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Additional Funding and Support:
Barkstrom & Lacroix Architects
Rochester Rail Transit Committee
Co-Sponsoring Venues:
Irondequoit United Church of Christ
In-Kind Contributions:
Rochester Center for Community Leadership
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American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System Credits (AIA/CES) made possible by:
Program Overview
The Rochester Regional Community Design Center (RRCDC) invites you to attend an exciting medley of lectures, exhibitions and discussions centering on how Rochester can revitalize itself through excellence in urban design.
This year's topic · "Visions For The Future"
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October 21, 2009
Geoffrey Anderson
President and CEO Smart Growth America
Smart Choices/Smart Growth
Geoff Anderson is the President and CEO of Smart Growth America. Prior to joining Smart Growth in 2008 Anderson spent 13 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where he headed the Agency's Smart Growth Program. At the EPA, he was instrumental in creating the Agency's Smart Growth program. He helped found the Smart Growth Network, the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, and the popular Web site smartgrowth.org. In addition, he provided seed funding for and helped to catalyze the creation of the National Vacant Properties Campaign, The LEED for Neighborhood Development Certification program, and the Governors' Institute for Community Design.
Location: WXXI, 280 State St.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 • 7-9 pm
$15/advance • $20/door*
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Visit WXXI - Blue Print America.
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November 16, 2009
Emily Talen, PhD
Professor School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
Diversity & the Power of Place
Emily Talen is a professor at Arizona State University (ASU), where she has two affiliations: the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and the School of Sustainability. She holds a PhD in geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from Ohio State University. Prior to joining ASU, she was a professor in the department of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana for eight years.
Location: George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue
Monday, November 16, 2009 • 7-9 pm
$15/advance • $20/door*
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LECTURE CANCELLED DUE TO INCEMENT WEATHER. TICKETS WILL BE HONORED AT ONE OF THE THREE FUTURE LECTURES!
Christopher Leinberger
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution; Professor of Practice and Director of the graduate Real Estate Program University of Michigan
The New American Dream
Christopher B. Leinberger is a land use strategist and developer, who combines an understanding of business realities with a concern for our nation's social and environmental issues. He is Professor of Practice and Director of the Graduate Real Estate Development Program at the University of Michigan, which trains the next generation of real estate developers in the building of sustainable walkable urban places, and a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
Location: Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 • 7-9 pm
$15/advance • $20/door*
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March 23, 2010
Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA
Director, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture; Author: Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
Retrofitting Suburbia
Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA, a world-renowned expert on urban and suburban design, is director of architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology, and on the board of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Widely recognized as a leader in finding solutions for aging suburbs, she co-authored Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs and more than 35 other articles and book chapters. Dunham-Jones has received more than 20 awards for her work in architectural design, education and research and is a frequent speaker on urban design, sprawl, planning, and changing demographics appearing on CNN and CBS, and in Newsweek, Time, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Boston Globe. She received her undergraduate degree in architecture and urban planning and her master’s degree in architecture from Princeton.
Location: Irondeqoit United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 • 7-9 pm
$15/advance • $20/door*
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Click here to view "Adapting Suburbs in the Twenty First Century" Gallery page.
Click here to read "Penfield Blog" (a Rochester suburb) entry "Is Living in Suburbia Still the Perfect Lifestyle?" by Lou Singer for the Democrat & Chronicle.
Click here to read "Exhibit Looks at Suburbs' Future" by Sean Dobins of the Democrat & Chronicle.
Click here to view images from "Adapting Suburbs in the Twenty First Century", a signboard exhibtion based on case studies from Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs.
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* Suburban Tour has limited seating. All registered tour participants to meet at 8:30 AM near Breugers Bagels at Southtown Plaza and will return at 11AM. TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLY FROM THE RRCDC - PLEASE CALL 271-0520.
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April 28, 2010
Lawrence Frank
Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation, University of British Columbia. Co-Author: Urban Sprawl and Public Health
Sprawl: Unhealthy Consequences
Lawrence D. Frank, Ph.D., AICP, CIP, ASLA, is the Bombardier Chairholder in Sustainable Transportation at the University of British Columbia, Senior Non-resident Fellow of the Brookings Institution, and President of Urban Design 4 Health. He specializes in the interaction between land use, travel behavior, air quality; and health and the fuel consumption and climate change impacts of urban form policies. Frank has been studying the effects of neighborhood walkability on travel patterns and sustainability for 20 years. He works directly with local governments to help translate results from research into practice-based tools that provide direct feedback on the health and environmental impacts of alternative transportation and land development proposals.
Location: Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 • 7-9 pm
$15/advance • $20/door*
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John Robert Smith
President and CEO, Reconnecting America; Former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi
Getting on the Right Track
John Robert Smith is the former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, and a long-time activist on behalf of passenger rail. He is co-chairman of the National Forum on the Future of Passenger Rail, is a member of Amtrak’s board, and a member of the transportation committees of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He is a veteran of the station-centered community development movement, and led the drive to renovate the City of Meridian’s Union Station, a $7 million historic restoration project that created a new multimodal transportation center, dramatically increased use of the station, raised property values and city tax receipts, and lowered crime in the station's neighborhood. He served on Reconnecting America’s board for five years, and was a founding partner and board member of Reconnecting America’s predecessor organization, the Great American Station Foundation, voting to expand its mission and change its name in 2004.
Location: Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Monday, May 10, 2010 • 7-9 pm
$15/advance • $20/door*
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