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Local consultants attend real estate conference in Las Vegas



Paris Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Steve Gilbert, second from left, and Rickey Hayes (to Gilbert’s right) with Retail Attractions meet with a retail broker at a late May real estate conference in Las Vegas, sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers and hailed as the worlds largest retail trade show.

Economic development folks serious about retail development head to Las Vegas in late May each year to attend the Real Estate Conference (RECON), sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Now in his tenth year at the conference, Rickey Hayes, former Paris resident contracted by Paris Economic Development Corp. to assist in bringing retail development to Paris, and PEDC Executive Director Steve Gilbert attended the conference.