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T: +1 646 728 3800 F: +1 732 694 1730 www.icsc.org Editor in Chief EDMUND MANDER +1 646 728 3487 EDITORIAL Managing Editor BRANNON BOSWELL +1 646 728 3488 Copy Chief DAVID S. ORTIZ Copy Editor VALERIE DAVID Contributing Editors STEVE BERGSMAN JOEL GROOVER BEN JOHNSON BETH MATTSON-TEIG STEVE M c LINDEN ANNA ROBATON ADVERTISING & MARKETING MICHAEL BELLI +1 714 313 1942 mbelli@icsc.org SHEILA CHARTON +1 646 728 3545 scharton@icsc.org AMIE LEIBOVITZ +1 773 360 1179 aleibovitz@icsc.org SALLY STEPHENSON +1 847 835 1617 sstephenson@icsc.org Production Manager DAVID STACKHOUSE +1 646 728 3482 dstackhouse@icsc.org ICSC OFFICERS Chair man KENNETH F. BERNSTEIN President and CEO TOM M c GEE Vice Chairman VALERIE RICHARDSON, CRX, CLS Past Chairman ELIZABETH I. HOLLAND Treasurer STEFAN FREIBERG For article reprints, call (866) 879-9144 or contact sales@fostereprints.com S H O P P I N G C E N T E R S T O D A Y SCT (ISSN 0885-9841) is pub lished monthly. VOLUME 38 ISSUE 8 © 2017, International Coun cil of Shop ping Cen - ters, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020- 1099; phone, +1 (646) 728 3800; fax, +1 732 694 1730. All rights reserved. Periodicals postage paid at New York, N.Y., and ad di tion al mailing offices. Sub scrip tions $70 per year; Canada and other foreign $99. Single-copy price $10 (May issue $20). For subscription information call +1 727 784 2000. POST MAS TER: Send address changes to Shopping Cen ters Today, Sawida Worley, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1099. Publications mail agreement No. 41482022, return unde- liverable Canadian addresses to PO Box 503, RPO West Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill ON L4B 4R6. I CSC members visited 240 congressional offices during the Strategic Leadership Summit, in Washington, in June, and the results were immediate: Several additional lawmakers signed on to the Remote Transactions Parity Act (H.R.2193), bringing to 30 the number of co-sponsors of this e-fairness bill. Our members also spoke directly to legislators about the need to improve the Americans with Disabilities Act and the importance of sensible tax reform. These annual face-to-face meetings between our members and their representatives play a critical role in promoting and protecting our industry's interests in Washington. Your voice matters with elected officials, and because of this, we are expanding our public-policy program to include year-round, direct interactions with local leaders and our members under our new Key Contact Program. The program, led by our new Grassroots director, Michael Garrison, will strategically position ICSC members with legislators in order to raise awareness about the importance of our industry and the policy issues that impact it. Lawmakers will be invited on property tours and to other events to help them appreciate how retail real estate builds communities, fuels economies and inspires innovation. When lawmakers return from their August recess for the 2017–2018 term, we will continue to take every opportunity to address the key issues facing our industry. And because the prominence of our voice in the public-policy arena and our presence in Washington are critical, we will be holding September's Board of Trustees meeting there as well. As I have said before, ICSC's volunteers are the backbone of this organization. I am grateful for your efforts at this most recent Strategic Leadership Conference, and I encourage you to take part in our Key Contact Program. With your help, we can influence those in Washington to enact policies that respect our industry. Tom McGee ICSC President and CEO A M E S S A G E F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T Our voice in public policy