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sen, a coordinator with the Metropolitan Medical Response System. “The IPMBA selection committee visited Scottsdale, Arizona and Reno, Nevada, but they quickly selected Richmond because its combination of bike trails, hotels and historic sites—all within a few miles—are among the best in the country,” he said. IPMBA also chose Richmond because 2011 marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, and the city will play host to several events throughout the year to commemorate the war. IPMBA’s selection committee decided that Richmond’s combination of superior biking infrastructure, historical sites, museums, walking tours and eclectic neighborhoods would give the members a unique opportunity to mix po- lice training with tourism and history. Like the bus driver who rides the bus on his day off, it’s not surprising that a lot of attendees spent their off-hours riding bikes around the city to check out the historic sites. They visited the Virginia State Capitol (designed by Thomas Jefferson); St. John’s Church, where Patrick Henry delivered his famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech; quaint neighborhoods that have wonderfully restored antebellum homes; and U.S. Civil War battlefields that are located a short distance from the city. MORE SEDATE EXPERIENCES Of course, not all meeting planners will want to organize X Games-like activities as part of the event agenda. For those who want a more sedate experience in Richmond, self-guided walking tours are an excellent way to see the city. Two popular historic sights are the Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. The Museum of the Confederacy is located a mile from the Richmond Convention Center. It is home to a vast collection of Confederate States of America artifacts, manuscripts and photographs. On the grounds of the museum is the White House of the Confederacy, where Jefferson Davis and his family lived during the U.S. Civil War. The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar is located on the site of the former Tredegar Iron Works, an iron foundry that made armor plates, ammunition and railroad steam locomotives during the U.S. Civil War. The museum is the first of its kind to explore the war’s cause, course and legacies through the mpiweb.org 63 http://www.mpiweb.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of One + May 2011

One + May 2011
Contents
Energy of Many
Impressions
Meeting Design Goes Mobile
Picking Brains
Agenda
Ask the Experts
Thoughts+Leaders
Overheard
Art of Travel
Web Watch
Radical Co-creation
Engagement + Innovation = Wunderbar
Top Spots
Connections
Irrelevant
The Business of Being Social
Safety in Numbers
Ads, Sponsors and Patrons
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
It’s Getting Better All the Time
Blame It on Rio
Ride Free
Learning How the Brain Learns
Just Face It
Becoming Mindful with Your Meetings
Group Think
The Mesh Meeting
Your Community
Making a Difference
Until We Meet Again

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