[E-updates] Great Communities Workshop set for Thursday

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE  CITY OF LAWRENCE
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
 

Contact: Linda Finger, planning director, (785) 832-3159

 
Great Communities Workshop set for Thursday
 

(LAWRENCE, KS) - The City of Lawrence will host a Great Communities Workshop on Thursday.  Community stakeholders along with city, county and planning commissioners and USD 497 board members have been invited to learn from Bruce Appleyard.  An architect and urban designer from Portland, Oregon, Appleyard will share information on new urbanism and building great communities.

 

During the morning session, Appleyard will discuss visioning, the importance of visioning and share steps to implement the community building concepts.  In the afternoon, he will lead a hands-on session with stakeholders and city staff discussing topics such as connectivity, walkability, bikeability, access management and the role of design guidelines.  The day will wrap up with a reception for design professionals, professors and community leaders to meet Appleyard and talk about the ideas presented during the workshop.

 

Great Communities Workshop agenda - Thursday, Oct. 27

 

9:00 a.m., Welcome and introductions 

Location: City Hall

Attendees:  Elected and Appointed Officials

9:30 to 10:30, Presentation: Effective Smart Growth Strategies

10:30 to 11:00, Q and A, Discussion of Issues

 

1:00 p.m., Welcome and introductions

Location: Lawrence Arts Center

Attendees: Public Agency Representatives and Stakeholders

1:30 to 2:30, Presentation: Effective Smart Growth Practices

2:30 to 3:00, Q and A, Discussion of Issues

 

Bruce Appleyard , MCP, AICP is a Senior Transportation Planner and Urban Designer with SERA, Inc. (www.serapdx.com), a multidiscipline design firm specializing in smart and sustainable design and planning. He has taught the graduate transportation and land-use planning courses at the University of Virginia and Portland State University, as well as workshops for the University of California and the National Center for Bicycling and Walking. He has served as a Planning Commissioner in Charlottesville, VA, and has written numerous articles for academic and practitioner audiences. He is currently working on the second edition of the bestselling PAS report, The Transportation and Land Use Connection, and the second edition of Livable Streets.  He can be reached at brucea at serapdx.com

 

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Editor's note: a jpg file of Appleyard is available by emailing  <mailto:lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us> lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us . 

 

 

 

 

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Lisa K. Patterson

Communications Manager

City of Lawrence

PO Box 708

Lawrence, KS 66044

(785) 832-3406

fax (785) 832-3405

lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us

http://www.lawrenceks.org

 

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