On Oct. 28, CREDA Global will host an invitational summit focusing on state and local public policy issues that affect commercial real estate development. This year, CREDA Global chose to focus on the American Midwest region and host our annual public policy summit in Kansas City.

The Midwest Public Policy Summit will bring together five experts in different policy areas to speak with government affairs leadership from CREDA chapters in the middle of the country, including Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. While each state and locality faces its own policy challenges and opportunities, there are broad commonalities which summits like this help bring to the surface.

The Midwest Public Policy Summit will feature five policy sessions, all led by subject area experts:

• State of Commercial Real Estate in the Midwest
• Economic Contribution of Freight Movement to Midwest Development
• Data Center Debate at the State and Local Levels
• Meeting the Demand for Increased Electricity
• Policies Impacting Affordable Housing Development

Last year, CREDA Global hosted two public policy summits: the Northeast Regional Public Policy Summit in Philadelphia and the inaugural Canadian Public Policy Summit in Toronto. Every year, these summits facilitate deep discussion and professional connections between CREDA members who might not otherwise have met. CREDA will continue to host these summits in different regions each year.