As leaders in our communities we are expected to translate people's hopes and dreams into realistic, on-the-ground results. Getting from vision to project requires collaboration, commitment and courage.

Neighborhood activist, transportation reformer and now, an elected official in America's only directly elected regional government, Rex Burkholder brings real-life experience creating successful partnerships among business, government and community groups.

Rex is available for conference presentations, keynote speeches and all day seminars on topics including:

*Leveraging transportation dollars into development
*Effective Metropolitan Planning Organizations
*Regional partnerships
*Planning as if people mattered