21st Annual Spring Conference
Back to Business
May 1-3
Renaissance Harborplace (Acrobat PDF version)

Baltimore, Maryland

The AGL&F is pleased to announce that the program for the Spring Conference is out and should be in your mailboxes shortly. In the meantime, you can download a copy of the registration brochure from the Meetings section of the association’s website, http://www.aglf.org – available as a PDF.

The AGL&F is holding this very important conference in Baltimore, Maryland and with the excellent location of the hotel in downtown Baltimore, we are expecting one of the largest conferences for AGL&F in some years. The theme of the conference is titled, Back to Business, and we think it is very appropriate for this meeting. With the tragic events of last fall, many of us had to re-evaluate attendance plans in Tucson for the Fall Conference and many of our companies suffered financially as a result of the attacks as well. Thankfully, for all of us, while the world has changed a little, the mission and importance of our industry has not. In fact, municipal leasing has never been so important to the communities and cities where we live. Budgets in many areas of the country are tight and revenues are the smallest they have been in years. Municipalities are looking for ways in which to keep projects continuing – whether it be to build new building and infrastructure to bringing the classrooms of America into the 21st century with new computers. The continued financing of these projects is our responsibility.

Join us in Baltimore, as we explore the latest changes and look to the Post 9-11 world, as well as look at some of the more elementary aspects of leasing, refreshing our knowledge and introducing newcomers to our industry.

Baltimore has many activities and May in Baltimore is a spectacular time to walk around the harbor, check out the National Aquarium or watch the Orioles. We have a great dinner and networking event at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on the evening of Thursday, May 2. The AGL&F will have two suites at the park, and will serve dinner and have a reception beginning prior to the baseball game and continuing through the evening as the Baltimore Orioles take on the Kansas City Royals at 7:00 PM.

Make plans now to attend this great conference program. Here is a sample of the topics to be covered and the tentative schedule of events.