permanent solutions to our vacant storefront problems.
#ExileOnMainStMa
THANK YOU to our speakers, sponsors, volunteers & the 140+ of you who engaged w/ our panelists, asked tough questions & embraced w/ an open mind new & innovative storefront activation concepts at #ExileonMainStMa yesterday. Stay engaged and stay tuned!
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Huge thank you to @Isenbergproject and @berkie1 for putting together a great event #exileonmainstma today! Well done!
Great program today - that’s the back of my head soaking up some expert panel’s insights. #ExileonMainStMa Congrats to @Isenbergproject and @berkie1
We’re all here at #ExileonMainStMa ready to learn about what we can do with the vacant spaces in our communities. Hearing from landlords and community leaders because this type of work requires collaboration. #placemaking #retail #mainstreets
Enjoyed my time facilitating a convo on empty storefronts + how we can work collectively to create dynamic spaces & neighborhoods #ExileOnMainStMA w/ @NamEconDev @arlingtonmagov @traggorthco @DoBizInLowell
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“To #publicsector: think about how you can support those trying to start a space like #CornerSpotAshland or @MakeItSpfld. Property owners may not return a ‘rando’ call, but they’ll speak to you. You have a role to help create a platform for more #retail vibrancy” #ExileonMainStMA
"Our community hasn't had a chance to own itself." - Kai Grant of @BlackMarketDud #exileonmainstma
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@NicoleFichera: your sense of the ideal human reaction to attractive storefronts - "wow, what is that?!" - is so on point!
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#ExileOnMainStMA speaker @NicoleFichera of Hourglass Fashion brings a background of architecture and #economicdev to creative spaces: spaces that help artists and those in fashion do their work. The idea: a big beautiful colorful space you can’t ignore, a community, an ethos.
Speakers
Jonathan Greeley
Boston Planning & Development Agency
Kaidi Grant
Black Market
Dave Traggorth
Traggorth Properties
Sabrina Sandberg
Samuels & Associates
Ben Seidl
Neyborly
Nicole Fichera
Hourglass Boston
Che Anderson
City of Worcester
Beth Reynolds
Town of Ashland, MA
Mike Ross
Prince Lobel Tye LLP
Laura Masulis
Make-It Springfield
Ali Carter
Town of Arlington, MA
Andrew Shapiro
City of Lowell, MA
Frannie Shellman
Fourpost
Jen Faigel
Commonwealth Kitchen
Nam Pham
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
Sponsors
Meet The Organizers
EMILY ISENBERG
President + Founder, Isenberg Projects
Emily Isenberg is the Founder & Creative Principal of Boston based creative strategy and experiential marketing firm Isenberg Projects. Founded in 2011, Emily has built Isenberg Projects into one of the Northeast’s go-to firms for fresh and exciting pop-up activations according to the Boston Globe and, in the process, has become one of the most respected voices thinking outside of the box in Boston’s retail and real estate scenes.
Emily has been deemed the “Pop-up Queen,” by Boston Globe having worked with numerous real estate developers on short term activations in addition to international brands and local brands alike including: Kanye West, Tracksmith, Safety First, Aether Apparel, Island Creek Oysters and Burton snowboards for starters.
Emily holds a BA in Marketing and Communications from Lesley University, has served as a Fellow of the Startup Leadership Program, is a featured member of Forbes’ Boston Business Council, and is currently a contributor to Forbes Magazine. Additionally, in the Spring of 2018, Emily was highlighted by ABC networks’ Boston affiliate, WCVB, as a leading expert discussing the future of retail in Boston and beyond on the longstanding news magazine “Chronicle”.
JONATHAN BERK
Director, Patronicity + Founder, BuildingBOS
Jonathan Berk is the Director of Patronicity, a civic crowdfunding platform that supports community lead placemaking initiatives across the country and founder of BuildingBOS, a real estate development consultancy. Through his work at Patronicity, Jonathan supports the design, implementation and funding of numerous projects aimed at revitalizing vacant and underutilized spaces in main streets and commercial centers with creative public art installations, place branding activities and pop up retail activations.
Jonathan travels across North America speaking about his placemaking and main street revitalization work. He’s spoken most recently at Main Street America’s national conference in Pittsburgh, ULI Canada’s, Toronto Symposium, and NAIOP & NEWaukee’s Empty Storefront’s conference in Milwaukee.
Jonathan holds a JD from New England Law | Boston and a BA in Communications from Quinnipiac University and currently sits on the board of his local Main Street organizations as well as the local advisory board of Leading Cities, a global leader in Smart City solutions, city diplomacy and collaboration advancing sustainability and resilient city strategies and technologies.
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