Join Main Street Alabama and Place+Main Advisor's Joe Borgstrom for a webinar explore the topic of non-profit tax status. In addition to offering an understanding of the different options available, this webinar will focus on the various ways non-profits can take the leap into real estate development to make a difference in their community. Topics such as non-profit organizations vs LLCs, joint ventures, flipping properties, construction and operations pro formas, tax credit syndication, and exit strategies will be covered. 

About Joe Borgstrom: 

Joe Borgstrom is an accomplished professional in the fields of Downtown Redevelopment, Community and Economic Development, Main Street and Placemaking. His 20 year career includes executive management, project financial structuring and evaluation, fund development, foreign direct investment recruitment, program management, public speaking and consulting. He and his teams have used state and local incentives to leverage more than $2.2 billion in private investment into communities.

Borgstrom is a principal in the consulting firm, Place + Main Advisors, LLC, which he co-founded with his wife, Kirsten Borgstrom. Place & Main Advisors specializes in downtown and traditional commercial district revitalization using Placemaking techniques and Main Street strategies. Their firm offers services to developers, statewide associations, Main Street Coordinating programs, and local downtowns and commercial districts. Their services include training and equipping developers, downtowns and commercial districts with the knowledge, skills and strategies they need to be successful.

He has been a featured keynote speaker at statewide downtown conferences in Wisconsin, Tennessee, North Carolina and Delaware and was a featured speaker at the White House Placemaking Summit.

Joe was formerly the Director of Downtown & Community Services at MSHDA, which included the national award winning Michigan Main Street program. He was a founding member of the Community Assistance Team (CATeam) and served as its director at MSHDA and at the MEDC. He rounds out his resume with previous positions that include President and CEO of the Shiawassee Regional Chamber of Commerce, Director of the Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership and as an Account Manager for the Flint-Genesee Economic Growth Alliance (now part of the Flint-Genesee Chamber of Commerce).