Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIADirector, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture; Author: Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
Retrofitting Suburbia
Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA
Location: Irondeqoit United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 • 7-9 pm
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("Adapting Suburbs in the Twenty First Century" is a signboard exhibition based on case studies from Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson's book Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs.)
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
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Geoffrey Anderson
President and CEO Smart Growth America
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Visit WXXI - Blue Print America.
Smart Choices/Smart Growth
Location: WXXI, 280 State St.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 • 7-9 pm
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Alan Greenberger
Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission
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Planning for the Post-Industrial City, Initiatives from Philadelphia
Location: Gleason Works Auditorium, 1000 University Avenue
Friday, June 5 • 8–9 pm
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Jacky Grimshaw
Vice President, Policy, Transportation, and Community Development Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, Illinois
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Neighborhood Revitalization & the Importance of Transit-Oriented Development
Location: The Coptic Monastery of St. Shenouda (formerly Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church), 720 W. Main St.
Wednesday, May 13 • 7–9 pm
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Mayor George Heartwell & Suzanne Schulz, AICP
Mayor & Director of Planning, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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The New Green Cities: A Model for Municipal Stewardship
Location: Salem United Church of Christ, 60 Bittner St.
Thursday, April 16 • 7–9 pm
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Robert Fishman, PhD
Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Author: "Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia"
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The Fifth Migration: Return to the Urban Core
Location: Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St.
Monday, March 16 • 7–9 pm
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Douglas Farr, AIA
President & CEO, Farr Associates
Author: "Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature"
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Planning for Rochester's Green Surge
Location: St. Luke & Simon Cyrene Episcopal Church, 17 S. Fitzhugh St.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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W. Cecil Steward, FAIA
Founding President, Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities, Omaha, NE
Profiles in Leadership for Sustainability
Balancing economic and community
development with conservation and
preservation of the earth’s natural systems.
Location: Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue
Tuesday, November 18 • 7–9 pm
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Richard Jackson, MD, MPH
Visiting Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UCLA
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Planning & Designing Healthy Environments for Healthy People
Addressing how land use and transportation planning policies have negatively impacted personal and public health and environmental quality.
Location: Gleason Works Auditorium, 1000 University Avenue
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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William Hudnut, III
Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land Institute, Washington DC
William Hudnut is probably best known for his sixteen-year tenure as Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-1991. He spearheaded the formation of a public-private sector partnership that led to Indianapolis’ emergence during the 1980s as a major American city.
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First Tier Suburbs and Partnering to Promote Revitalization Benefits to Both Suburbs and City
Location: Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs Street
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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David Boehlke
Founding Member, Healthy Neighborhoods Group
David Boehlke is a nationally recognized expert in neighborhood revitalization and our country’s leading authority on Healthy Neighborhoods. He has worked with over 100 cities and towns, emphasizing older neighborhoods with declining or stagnant populations.
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Healthy Neighborhoods: a Revitalization Strategy
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut Street
Thursday, April 24, 2008
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