PROVIDENCE – Planning is moving ahead for the 2009 Unites States Conference of Mayors meeting, scheduled to be held June 12-16.
“I am extremely proud that Providence has been selected as the host city for the USCM 2009 conference, which will cast the national spotlight on our magnificent city and provide an excellent opportunity for us to showcase the work we’ve done to transform city government,” said Mayor David N. Cicilline in a press release.
At a meeting with the USCM Executive Director Tom Cochran, Cicilline discussed the preliminary plans for the 2009 conference, including logistics, site locations and the formation of a host committee. The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is helping to locate hotel rooms and create tourism packages for the conference, which is expected to attract nearly 1,500 people, including mayors, staff, family members, members of Congress and, if all goes well, the newly inaugurated President of the United States.
“Providence is a destination city,” said Cochran. “[It] is an incredible place to showcase what American cities are doing right.”
“The USCM annual conference is the organization’s most important meeting, because it provides an opportunity for mayors from across America to share best practices, set policy agendas and focus on important issues impacting American cities and towns,” said Cicilline.
He has held several leadership positions on the USCM, including chairman of the Children, Health and Human Services Committee, and membership on the Advisory Board and the Homeland Security Task Force. He is also vice president of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors.
The USCM is a nonpartisan organization representing 1,139 cities nationwide, with a primary goal of developing national urban/suburban policy, strengthening federal-city relationships, and providing mayors with leadership and management tools, among other things. For more information, go to www.usmayors.org.
