[E-updates] Provide input to the SDAT Team: Shape Lawrence's FUTURE

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE

City of Lawrence, Kansas

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

 

CONTACT: Lisa Patterson, communications manager, (785) 832-3406

 

Provide input to the SDAT Team:  Shape Lawrence's FUTURE

 

(LAWRENCE, Ks) - The community is invited to participate in the work of
the American Institute of Architects Sustainable Design Assessment Team
next week.  A public input meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at
6:30 at City Hall, 6 East Sixth Street. The community is invited to
Wednesday night's meeting to talk about all three elements of
sustainability including social, economic and environment.  

 

A six person team of experts from around the nation will be in Lawrence
next week learning about the community and getting an understanding of
the following areas: development, housing/neighborhood/downtown;
government, policy/infrastructure; culture, recreation and historic
preservation and economic: market analysis/ service providers/
merchants.  The team's work is part of the AIA grant awarded to Lawrence
for technical assistance.

 

The SDAT process creates a roadmap for communities seeking to improve
sustainability - as defined by a community's ability to meet the
environmental, economic, and social equity needs of today without
reducing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.  The
goal of the SDAT process is for the members of the community to develop
a much higher level of understanding of the issues that will shape our
community for the future, to learn how other communities have
successfully resolved similar issues, and also to engender a greater
ability to communicate in our community.

 

Individuals interested in participating in additional SDAT work sessions
are invited to the following events.

Community and SDAT Team Work Groups 

Wednesday, November 1

1:30 - 5:00 pm

Talk in detail with national experts about:

*	Development: Housing/Neighborhood/Downtown
*	Government: Policy/Infrastructure
*	Culture: Recreation, Historic Preservation
*	Economic: Market Analysis/ Service Providers/ Merchants

Location: Eldridge Hotel, Crystal Ballroom

 

Community and SDAT Team Work Groups round 2

Thursday, November 2

8:00 a.m.- noon

More work with national experts on:

*	Development: Housing/Neighborhood/Downtown
*	Government: Policy/Infrastructure
*	Culture: Recreation, Historic Preservation
*	Economic: Market Analysis/ Service Providers/ Merchants

Location: Eldridge Hotel, Crystal Ballroom

 

The community is also invited to the team's presentation of its work on
Friday, Nov. 3 from 3:30 to 5:30pm at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New
Hampshire.  SDAT team members will present their findings and
recommendations.  A final written report will be completed following the
visit and shared with the community on the web.

 

The SDAT application is online at
http://www.lawrenceks.org/currenttopics.shtml
<http://www.lawrenceks.org/currenttopics.shtml>  .

 

City Hall is on Route 6 Clockwise of the Lawrence Transit System.  The
Lawrence Arts Center is one half block south of the intersection of 9th
and New Hampshire Streets, the hub for the Lawrence Transit System.

 

-END-

 

SDAT application committee members

Dennis "Boog" Highberger, Lawrence City Commission,
boog at lawrence.ixks.com <mailto:boog at lawrence.ixks.com> 

David Corliss, Interim City Manager, 785-832-3400,
dcorliss at ci.lawrence.ks.us <mailto:dcorliss at ci.lawrence.ks.us> 

Jonathan Douglass, City of Lawrence, Management Analyst, 785-832-3466,
jdouglass at ci.lawrence.ks.us <mailto:jdouglass at ci.lawrence.ks.us> 

Lisa Patterson, City of Lawrence Communications Manager, 785-832-3406,
lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us

Stacey White, University of Kansas - Asst. Professor Architecture Admin,
785-864-3530, sswhite at ku.edu

Stephen Lane, J Stephen Lane Architect, 785-842-1248,
jslarchitect at sbcglobal.net

Steve Clark, GouldEvans, 785-842-3800, Steve.Clark at GouldEvans.com

Jane Hueseman, GouldEvans, 785-842-3800, Jane.Huesemann at GouldEvans.com
<mailto:Jane.Huesemann at GouldEvans.com> 

Kira Gould, GouldEvans, (646) 246 3824, Kira.Gould at GouldEvans.com
<mailto:Kira.Gould at GouldEvans.com> 

 

 

_____________________________

 

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

www.lawrenceks.org

 

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