DAY 1 // Tuesday April, 18 Check-in is a little later this year, so we’ve lined up a casual, fun way to get your feet wet (or dry!) before the official ICV start. If you find yourself at the Renaissance Hotel early, hop onto either a 1920’s street-style car or one of Just Ducky Tours’ brightly painted vintage World War II amphibious trucks. 3:00 – 4:30 PM Optional Tour of Downtown Pittsburgh on one of Molly’s Historic Trolleys Experience Pittsburgh with a fully narrated historical tour of the city. The tour highlights Pittsburgh's magnificent array of architecture, rivers and historic landmarks. The tour includes a one-way ride on the historic Duquesne Incline, where a stunning view awaits you at the top of Mount Washington and, in addition, the tour also showcases interesting facts about the people, places and culture of the city. -OR- 3:30 – 4:30 PM Optional Land and Water Tour Hop onto one of Just Ducky Tours’ brightly painted vintage World War II amphibious trucks to experience an informative and fun tour of Pittsburgh. The Ducky tour team will keep you informed and entertained on both land and water with Pittsburgh facts, wild rumors and jokes. (Your first fun fact: The “ducks” are really DUKW’s. D stands for 1942, U is for utility, K designates front-wheel drive, and W identifies two rear-wheel driving axles, in case you thought Richmond was the only place with ridiculous acronyms!) 4:45 – 5:45 PM The Renaissance Hotel & Participant Check-in A significant part of a stellar ICV experience starts with our home away from home. The Renaissance Hotel meets us at the intersection of historic allure and urban cool – right in the heart of the city’s Cultural District, and a stone’s throw from the Allegheny River. We’ll be taking over more than half of the hotel’s 300 luxurious guest rooms. You’ll have plenty of room to stretch out in the hotel, anchored in the iconic Fulton Building, a 14-story architectural gem infused with a contemporary flair. Starting at 4:45 p.m., be sure to stop by the ChamberRVA table in the lobby to pick up your name tag and trip brochure, and spend some casual time with your RVA travel mates over light snacks and drinks. 5:45 PM Walk/Bus to Welcome Reception 6:00 – 8:30 PM Welcome Reception & Tours @ PNC Park

Sponsored by First Tennessee Bank Frank Coonelly, President, Pittsburgh Pirates

William Peduto, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh We’ll try to keep Parney calm during our first official stop – an evening at the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. PNC Park has been voted America’s Best Ball Park, one that salutes the design and function of early ballpark originals like Forbes Field, Wrigley Field and Fenway Park. Mayor William Peduto will welcome our delegation Pittsburgh, then team president, Frank Coonelly, will spend time with us talking about the power of baseball to build community. The reception overlooks the ballpark with amazing views of downtown Pittsburgh, and you’ll have a chance to tour the facility, eat some ballpark fare for dinner (think delicious sliders, wings, mac n’cheese, salads), play pool and get to know your fellow ICV participants.

DAY 2 // Wednesday April, 19 5:45 AM Exercise Options Get your workout on as early as you'd like – the hotel’s fitness center has cardio equipment and free weights, and is open 24 hours a day. If a morning run is more your thing, try the four-mile Pittsburgh Landmark run that takes you across all three rivers, PNC Park, Heinz Field and Fort Pitt. (Fitt.co/Pittsburgh has maps and more.) 6:30 – 8:00 AM Breakfast @ the Renaissance Hotel 8:00 – 8:30 AM Welcome to Pittsburgh

Sponsored by Richmond Region Tourism Richard Harshman Chairman, President and CEO, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) Chair, Allegheny Conference on Community Development

What happens when you bring together public and private sector leaders to improve both a region’s economic future and its quality of life? We’ll start our official time together with an overview from one of our key trip liaisons. Richard Harshman, chair of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. The conference has been driving civic leadership across 10 southwestern Pennsylvania counties for almost 75 years. A national model for regional consensus building, the Conference’s 300 member Regional Investors Council is an example of what happens when the best talent in a region comes together. A native Pittsburgher, Rich is chairman, president and CEO of Allegheny Technologies (ATI), which is one of the nation’s largest and oldest specialty metals companies, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, with manufacturing operations throughout the region. Before he became chair of the Allegheny Conference, he served as chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, a Conference affiliate. DESIRED OUTCOME: You’re going to want to understand Pittsburgh’s current projects and priorities, but also the ways in which organizations like the Conference have helped overcome challenges, build consensus and establish a regional vision for growth and success. 8:30 – 9:15 AM Agents of Change: Pittsburgh’s Transformational Journey

Sponsored by Capital One Moderator: Kym Grinnage, VP & General Manager, WWBT/NBC12 Tom Murphy, Former Mayor, City of Pittsburgh

How did the transformation happen? It starts, of course, with the raw materials – the architecture, infrastructure, organizations and people already anchored in the region. To understand the rest of the story, we’ll have our own Kym Grinnage (ChamberRVA vice chair and InterCity Visit chair) leverage his newsroom talents in a conversation with Tom Murphy, former mayor of Pittsburgh.

Tom’s a former Peace Corps volunteer and neighborhood activist who spent 12 years leading Pittsburgh through a “develop-or-bust” investment play that many say positioned the city for the past decade of growth. From riverfront trails to residential development, from new downtown supermarkets to sports parks, Tom changed the conversation on growth in Pittsburgh. It wasn’t all glory, and Pittsburgh continues to work through some missteps, but it’s all part of the job as Tom Murphy sees it – “That’s what a mayor needs to do, imagine what we could be.” DESIRED OUTCOME: You're going to want to get a better sense of how strong, focused leadership can drive a vision for a city, as we set the stage for our upcoming two day exploration of Pittsburgh. You may also want to hear some lessons Tom’s gleaned in his current role as a senior fellow at the Urban Land Institute. 9:15 – 9:30 AM Walk to Buses 9:30 – 10:30 AM See for yourselves: A Bus Tour of Pittsburgh’s Third Renaissance

Tour Guides: Tom Murphy, Former Mayor, City of Pittsburgh Bill Flanagan, Allegheny Conference on Community Development Peg McCormick Barron, Public Affairs Consultant Pat Morosetti, Fourth River Development LLC

Last year, you told us you wanted to dive deeper, faster. That’s why we’ve asked former Mayor Tom Murphy to design an interactive bus tour focused on the transformation of Pittsburgh during its Third Renaissance. Tom will be joined by Bill Flanagan, Pat Morosetti and Peg McCormick Barron to paint a picture of a Pittsburgh poised for renewal – and the work required to spark a new era of growth in the city. Our introduction to Pittsburgh’s renaissance starts in the Hill District, the setting for this year’s Oscar-winning movie “Fences” and the focal point of playwright August Wilson’s writings. Much of the district was demolished in the urban renewal rush of the 1960s, and has been rebuilt in recent years. From the Hill District, we’ll head into Oakland – where the university, medical and museum worlds intersect, and employ almost 50,000 people. On the edge of Oakland, we’ll explore East Liberty, another victim of 1960’s urban renewal efforts and a current turnaround community in the heart of Pittsburgh. East Liberty has Home Depot, Whole Foods, renewed residential areas and a little company called Google. During this tour, it’s important to recognize the critical role of the financial and business services industry to Pittsburgh’s continued success. While the city rightfully emphasizes the role education, medicine and technology have played in recent years, the reality is that financial services contributes significantly to both employment and Pittsburgh’s regional GDP. DESIRED OUTCOME: You’re going to love this tangible feel of downtown Pittsburgh during a workweek morning. Pay attention to the stories Tom, Bill, Pat and Peg share about the journey to 2017, and envision the continued transformation in all corners of the urban center. 10:30 – 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pittsburgh’s Fourth Renaissance: A Look into Pittsburgh’s Future

Sponsored by Troutman Sanders Bill Flanagan, Chief Corporate Relations Officer, Allegheny Conference on Community Development Morgan O'Brien, President & CEO, Peoples Natural Gas

Let’s get back to the future, as we regroup with the Allegheny Conference’s Bill Flanagan and Morgan O’Brien, President and CEO of Peoples Natural Gas. An experienced broadcast journalist, Bill is the Conference’s interface with the region’s corporate leaders and has been an active player in Pittsburgh’s resurgence. Morgan has worked diligently since 2010 to restore Peoples Natural Gas legacy and impact in western Pennsylvania – modernization, employment growth, and a true commitment to collaborating to improve the quality of life in the region are all hallmarks of Morgan’s tenure. Bill and Morgan both play dynamic roles in building a foundation for Pittsburgh’s Fourth Renaissance, which is all about people – and building the skilled workforce essential to sustaining the economy. Pittsburgh has had no choice but to become a national thought leader in building workforce. Pittsburgh is home to one of the oldest populations in the United States – and its population is barely growing. There are more than 20,000 open jobs in the region, with tens of thousands more to come. The 2016 Inflection Point report describes two possible futures, one in which the economy slows and loses traction or one in which “investment and leadership will cement Pittsburgh’s role as an innovation hub that attracts top talent and serves as an axis for ideas and solutions with global resonance.” The economic development game here has changed – from creating enough jobs to put everyone to work, to educating, training, retaining and attracting enough people to satisfy employer demand. Workforce development has become synonymous with economic development. Bill and Morgan will talk about the region’s ongoing economic transformation, the demands it’s placing on the workforce and educational systems, and about the next generation collaboration among business, government, educators and foundations that’s driving Pittsburgh’s Fourth Renaissance with a focus on connecting people to opportunity. DESIRED OUTCOME: You’ll be challenged by this discussion to think in new ways about our own local and regional initiatives around economic and workforce development. New initiatives like the Chamber’s FutureRVA are poised to ensure the Richmond Region is ready for the future of work – what can we learn from Pittsburgh’s early start in this area? 12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch @ the Renaissance Hotel After a busy morning, we’ve carved out time for you to catch up with fellow ICV participants over lunch. Our meals this year remain mostly program free to give you the flexibility to relax, connect and discuss what’s already percolating for you from the morning. 1:30 – 2:00 PM Travel to afternoon tracks 2:00 – 4:00 PM Day 2 Afternoon Tracks

Track 1: Innovation & Entrepreneurism Roboburgh – National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University As one of the few locations in the nation leading the way in the development of cutting-edge robotics technology, Pittsburgh is Roboburgh. The future of the steel-depressed city of 1979 blossomed from a seed planted at Carnegie Mellon University, which launched its robotics program that very year. There’s a reason why Uber is piloting its driverless cars in Pittsburgh, and why the region has become a technology hub. In an interesting R&D twist, Pittsburgh was the first city in the nation to enter into a MoU with a university. In Pittsburgh’s case, the agreement allows the city to utilize Carnegie Mellon as a research department, while the university essentially acquired 53 square miles of urban laboratory space. The National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) is part of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, one of the world’s largest academic robotics research centers. This is the place where theory and concepts collide to create functional, future-focused robotics systems. More than 180 employees are deployed on projects ranging from autonomous vehicles to space exploration, developing solutions for the aerospace, defense, agriculture and oil and gas industries. There’s much more to the Center, including its critical role in launching a robotics cluster in the region, which now includes 40 firms employing nearly 3,000 workers. Photos are not allowed, but we’re sure this glimpse into the future will leave a lasting impression. DESIRED OUTCOME: You’re going to want to think about ways our region can mirror the degree of focus and expertise you’ll experience in this nationally recognized engineering center. Track 2: Neighborhood Development The Strip District of Pittsburgh Meets Richmond’s Boulevard The City of Richmond recently worked with Pittsburgh’s Tripp Umbach, a nationally recognized consulting firm with a focus on economic impact, to reimagine the Boulevard. The firm’s offices are located in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, which has many similarities to Scott’s Addition. The team at Tripp Umbach is ready to give our ICV participants a street-level view of Pittsburgh as a way to reframe our thinking about urban living in the 21st century. We’ll start with a presentation at the impressive Energy Innovation Center, a 200,000 square foot LEED Platinum Certified building that overlooks the Strip District and a shining example of a next generation trade school. The Tripp Umbach team will draw some comparisons between the Strip District and Scott’s Addition, and share stories from Pittsburgh’s own adventures in urban redevelopment. A short bus ride to the Strip District will get us down to street level, as the ICV group explores the eclectic mix of adaptive re-use and new, mixed-use development. The plan is for plenty of open dialogue and back-and-forth between participants and the Tripp Umbach team. Located just east of downtown, the Strip District started out as an industrial hub and has evolved over more than a century into a diversely energetic landscape. The industrial bones still shine through, but the Strip District today is about food, art and culture. Retail and wholesale sit side-by-side with urban residences and museums. Trucks, cars, bikes and pedestrians push their way past renovated manufacturing plants and warehouses – including Uber’s Advanced Technology Center.

DESIRED OUTCOME: Keep your eyes peeled for those driverless cars! Seriously, once you see the dozens of thriving small businesses in this compact urban neighborhood, you're going to have questions. How can we take lessons from Tripp Umbach and Pittsburgh’s Strip District and apply them in our own backyard? Track 3: Outdoor Living We Bike/We Walk – Transforming Pittsburgh’s Streets and Communities If you want to know what an active city looks like, put on your Saucony Hurricane’s and prepare to experience Pittsburgh’s biking and walking infrastructure up close and personal. During this track, we’ll learn about the positive economic impacts that come with a bikeable and walkable downtown – and experience first-hand the feeling of riding on a protected urban bicycle infrastructure. Over the past two decades, Pittsburgh has led the pack – second only to Detroit – in the number of new bike commuters on its streets – a 361 percent increase over 14 years. To accommodate all of these avid cyclists, the city has installed a new bike-share system with 50 stations and 500 bikes. During its first year, the program was hitting 12,000 trips per month. Many of those trips happened on three protected bike lanes, including one on Penn Avenue that funnels riders from the Strip District to Downtown. It’s not all urban biking, though, as Pittsburgh is the western terminus of the Great Allegheny Passage + C&O Canal Trail (GAPCO) – which runs 335 miles from Georgetown in Washington, DC, and generates upwards of $50 million in tourism revenue annually. Your facilitator for this track will be Max Hepp-Buchanan, director of Bike Walk RVA for Sports Backers. Participants will be led by Pittsburgh City Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Kristin Saunders on a one-mile walk from the Renaissance Hotel, through Historic Market Square and the artsy Firstside Park to Golden Triangle Bicycle Rental. At Golden Triangle, we will be greeted by executive director of Bike PGH! Scott Bricker and outfitted with bikes and helmets. Ray, Scott, and Max will guide us on a slow and easy bike tour of some of Pittsburgh’s most bike-friendly streets, developments, and trails. DESIRED OUTCOME: Burn off calories from last night’s dinner, and experience the benefits – social, health, and economic – of riding and walking in Pittsburgh’s urban core. How do we extend Richmond’s network of trails and protected lanes, and leverage them for residents and tourists alike? Track 4: Workforce Development A Life Navigation Model from Manchester Bidwell If you were with us in Pittsburgh 15 years ago, you’ll remember touring Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and its amazing arts program serving public school students. Today, the Manchester Bidwell Corporation remains a tapestry of social enterprise and career development with adult career training and youth art programs, with a range of training programs from horticulture to medicine. Blending serious mentoring, skill-based training and a positive and creative energy, Manchester Bidwell has cultivated a learning community where a few core principles shape the experience of every learner: Environment shapes people’s lives. People are assets. Creativity fuels enterprise.

ICV participants will revisit the youth and arts program, but our attention will turn predominantly to the Bidwell Training Center (BTC) with its 7 majors including chemical laboratory technician, horticulture technology, pharmacy technician and culinary art. BTC programs are offered at no cost to students, including their books and equipment, and many of them include externships with local corporations. For Bidwell Training students, the skill development model creates real avenues out of poverty. It’s not just training. MCG Jazz is celebrating 30 years of their jazz school and subscription concert series, and MCG Youth & Arts provides arts programming to public school students with state-of-the-art technology as seen in the Tech Suite. Finally, the National Center for Arts and Technology takes the education model driving all of the MBC affiliates to other cities throughout the U.S. and the world (including Boston, Cleveland, San Francisco and Akko, Israel). The Manchester Bidwell Education Model has proven itself an effective strategy to improve real quality-of-life indicators for communities – academic achievement, high school graduation rates and employment. After an overview of the model and discussion with Manchester Bidwell leadership, we’ll tour the facility and see why Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and Vancouver are all in the process of incorporating Manchester Bidwell into their own communities. DESIRED OUTCOME: ChamberRVA members know that workforce development is absolutely critical for our own regional success. As we prepare our next generation for early stage careers, pay attention to lessons we can draw from Manchester Bidwell’s powerful success. Understanding the keys to technical programs that help students who are not headed to college transition into the workforce is essential for Richmond, and a focal point of the Chamber’s FutureRVA initiative. 4:00 PM Afternoon tracks conclude and buses depart from each track to hotel 4:30 – 5:45 PM Break 5:45 PM Walk/Bus to Rooftop Reception 6:00 – 8:30 PM Rooftop Reception in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District @ Sienna Mercato

Sponsored by Hirschler Fleischer You’ll be tired, your brain will be in overdrive, and we know from experience that you’ll want to unwind and connect some dots with your fellow participants as we end our first full day. Plan on kicking back and relaxing in the heart of the Cultural District at Sienna Mercato’s popular rooftop bar, Il Tetto. Our rooftop reception will include generous offerings of Sienna Mercato’s other dining options (Emporio’s meatballs and Mezzo’s Italian fare) to go along with their amazing drink offerings.

DAY 3 // Thursday April, 20 5:45 AM Exercise Options Get your workout on as early as you'd like – the hotel’s fitness center has cardio equipment and free weights, and is open 24 hours a day. If a morning run is more your thing, try the four-mile Pittsburgh Landmark run that takes you across all three rivers, PNC Park, Heinz Field and Fort Pitt. (Fitt.co/Pittsburgh has maps and more.) 6:30 – 8:00 AM Breakfast @ The Renaissance Hotel 8:00 – 9:00 AM Collaboration Gets the Credit: The Regional Success Story

Sponsored by Richmond International Airport Facilitator: Matt Smith, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Rich Fitzgerald, County Executive, Allegheny County Kevin Acklin, Chief of Staff & Chief Development Officer, Office of Mayor William

Peduto, City of Pittsburgh The city/county partnership between Pittsburgh and Allegheny County lies at the heart of much of Pittsburgh’s regional success. From education to fire and rescue, local officials plan and work together on issues that matter to every resident of the region. Our Chamber peer Matt Smith will sit down with Allegheny County Executive Fitzgerald and Kevin Acklin, Chief of Staff & Chief Development Officer for City of Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto, to talk about the day-to-day mechanisms of regional cooperation, as well as some of the collaborative vehicles to keep everyone on the same page – such as Pittsburgh Today, which is measuring indicators across a set of regional priorities. (Sound familiar, RVA?) Rich Fitzgerald has been county executive since 2012 on the heels of 11 years of representative service on the County Council. Stabilizing county finances, creating real infrastructure investment, and driving collaboration are among Fitzgerald’s achievements during his tenure. A mergers and acquisitions lawyer by trade, Chief of Staff Kevin Acklin reports directly to Mayor Peduto and manages the City’s Executive Team, and as Chief Development Officer he oversees all of the City’s development activities. Under his and the Mayor’s leadership the city has seen more than $2 billion of investment in the redevelopment of the East End, and championed new environmental and technological initiatives to move Pittsburgh forward. DESIRED OUTCOME: While Pittsburgh Today is a bit bigger than RVA’s regional collaborative – 32 counties across four states – it shares a focus on leveraging real data to drive priorities and decisions. Keep an ear open on how both jurisdictions keep the lines of communication open, and balance the daily tasks of governing with more ambitious regional collaboration.

9:00 – 10:00 AM Leading Boldly: Philanthropy’s Role in Reforming Pittsburgh

Sponsored by Bank of America Moderator: Victor Branch, Richmond Market President, Bank of America

Diana Bucco, President, The Buhl Foundation Maxwell King, President & CEO, The Pittsburgh Foundation Grant Oliphant, President, The Heinz Endowments

It’s time for the BIG conversation! In recent years, three of Richmond’s largest philanthropic foundations have welcomed new leadership – and together they are presenting sponsors of this year’s InterCity Visit. At a time when RVA is thinking hard about the role of philanthropy in effecting serious community-wide change, there’s no better time to invite our own Victor Branch to lead a discussion with three of Pittsburgh’s most courageous and transformative philanthropic leaders. Exploring how Pittsburgh’s major philanthropic organizations are thinking about the future – of philanthropy, of investment, of community impact – is sure to be of interest to our entire ICV contingent. Victor will dig deep into specific ways these foundations worked with and continue to collaborate with the business community and the public sector to identify and lead real change in the Pittsburgh region. In the 1980s, private foundations were the cornerstone to keeping Pittsburgh’s economy from collapsing, and drove the “re-engineering” of Pittsburgh’s identity at a time when major corporate funders vanished from the landscape. A similar effort during the last recession saw collaborations that bolstered the regional food bank, stabilized nonprofits and agencies threatened by government budget cuts, and established a temporary assistance fund. Today, the region’s philanthropic community is at the heart of a regional conversation about Pittsburgh’s future, and the sort of community Pittsburgh wants to be in the 21st century. At the Buhl Foundation, Diana Bucco has re-envisioned the foundation’s philanthropic strategy, and catalyzed its focus on community-driven neighborhood revitalization. President and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, Maxwell King has led two of the nation’s largest philanthropies, and edited the Philadelphia Inquirer during its heyday years of the early 1990’s. Grant Oliphant rejoined the Heinz Endowments in 2014 after six years at the helm of The Pittsburgh Foundation, and has led a major transformation at Heinz. DESIRED OUTCOME: Let’s make this easy: You should leave with a totally new perspective on the ways in which philanthropic support can partner with the private and public sectors to effect serious, lasting and sustainable change. Richmond has the right pieces – an impressive philanthropic community, a generous and forward-thinking business community and a strong public sector – and we’re already initiating the sorts of changes you’ll hear about this morning. 10:00 – 10:30 AM Walk to August Wilson Center We’ve been stretching your brain. Now you can stretch your legs. Take a short walk to the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, where we’ll learn more about Pittsburgh’s collaborations in arts and culture. The sleekly modern building, managed by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, houses multiple exhibition galleries, a 492-seat theater, and an education center for classes and lectures.

10:30 – 11:15 AM Changing the Face of Downtown through the Arts Sponsored by Altria Janis Burley Wilson, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Community Engagement, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

There’s no plainer way to say it – arts and culture have been absolutely critical in the reinvention of Pittsburgh as a thriving modern city. Over the past three decades, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has played a central role in the transformation of the downtown with one eye on preservation and the other on championing the arts. One of our favorite quotes about this transformation comes from an article in The Atlantic, where the Trust’s president, J. Kevin McMahon says, “There was this group of really creative people – a band of dreamers, led by Jack Heinz – who said, ‘We’re not going down for the count. We’re going to be transformative. Downtown is the core of our region, and we’re going to do something about it.’” Do something they did. We’re going to have Janis Burley Wilson, who has sat at the community engagement helm of the Trust since 2002, tell us about Pittsburgh‘s cultural journey. Her own passion is jazz, and she speaks around the country about the powerful voice of women in jazz, but Janis brings a diverse eye to her job. From JazzLive, which positioned the Trust as the city’s biggest supporter of jazz music, to revitalizing the August Wilson Center through inclusive art, music and theater programming, Janis and the Trust champion a diverse and creative Pittsburgh. DESIRED OUTCOME: Richmond has its arts and culture “bones” in place – from the ICA to the Arts District to Shockoe Bottom – we’re repositioning downtown for a cultural renaissance. Strengthening the opportunities for CultureWorks, the City of Richmond, VCU, Broad Street’s blossoming retail community, and others to collaborate for impact is a key step. Let’s explore how the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust brought a diverse community to the table to renew the heart of their own city. 11:15 – 12:00 PM Pittsburgh Cultural District Walking Tour You’ve heard it. Let’s walk it. The Cultural Trust has designed a walking tour so that we can see this transformative area of downtown up close and personal. From store fronts to architecture to bike stations, there are plenty of key notes in Pittsburgh’s urban landscape for our ICV team to “riff off of” and turn into our own art-infused vision of downtown. 12:00 PM Travel to lunch We’ve picked out three of Pittsburgh’s best eateries to satisfy your appetite…

12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch at the Smallman Galley or Pork & Beans or Meat & Potatoes This is when your choice of tracks determines your dining destiny. Good luck! If you’re on the Innovation and Entrepreneurism track, you’re heading to a fantastic restaurant incubator called the Smallman Gallery. Smallman is a launchpad for new restaurant concepts, and a showcase for four chefs to run a full-fledged business. With seating for 200 guests, Smallman has plenty of room for these chefs – and hungry visitors – to stretch their culinary wings. Currently on tap? Aubergine Bistro (Our pick: smoked kielbasa rice bowl), Carota Café (Our pick: horseradish gnocchi), Josephine’s Toast (Our pick: roasted mushroom toasted cheese sandwich) and Provision Pgh (Our pick: smothered Fries with English pea puree, lentils and goat cheese). The rest of you will head to Pork & Beans and Meat & Potatoes, two of the city’s newest hot spots. Here’s how the fans put it: “If only every barbecue joint had this much energy,” said Dan Gigler in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A few of our favorite selections include catfish sliders, deviled eggs of the day, and an insane (and rotating) selection of house-smoked meats. This menu will be served at both locations. At all three lunch destinations, the owners and chefs will talk to us about Pittsburgh’s food scene, and the impact they believe it has had on the city’s sense of place and community.

1:30 – 2:00 PM Travel to afternoon tracks 2:00 – 4:00 PM Day 3 Afternoon Tracks Track 1: Innovation & Entrepreneurism Ascender & AlphaLab Accelerators – Making Pittsburgh a Center for Startups and Tech Investors We got you excited on Day Two with the dynamic world of robots. Upgrading Pittsburgh’s 19th century manufacturing framework for the 21st century was a non-negotiable piece of work – and it’s paying dramatic dividends. But another element of Pittsburgh’s comeback has arrived with a critical mass of entrepreneurs gathered in the city’s East End. Creating a startup community that is energetic, innovative and sustainable takes more than raw talent. That’s why the folks at Ascender, Pittsburgh’s Start/Build Hub, are giving us an in-depth look at Pittsburgh’s attention to culture, placemaking, talent attraction and retention, creativity and people. This 360 degree tour of Pittsburgh’s start-up community will open your eyes to new ways the Richmond community can engage and reinvigorate our own entrepreneurial scene. We’ll start at Ascender itself. From coworking to incubating, Ascender truly lives up to its reputation as a “Start/Build Hub.” After a brief tour of the space, the Ascender team will spend some time with us talking about their particular approach to how the Start/Build model is essential to Pittsburgh’s continued success. We’ll then turn up the volume a bit with a deeper dive with the executive producer of the Thrival Innovation + Music Festival, an initiative of Ascender. Take a solid week of innovation-focused programming and cap it off with a two-day concert – that’s Thrival. This is not a knock-off version of Austin’s SXSW, but Pittsburgh’s full-throated shout out to post-industrial economic development.

We’ll take a walk down the street to AlphaLab and AlphaLab Gear. One of the best accelerators in the country, AlphaLab runs 6-8 startups through their 20 week program in their building – complete with individual offices for each startup, and plenty of collaborative space. We’ll spend time touring the space, and meeting with the two directors, Jim Jen and Ilana Diamond, to discuss the world of acceleration, and its value to Pittsburgh’s continued business growth. DESIRED OUTCOME: It takes investment, talent and attention to culture and environment to successfully light the fuse of a solid entrepreneurial ecosystem. We have a lot of the right pieces in place in Richmond, and your exposure to Pittsburgh’s startup scene should be a catalyst for more creative action to grow our local business talent – and attract new entrepreneurs to our community. Track 2: Neighborhood Development RVA East End Comparison: Larimer/East Liberty & Homewood This is a big one. How can communities partner with business and civic institutions in a meaningful way to bring about noticeable, sustainable and real differences in neighborhoods of need? That’s THE question we want to explore with Urban Design Associates (UDA) and key Pittsburgh community development organizations to learn more about the development of several East End neighborhoods and how a $30 million HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant accelerated that mindful transformation. UDA knows Richmond, and UDA knows Pittsburgh. The firm’s Richmond connection extends 30 years, beginning with the revitalization of the Randolph neighborhood in the mid-1980s. Rob Robinson, now UDA’s chairman, was an architect with RRHA and eventually joined UDA, establishing the Pittsburgh-Richmond link. UDA has remained engaged in planning work for the Northside and East End neighborhoods in Richmond. Recent plans for Chamberlayne/Virginia Union University, Church Hill North, Jackson Ward, Gilpin Court, Mosby and Highland Grove have kept them connected to our evolution. The Larimer/East Liberty Choice initiative builds on years of work in these neighborhoods to redevelop the community in a green, sustainable ethic – while paying careful attention to housing, people, and the integrity of neighborhoods. Megan O’Hara of UDA, Malik Bankston, executive director of the Kingsley Association, and Kendall Pelling of East Liberty Development Incorporated (ELDI), will introduce us to the history, the landscape, and the ambitions of the East End during the first part of our tour. Later in the afternoon, we’ll turn our attention to neighborhoods that are just beginning to see coordinated investment – the historically African American neighborhoods of Homewood. What were once diverse, economically healthy communities for decades, now struggle to overcome disruptive development decisions, perceptions of violent crime, high poverty rates and fragmented visions. Malik and Jerome Jackson of Operation Better Block will describe recent efforts to move Homewood towards sustainable community development. ELDI, Kingsley Association and Operation Better Block will bring a wealth of intimate knowledge about the development process, and UDA’s familiarity with both cities will allow them to draw very clear lines between the careful revitalization of Pittsburgh’s East End with our own efforts in Richmond’s East End and Northside.

DESIRED OUTCOMES: We think this segment will feel grounded and personal, especially to Richmond leaders who have a serious interest in community revitalization, housing affordability and workforce development. The Pittsburgh team will leave us with clear ideas that we can implement back home around establishing a consensus vision for a community, proactive approaches to emerging opportunities and the serious work of neighborhood level capacity building. Track 3: Outdoor Living Rustbelt to Riverbelt: Pittsburgh’s Riverfront Redevelopment We’re going to get a new perspective on how Pittsburgh has transformed its riverfronts. We’ll going to start at the Convention Center Boat Dock. (Yes, the Convention Center Boat Dock.) For two hours, we’ll explore Pittsburgh’s success from the water, as we tour the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers by boat. Our tour on the Gateway Clipper boat will be guided by Vivien Li, president and CEO of Riverlife, a public-private partnership dedicated to advocating for the redevelopment of Pittsburgh’s riverfronts. Riverlife works with waterfront towns throughout the region, but their real investment since 1999 has been the realization of a vision plan for Three Rivers Park. The $129 million investment in the park has been a catalyst for more than $4 billion in riverfont development. Today, more than 80 percent of the 13-mile Three Rivers Park is open for public use. The park includes well-known historical riverfront areas like Point State Park as well as new boat landings, trail connections and public parks that are created each year. It is a mix of both public and private development, and it is the perfect vehicle to discuss riverfront development, economic development, public-private partnerships, community engagement – and the very real value of connecting the region to the rivers. DESIRED OUTCOMES: As we continue our efforts to connect the region to our river back home, we’ll have an opportunity to look at and listen for the best practices happening in Pittsburgh. You’ll conclude your water tour with a clearer vision for the James River upriver and down, as well as ideas for bringing the right mix of partners together. Track 4: Workforce Development Building Pittsburgh’s Future Workforce – Inflection Point Study & The Energy Innovation Center You learned about the Inflection Point study during the morning of Day Two, but we’re excited to have the Allegheny Conference’s amazing Laura Fisher lined up to really walk us through a visionary look at the future of work. As we prepare to launch several major workforce and talent development initiatives in our own region, deepening our own understanding of what works is critical. We’ll be meeting in the Energy Innovation Center (EIC), a green energy center in the heart of Pittsburgh and a shining example of a next generation trade school. Housed in a 200,000 square foot LEED Platinum Certified building, this “living laboratory” is a training center and home to diverse tenants – ranging from energy sector corporations, national energy research laboratories, community leaders, economic development organizations, and leading academic institutions. The EIC is where the Inflection Point study is being tested and implemented in real-world ways.

After a welcome from Rich Di Claudio of the Energy Innovation Center, we’ll dive right into the Inflection Point study – Why was the report commissioned, and what were its conclusions? What are the real 21st century gaps and opportunities for Pittsburgh? What progress has been made, and what challenges have emerged? Laura will then turn the session back over to Rich for a discussion on how the training programs at the Innovation Center are changing the region, and changing lives. Rich’s team will also take us on a short tour of the EIC so we can see these training programs first hand. We’ll conclude with a Q&A session in which Mary Murrin, social investment lead from Chevron, will join us. Mary will add further perspective on how the business industry is collaborating and investing in Pittsburgh’s workforce and the Inflection Point findings. DESIRED OUTCOMES: The Richmond Region will need to be exploring the future of work, if we’re going to position today’s workers for future success. To attract and retain talent in our region, we must create workforce development opportunities that help all of our residents acquire career-advancing skills. Initiatives like the Chamber’s FutureRVA effort will identify workforce gaps in the region and create collaborative opportunities to enhance our workforce training initiatives. 4:00 PM Afternoon tracks conclude and buses depart from each track to hotel 4:30 – 5:45 PM Break 5:45 – 6:30 PM Buses depart in 15 minute intervals to Reception & Dinner 6:00 – 9:30 PM Reception, Tours and Dinner @ Heinz Field Sponsored by Kings Dominion and the MCV Foundation

For two days, you've devoured Pittsburgh’s economic and community development playbook. As we conclude our 25th InterCity Visit, we’re bringing the whole team onto the field to unwind, share our favorite plays, and get ready for another winning season back home. A private tour and behind the scenes look at the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers will position us all to think like champions. Dinner and drinks will happen in the new PNC Champions Club, a state-of-the-art 20,000 square foot club with an operable glass wall field side, LED lighting, a large built-in video board, multiple TV screens and a cozy bar side fireplace.

DAY 4 // Friday April, 20 Transportation to the airport will be provided throughout the morning. Please make every effort to complete the survey and tell us your thoughts on possible outcomes and how we did with logistics and content this year.