Membership Meeting Packet

October 2014 Chicago, Illinois

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Member arrival 6:00 p.m. Special Member Welcome Dinner at Gibson’s Steakhouse 1028 N. Rush Street, Chicago, IL – within walking distance from hotel – RSVP required Thursday, October 23, 2014 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. President’s Report Stephen Paul

1. Approval of June 2014 Minutes 2. Review of meeting events and schedule 3. 2015 Client Seminar discussion 4. Nomination Committee Report

9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Treasurer’s Report/Budget Cris O’Neall 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Seminar Review Sharon DiPaolo 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Membership Committee Report Chuck Neely 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Website Committee Report Hal Gray 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Business Opportunities Elliott Pollack & Morris Ellison Noon Working Lunch and Marketing Committee Report – Kieran Jennings 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. Continuing Education Cynthia Fraser 1:15 p.m. Afternoon free 6:30 p.m. Seminar Opening Reception/Dinner – Picasso Foyer – Omni Chicago Hotel 4th Floor Future Meetings

APTC February 2015 Member Meeting – The Seagate Hotel, Delray Beach, Florida – February 6 & 7, 2015 APTC June 2015 Member Meeting – The Ritz Carlton, Cleveland, Ohio – June 19 & 20, 2015 APTC October 2015 Member Meeting and 21st Annual Seminar – Location TBD

APTC MEETING AGENDA CHICAGO, IL / OCTOBER 2014

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APTC MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Residence Inn Central Park

New York, NY

June 13 - 14, 2013 President Steve Paul called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. and welcomed the members to New York.

President’s Report

The members approved the minutes of the meeting held February 7-8, 2014 Miami, FL.

Approved February 6- 7, 2015 meeting in Del Ray Beach, FL at the Sea Gate

Approved June 19 - 20, 2015 meeting in Cleveland, OH

Discussions were had regarding the October seminar

COMMITTEE REPORTS Treasure’s Report

The Treasure’s report was presented - a discussion took place regarding the reasons for second year of losing net income

Educational Presentation

Cynthia Frasier to investigate CLE

Membership Committee

No new members Identified areas of weakness Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa

Best Practicses

Committee Heads are to post agenda prior to meeting Engagement/Co-counsel fee still to be refined

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Seminar -

Ideas regarding Basics, Definitions and Presumptions were discussed Fee for seminar of $250 was passed Case Summaries are due August 1st the summaries are for cases June 2013 through present

Website Report

Hal to look into Website Maintenance rename Eblast Discussion of social media on website - no action to be taken

Business Development

A wish list of targets was created and is attached hereto

Respectfully submitted,

Kieran Jennings Secretary

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October 2014 Member Meeting and Seminar Attendee List

NameSpouse/

GuestAPTC Company

Wed.MemberDinner

Thurs.MemberMeeting

Thurs.Dinner

Fri.Seminar

Fri.Dinner

Sat.Seminar

Angela Adolph Kean Miller LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1Denise Angel Faegre Baker Daniels LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1Brent Auberry Faegre Baker Daniels LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1Bill McKean Lionel Sawyer & Collins 0 0 0 1 1 1Paul Bancroft Debra Lionel Sawyer & Collins 1 1 1 1 2 1Ben Blair Debra Faegre Baker Daniels LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1Miriam Woods Debra Garvey Schubert Barer 1 1 1 1 1 1Sharon DiPaolo Debra Siegel Jennings Co., LPA 1 1 1 1 1 1Jim Dowden Debra APTC 1 2 2 2 2 2Nicholas Johnson Elias, Books, Brown & Nelson, P.C. 1 1 1 1 1 0Bill Elias Elias, Books, Brown & Nelson, P.C. 1 1 1 1 1 1Morris Ellison Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 0 1 1 1 1 0Brian Fowler Garippa, Lotz & Giannuario 0 1 1 1 1 1Cynthia Fraser Garvey Schubert Barer 1 1 1 1 1 1David Fuss Wilkes Artis, Chtd. 1 1 1 1 1 1John Garippa Linda Garippa, Lotz & Giannuario 2 1 2 1 2 1John Gendler Smith,Gendler,Shiell,Sheff,Ford & Maher, P.A 1 1 1 1 1 1Philip Giannuari Garippa, Lotz & Giannuario 0 1 1 1 1 1Bob Gordon Lisa Michael Best & Friedrich 2 1 2 1 2 1Hal Gray Mayme Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson & Gray, LLP 2 1 2 1 2 1Ryan Hild Koeppel Martone & Leistman 0 0 1 1 1 0Kieran Jennings Siegel Jennings Co. LPA 1 1 1 2 2 1Ken Kramer Berenbaum Weinshienk PC 1 1 1 1 0 0Donald Leistman Koeppel Martone & Leistman LLP 0 1 1 1 0 0Richard Levy Ilyse Fisk Kart Katz Regan & Levy, Lrd. 2 0 2 1 2 1Mark Maher Smith Gendler Shiell Sheff Ford & Maher 0 1 1 1 1 1Stewart Mandell Barbara Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP 1 1 2 1 2 1Joel Marcus Marcus & Pollack LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1Larry Martinez Berenbaum Weinshienk PC 1 1 1 1 1 1Paul Mooney Mooney, Wright & Moore 0 1 1 1 1 1Paul Moore Mooney, Wright & Moore 0 1 1 1 1 1John Murphy Popp Hutcheson PLLC 1 1 1 1 1 1Chuck Neely Williams Mullen 1 1 1 1 1 1

Brad NixonCarol

Beckmann Nixon Fleet & Poole LLP 2 1 2 1 2 1Cris O'Neall Cahill, Davis & O'Neall, LLP 0 1 1 1 1 1Steve Paul Deborah Faegre Baker Daniels LLP 1 1 2 1 2 1Elliott Pollack Eileen Pullman & Cromley LLC 0 2 2 2 2 2Bob Pollack Linda Marcus & Pollack LLP 2 1 2 1 2 1Drew Raines Evans Petree PC 0 1 1 1 1 0Andy Raines Peggy Evans Petree PC 0 1 2 1 2 1Jim Regan Marcey Fisk Kart Katz Regan & Levy, Lrd. 2 1 2 1 2 1Nancy Rendlelman Williams Mullen 1 1 1 1 1 1Sabrina Robinson Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez, P.A. 0 0 1 1 1 1Dave Saliba Saliba & Saliba 1 1 1 1 1 1Bill Seigler Emily Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson & Gray, LLP 2 1 2 1 2 1Mike Shapiro Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1Hank Sherry Maxine Marketing Director 2 1 2 1 2 1Lisa Stuckey Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson & Gray, LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1David Suess Faegre Baker Daniels LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1Darlene Sullivan Popp Hutcheson PLLC 0 1 1 1 1 1Benjamin Neill Property Tax Law Group 1 1 1 1 1 1Linda Terrill Property Tax Law Group 1 1 1 1 1 1Aaron Vansant DonovanFingar, LLC 0 1 1 1 1 1

Jerry WallachAlanna Kellogg The Wallach Law Firm 2 1 2 1 2 1

Michele Whittington Stites & Harbison 0 1 1 1 1 148 53 69 58 70 51Total

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Seminar Review

I. Seminar Material Tab and Case Law Update Access - Guest and Member Access

Seminar guests and APTC Members only (via an email) will be provided the username and password to not only view materials from the 20th Annual APTC Seminar but for the first time, will be able to electronically view Case Law Updates that have been submitted by our APTC Members (material that was previously handed out to seminar guests via an USB drive). This site is also set up with the ability to track data in order to gauge its effectiveness for future use. Below is a sample view of the page showing the new “Seminar Material” tab and the Case Law Updates layout by state.

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2014 APTC Seminar Registration (Client/Speaker – alpha by Company)

First Name

Last Name TitleGuestName

Thurs.Dinner

Fri.Seminar

Fri.Dinner

Sat.Seminar

Company

Thomas Eyer Sr. Vice President 0 1 0 1 ADS Investments

Ken Walker Tax Director 1 1 1 1 ArcelorMittal

Mark Stephens Property Tax Administrator 1 1 1 0 CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

Andrew Kemen 0 1 1 1 Duke Realty

Connie Ellis National Director - Property Tax 1 1 0 1 Equity Office

William Emmons Assistant VP and Economist 1 1 1 1 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Antoinette "Toni"

Jarrett Property Tax Manager 1 1 1 1 FelCor Lodging Trust Inc

Jon Machiran Real Estate Manager 0 1 0 1 GEICO

Ted Malaska Vice President 0 1 0 1 Harsch Investment Corp

Matthew Ahrens Vice President 1 1 1 1 Host Hotels & Resorts

Matthew Matson Jenna 2 1 2 1 Hull Storey Gibson Companies, LLC

Telecia Morris VP-Real Estate Compliance 0 1 0 0Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc

Tina Beilke Vice President 0 1 0 0Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.

Tim Hutchison Chief Operating Officer 0 1 0 0Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.

Tracy LeVP - Due Diligence & Tax Reduction

0 1 0 0Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.

JoAnn McGuinnessPresident and Chief Operating Officer

1 1 1 1 Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

Vickie Norman VP - Tax 0 1 0 1 Kite Realty Group LP

Kendall Lees Real Estate Expense Mgr June 2 1 2 1 Kohl's

Howard Klein VP Real Estate Tax 1 1 1 1 Macerich

David Chitlik Senior Director 1 1 1 1 Mariott International

Heather Reichardt Director, Property Tax 1 1 1 1 Marriott International, Inc.

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2014 APTC Seminar Registration (Client/Speaker) - continued

First Name

Last Name TitleGuestName

Thurs.Dinner

Fri.Seminar

Fri.Dinner

Sat.Seminar

Company

Robert Vujea Property Tax Manager 1 1 0 0 Meijer

Steven Maksin CEO/Founder 1 1 1 1 Moonbeam Capital Investments LLC

Marshall Mungle Director of Property Tax 1 1 1 1 ONEOK, Inc.

Mike Majury Property Tax Manager 1 1 2 1 Retail Properties of America

Clara Lee Associate Tax Counsel 1 1 1 1 Roll Global LLC

David Lennhoff Principal 1 1 1 1 SC&H Group

Juan Paz Senior Manager Property Tax 1 1 1 1 Simon Property Group

Murray Williams Senior Tax Manager Shannon 2 1 2 1 Southwestern Energy

David Meisenhelder Director,Asset Management 2 1 0 1 Strategic Capital Partners

K.C. Conway Senior Vice President 1 1 1 1 SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Chris Peterson Sr Group Manager Indirect Tax 0 1 1 1 Target

Catherine Courteau Senior Manager, Property Tax 1 1 1 1 Target Group

Dick Lee Director, Property Taxation 1 1 1 1 Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Mark Parish Director, Real Estate Tax 1 1 0 0 The Taubman Company

Mark Hagen 2nd VP/Controller 1 1 1 1 Travelers Companies, Inc.

Rob BoxleySupervisor, Real Estate Tax Appeals

1 1 1 1 Walgreens

Jerry McNicholas 1 1 0 0 Walgreens

Adam Strasser Senior Manager 0 1 0 1 Walgreens

Paul Wilke Director, Ad Valorem Tax Debra 2 1 2 1 Weingarden Realty Investors

Terry Gardner Director of Corporate Real Estate Connie 0 1 2 1 WellPoint

34 41 33 33Total

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Website Committee Report

I. 2014 Accomplishments

A. APTC Client List – Online We’ve gone live with the first APTC client list on-line which is sortable, searchable and printable with changes being requested directly on a form on the website. This electronic submission will allow APTC to maintain the historical data on all client additions or updates.

B. Eblast/Newsletter and Tax Update Submission Form

i. Eblasts and tax updates are now submitted directly to the APTC website which allows APTC to archive this information indefinately. The form was modified after the initial use and now contains a mandatory field for the author of the submission (which will allow recognition below the article of this individual) versus simply the member firm name.

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ii. Participation from Member firms for the last two E-blast/newsletter submissions have remained higher than previous quarters.

2014 Quarterly Newsletter Contributors

State

Firm 1st

Qtr. 2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

Alabama Donovan Fingar LLC Arizona Mooney, Wright & Moore, PLLC • Arkansas Evans Petree PC California Cahill, Davis & O'Neall, LLP • • Canada Walker Poole Nixon

Colorado Berenbaum Weinshienk PC Connecticut Pullman & Comley,

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District of Columbia Wilkes Artis, CHTD • Florida Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez, P.A. • • Georgia Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson & Gray, LLP • • • Idaho Garvey Schubert

• • •

Illinois Fish Kart Katz Regan and Levy, LTD. • Indiana Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP • • Kansas Property Tax Law Group, LLC • Kentucky Stites & Harbison,

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Louisiana Kean, Miller LLP • Maine Saliba & Saliba • Maryland Wilkes Artis, CHTD Massachusetts Saliba & Saliba • • Michigan Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP • • • Minnesota Smith Gendler Schiell Sheff Ford & Maher • • • Missouri The Wallach Law Firm Montana Holland & Hart Nebraska Property Tax Law Group, LLC • Nevada Lionel Sawyer &

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New Hampshire Saliba & Saliba • • New Jersey Garippa Lotz & Giannuario New Mexico Holland & Hart New York City Marcus & Pollack, LLP New York State Koeppel Martone & Leistman, LLC North Carolina Williams Mullen • Ohio Siegel Jennings Co.,

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Oklahoma Elias Books Brown & Nelson PC • • • Oregon Garvey Schubert

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Pennsylvania (Eastern) Garippa Lotz & Giannuario Pennsylvania (Western) Siegel Jennings Co.,

• • •

Rhode Island Saliba & Saliba • South Carolina Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC Tennessee Evans Petree PC • • • Texas Popp Hutcheson PLLC • • Utah Holland and Hart • Virginia Wilkes Artis, CHTD Washington Garvey Schubert

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West Virginia Rose Law Office Wisconsin Michael Best & Friedrich LLP • Wyoming Holland & Hart Total Submissions 12 23 21

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C. Previous Meetings & Archived Member News

To clean up the Member section of the website, archived meetings are now under their specific “year” drop down window and all information within the system regarding that meeting (including photos) are more conveniently located.

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II. Publication and Result Comparisons:

Articles Submitted

Bounce Rate

Open Rate Unsubscribe

Rat 2013 2nd Qtr. E-blast 21 308 95 ≤ 1%

2013 3rd Qtr. E-blast 17 250 223 ≤ 1% 2014 1st Qtr. E-blast 12 0 87 ≤ 1% 2014 2nd Qtr. E-blast 23 0 1063 ≤ 1% 2014 3rd Qrt. E-blast 21 0 456 ≤ 1% 2nd E-blast = June 28, 2013 3rd E-blast = September 25, 2013 ------------------------------------------ 1st E-blast = April 1, 2014 2nd E-blast = July 1, 2014 3rd E-blast = October 1, 2014

Article Title

Send Date

Total

Opens

E-mail Opens

(%)

Unique

Hits

Total Hits

Clicked a link (%)

Unsubscribe

Sent in HTML

Bounces New Property Tax

Challenges & Opportunities

10-1-14

456

10.4%

90

284

8.46%

5

1069

0

Article Title

Send Date

Total

Opens

E-mail Opens

(%)

Unique

Hits

Total Hits

Clicked a link (%)

Unsubscribe

Sent in HTML

Bounces Current Property

Tax Updates

4-1-14

87

7.76%

77

153

7.20%

3

1069

0

The website’s “Total Opens” category has increased dramatically which increase is in line with the renaming of the tax update e-blast to ‘New Property Tax Challenges & Opportunities” from the prior generic title of “Current Property Tax Updates”. The bounce-back rate remains outstanding since the revised and updated subscriber list which became housed on the APTC website as of the 1st quarter of 2014.

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III. Member Article Publications

23 articles have been published nationally by APTC Members through September, 2014.

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IV. Website Traffic

A. Total visits per month

Traffic increases remain consistent with past trends lending to higher volume near tax deadline and APTC seminar months.

B. Top 10 Regions

While California Texas and Illinois remain traffic leaders for the APTC site, notice New Jersey’s move into the top 4 and Indiana’s move from #12 position last year (not shown on chart) to #6 this year in access to our site.

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C. Top 10 Referrers and Keywords

For promoting the website and marketing purposes, below are the top 10 referrers to our site as well as the top 10 keywords used for accessing the APTC website – merely in the past month.

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Proposed Website Upgrade and Cost:

From: Hal Gray Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 5:01 PM To: Paul, Stephen H.; lterrill@ptlg.net; 'kjennings@siegeltax.com'; 'cko@cahilldavis.com' Cc: Angel, Denise L. (Denise.Angel@FaegreBD.com); Lisa Stuckey Subject: FW: APTC Website Migration Quote Folks – At the APTC meeting in June, on behalf of the Webpage Committee I reported that we had been in contact with Tom Sparkman, an IT professional, regarding the updating of our Webpage. As you may recall, the Webpage template that we have been using is no longer supported (as of September 2012). Accordingly, the needed Webpage improvements include installing a new template, migrating our data to that template, optimizing our site for search engines, creating new online information submission forms and editing/cleaning up our content. The attached memo from Tom Sparkman sets all of this out in greater detail (albeit in Techspeak). I’ll be happy to try to answer any specific questions that you might have. Under separate cover, I’ll forward a memo from Tom that explains the results of his audit of our site and which provides specific additional recommendations/improvements. The bottom line cost of all of this would be $5,132. The Webpage Committee unanimously recommends that the Executive Committee submit this proposal to the full membership for approval at the October meeting in Chicago. Again, please feel free to call me with any questions or comments. I look forward to seeing each of you in The Windy City!

Best. Hal Herbert H. Gray, III Attorney-at-Law Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson & Gray, LLP 2400 International Tower - Peachtree Center 229 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30303 404 588 0500 Facsimile 404 523 6714 halgray@rbspg.com www.rbspg.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission and the attachments accompanying it may contain confidential information from the law firm of Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson & Gray, LLP that is confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient,

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you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain copy or disseminate this message, any part of it, or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please delete this message and any attachments from your system without reading the content and notify the sender immediately of the inadvertent transmission. There is no intent on the part of the sender to waive any privilege, including the attorney work product or attorney-client privilege that may attach to this communication. Thank you for your cooperation.

From: quick2study@gmail.com [mailto:quick2study@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Sparkman Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 3:12 PM To: Angel, Denise L.; Norman, Vickie L.; Hal Gray Subject: APTC Website Migration Quote Good Afternoon APTC Website Committee: Attached is a line item quote for migrating the APTC website from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 3.3. Joomla 1.5 reached it's end of life cycle in September of 2012. Benefits of migration include: developer supported platform, access to one-click Joomla platform updates, better site security, performance increases, and a user friendly "responsive platform". This quote also includes a required template upgrade, extension upgrades along with a few recommendations.

After performing a site audit I have the following recommendations.

• Member Firms Page: http://www.aptcnet.com/local-property-tax-representative-firm-directory This page was carried over from your old site and was originally the only directory listing. The current site has a new directory listing and each member has their own page. http://www.aptcnet.com/local-property-tax-representative-directory. I'm not sure if this page has been maintained and I would recommend deactivating it.

• Tax Representative Directory: http://www.aptcnet.com/local-property-tax-representative-directory This is the main directory listing page. When the new site launched each state had one representative. At some point an additional page was created by APTC called "Other Property Tax Representatives" http://www.aptcnet.com/other-property-tax-representatives. The distinction between these two pages is not clear and it looks like there needs to be some clean up between the two pages. My recommendation is to have one main directory. When a user clicks on the state map one of two things could happen. Option 1 is to be taken to the main State Representative and have the "Other Representatives" for that state be listed on that page as links. Option 2 is when a state has more than one representative a landing page can be created for that state which lists all Representatives as links. Further discussion on this topic is needed.

• Submission Forms: All content submissions should be made by using mandatory web forms. In addition to the recently created "Property Tax Update Submission Form" and "Client List Change Request Form" I would recommend creating the following forms: "Case Studies Form", "Tax Representative Directory Change Form", "Article Submission From", and possibly a "News and Events" form.

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• News and Events: There needs to be an internal discussion on what is displayed on the public News and Events page and what is in the Members Only section. There seems to be some unnecessary crossover.

• Images: We discussed removing one of the home page banner graphics. Having a few professional grade images on the home page is essential. Original photography is always preferred but stock photos can be used. If original photography is unavailable I can supply APTC with stock photo resources or perform a preliminary search for you. Image research and photo editing is not included in the attached quote.

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO): SEO encompasses a broad range of on and off site techniques that help with your search engine rankings. My initial recommendation is to clean up what is negatively effecting your rankings, utilize the components currently on and that will be added to your site that aid in SEO, and have APTC setup a company Facebook and Twitter page. These basic techniques will have a noticeable impact in your rankings over the course of a few months. Additional techniques can be discussed if you are trying to target specific keywords phrases or have an event or topic you would like to increase your rankings in.

Let me know if you have any questions or would like to proceed with the project. Tom Thomas Sparkman ...................................................................................... Highwire Design LLC 705 Briarcliff Drive | Minooka, IL 60447 P: 815.272.4228 | www.highwire-design.com

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Hotel Information - Omni Chicago Hotel 676 North Michigan Avenue / Chicago, Illinois 60611 Phone: (312) 944-6664, Fax: (312) 266-3015

Map and Directions

Driving Directions

FROM CHICAGO O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – 17 MILES/35 MINUTES I-90 East (toward downtown Chicago) joins with I-94. Take Ohio Street exit and continue to Michigan Avenue. Turn left onto Michigan Avenue and go three blocks to Huron Street. The hotel is located on the left at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Huron Street.

Taxi Service: Approximately $35 - $50 each way (45 minute trip) Shuttle Service: For one passenger traveling to/from downtown Chicago the cost is $27.00 one-way $49.00 round trip. For two passengers the cost is $19.00 per person one-way or $35.00 per person roundtrip tickets. For three or more passengers, the group rate is applied and the cost is $14.00 per person one-way or $27.00 per person roundtrip. Town Car Service: Approximately $104 including tax and gratuity Limousine Service: Approximately $156 depending on number of passengers. The Omni Chicago Hotel uses Landmark Limo as our limousine provider. Train: The CTA Blue Line provides 24 hour service to downtown. The closest stop is Clark & Lake, which is a 10 minute cab ride to the hotel or you may transfer for free at Jackson Street and take the Red Line Howard train to Chicago Avenue, which is 5 blocks from the hotel. Fare is approximately $2.25 per person. Shuttle Service: For one passenger traveling to/from downtown Chicago one-way the cost is approximately $32.00. For round trip the cost is approximately $50.00. For multi-passenger quotes or other information, please visit http://www.airportexpress.com/.

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Directions to Gibson’s Steakhouse from Hotel:

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A Visitor's Guide to Chicago Attractions

Chicago boasts an array of things to do including shopping along Michigan Avenue, dining, taking in a game, or just spending time on the waterfront. The Windy City also offers Broadway-style shows, symphonies, ballets, operas, art and museums.

The heartbeat of Chicago pulses with a passionate mix of sophisticated style, business acumen, sports, culture, art, collegiate spirit and history; making it a perfect vacation spot for the entire family.

When it comes to culture, Chicago offers Broadway-style shows, symphonies, ballets, operas, art and museums. And bring the kids — this exciting city has plenty to entertain adults and children alike.

Arts & Culture Museum of Contemporary Art – 3 blocks Art Institute of Chicago – 1.3 miles Theatre District – 1.5 miles Field Museum of Natural History – 2.9 miles Museum of Science

Attractions John Hancock Building, featuring 95th floor observatory – 4 blocks Business District – 7 blocks Financial District – 9 blocks Lincoln Park & Zoo – 2.2 miles River North gallery district– 1 mile Navy Pier – 1 mile Tribune Tower – ½ mile Wrigley Building – ½ mile Willis Tower and Observatory, the tallest building in North America – 1.8 miles Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium – 2.9 miles

Shopping The Magnificent Mile, shopping, restaurants and cultural attractions – on your doorstep American Girl Place – 3 blocks Water Tower Place (premier shopping center) – 3 blocks Oak Street – 7 blocks Merchandise Mart – 1 mile Armitage & Halsted Boutique District – 2.8 miles Bucktown/Wicker Park shopping – 3 miles Outdoor Recreation The Lakefront, an 18.5 mile linear park with beaches along Lake Michigan – 3 blocks Lincoln Park – 2 miles Oak Street Beach – 7 blocks

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Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course – 2 miles Sports Soldier Field, home to the NFL’s Chicago Bears – 3 miles United Center, home to the NBA Bulls and NHL Blackhawks – 3 miles Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team – 4 miles U.S. Cellular Park (formerly Comisky Park), home of MLB's Chicago White Sox – 6 miles Universities University of Illinois Chicago – 4 miles University of Chicago – 8 miles Northwestern University – 12 miles Dining & Entertainment 676 Restaurant & Bar – onsite Lawry’s (Casual prime rib) – 2 blocks Rosebud (upscale Italian) – 1 block Rush Street – ½ block Gino’s East (Chicago stuffed pizza) – ½ mile Spiaggia (fine dining/Northern Italian) – ½ mile Cheesecake Factory (American) – 4 blocks Chicago Chop House (steakhouse) – ½ mile Gibson’s (steakhouse) – 7 blocks Geja’s (romantic fondue dining) – 2 miles Transportation Red Line Subway System – 4 blocks Union Station – 2.2 miles Nearby Corporations & Businesses Interpublic Group – 1.3 miles Northwestern Hospital – 2 blocks E American Bar Association – .8 miles Spencer Foundation – 2 miles Prudential – 8 blocks S Nordstrom – 0.5 mile N Tiffany & Co. – 1 block Nike – 1 block Neiman Marcus – 2 blocks Kirkland and Ellis – 1 mile Fox News Corporation – 1 mile CNA Insurance – 1.5 miles Federal Reserve Bank – 1.5 miles McKinsey – 1.5 miles CIGNA – 2 miles McCormick Place Convention Center – 3 miles Great Lakes Naval Base – 40 miles

For more information, visit the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, Illinois Bureau of Tourism or McCormick Place Complex.