Downtown Academy
The Downtown Academy is a free education series open to everyone.
Downtown Academies will be held on the fourth Friday from 8 to 9 am most months in 2012.
Upcoming Downtown Academy program:
April 27, 2012 – City of Olympia planning and updates on initiatives affecting downtown.
8 to 9 am, City Hall, second floor meeting room
Associate Planner Stacey Ray will give an overview of the April draft of Olympia’s Comprehensive Plan. Ruthie Snyder will share a snapshot of the current status of initiatives affecting downtown.
Previous Downtown Academy topics:
- Sell More, Spend Less
- Social Media
- Human Resources
- Historic Downtown Olympia – Guidelines for Preserving and Restoring Commercial Properties
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CEPTED)
- Coffee Talk
- Fraud – Employee Theft and Embezzlement
- How to Talk to People on the Street
- Target Marketing – State Workers and Lakefair Attendees
- Energy Efficiency
- Initiative 1082 – Proposed Initiative for Privatization of Workman’s Compensation Insurance in Washington State
- Workplace Safety
- Small Business Resources
- How to Benefit from Major Events
- How to Handle Shoplifting and Unwanted Behavior
- The Power of Email Marketing
- Visual Merchandising Displays
- The Preventable Dangers of Identity Theft and Fraud
- Doing Business with the City of Olympia
- PSE’s Energy Efficiency Programs and Services for Businesses
Email the ODA to be added to our list to be notified of the next Downtown Academy.
Email the ODA if you have suggestions for a topic for the Downtown Academy.
