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6th Annual SSS - 2004
March 9
Changing Neighborhoods...Changing Schools
The panel will address issues of changing communities and changing
schools and how planners, public administrators, and the community
can plan for schools as a tool of true community revitalization
and improvement of quality of life in all neighborhoods.
For detailed information, click here.
March 30
Improving the Environment...Improving the Community
Join us in a discussion and learning session on environmental issues
in our area and what planners, policy makers, government officials,
businesses, and citizenscan do to tackle current problems and prevent
future deterioration of our valuable and irreplaceable environment.
For detailed information, click here.
April 20
Better Collaboration...Better Developments
- How do developers
approach and view the communities that they work in?
- What are
the considerations beyond strong demographics, prime locations,
visibility, and access when choosing a site to develop?
- How do affordability
issues affect the development discussion?
- How does
redevelopment of the built environment affect communities and
residents?
- How do current
trends such as tear-downs affect communities, developers, and
municipalities?
Join our panel of experts
as they start to answer these questions. The moderator and panelists
will provide examples and perspectives on public-private partnerships,
interaction with the community, and the importance of community
buy-in for creating a true win-win development.
5th Annual SSS - 2003
March 26
Career Changes
Discussion of changes between academia, private, and public practice in the fields of urban planning and public affairs. Panelists: William Howard, Executive Director, West Humboldt Park Family & Community Development Council; Dave Walker, Architect/Urban Designer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
April 30
Immigration Post-9/11
Explore the implications of September 11 on immigration policy and the resulting efects on immigrants and immigrant communities. Panelists: Agata Gostynska-Frakt, attorney-at-law, Law Offices of Agata Gostynka-Frakt; Rami Nashashibi, Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN); Sarah Waxman, Program Director, Latinos Progresando. Moderator: Chirag Mehta, Economic Development Planner, UIC Center for Urban Economic Development.
May 28
Urban Design and Public Health
Learn how community design can lead to health benefits.
Panelists: Marya Morris, Senior Research Associate, American Planning Association; Matt M. Longjohn, MD, Senior Research Scientist, Children’s Memorial Institute for Education and Research; Randy Neufeld, Executive Director, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.
Moderator: Peter Skosey, Vice President of External Relations, Metropolitan Planning Council.
4th Annual SSS - 2002
February 7
The Strategies Behind Legislative Redistricting in Illinois
Panelists: Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago, Illinois House Majority Leader; Billy Ocasio, Alderman, City of Chicago, 26th Ward
March 7
Facades/Landmark Protection
Panelists: Jon Boyd, SE., AIA, Klein and Hoffman, Inc. and chairman of the Chicago Committee on Highrise Buildings; Dan Korman, Director of the Illinois Main Street Association; Eleanor Gorski, Historic Preservation Division of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development
April 4
TEA21: Federal Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century
Panelist: John Tomczyk, Senior Project Director, Chicago Department of Transportation
3rd Annual SSS - 2001
February 20
Public Housing Residents Preserving Community and Choice
This discussion centered on the future of affordable housing as a result of the continuing demolition of Chicago Housing Authority buildings. The issues of relocation and inclusion of public housing in private development were discussed.
Moderator: Stacey Flint, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Panel: Teri Campbell, City of Chicago Empowerment Zone; Brian Gladstein, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs; Peter Levavi, Brinshore Development; Janice Patton, Stay Together Group.
March 29
Regional Planning in the Face of Home Rule
The panel discussed the impact of home rule, weak or strong county government and what other states are doing to encourage regional and intergovernmental planning in Illinois.
Moderator: Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council
Panel: Vaughn Blankenship, University of Illinois at Chicago, Public Administration Program; Ellen Shubart, Campaign for Sensible Growth; Jeffery D. Schielke, Mayor of the City of Batavia; and Terri Wintermute, Chairperson of the Kane County Board Zoning Committee.
May 22
Electronic Government
Moderator: Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council
Panel: Christopher C. O’Brien, Chief Information Officer for the City of Chicago; Rick Shamberg, Special Adviser for Technology Investment at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs; and Scott Goldstein, Vice President of Policy and Planning, Metropolitan Planning Council.
2nd Annual SSS - 2000
March 2
TIFs: Building Blocks for Community Development?
A panel discussion featuring Steve Friedman, President, S. B. Friedman & Associates; Bob Kunze, Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Planning and Development; and Judy Meima, Executive Director, Statewide Housing Action Coalition. Moderated by Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council.
April 6
Finding the Regional Role of Community Development Corporations
Panel members: Joy Arguete, Executive Director, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation; Lynn Cunningham, Executive Director, Southeast Chicago Development Commission; Doug Farr, Principal, Farr and Associates; and Maryann Shanley, former Executive Director, Joseph Corporation. Moderated by Joe Schwieterman, Director, Chaddick Institute.
May 4
The Future of Public Transit for the Chicago Area
Panel members: Richard Bacigalupo, executive director, RTA; Julie Hamos, State Representative, Illinois House of Representatives; Jon Hilkevitch, transportation reporter, Chicago Tribune; T.J. Ross, Executive Director, PACE; Frank Kruesi, President, CTA. Moderated by Joseph DiJohn, Director, Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, UIC Urban Transportation Center.
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1st Speakers Series - 1997-98
Two panels: Regionalism and regional governments. Panelists included Cook County Board President John Stroger, Special Assistant to the Mayor Rita Athas, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Executive Director Phil Peters, and CATS Associate Executive Director Andrew Plummer.
Panel: The regional impact of the communications revolution. Panelists included Gary Greenburg of Northwestern University and Scott Goldstein of the Metropolitan Planning Council.
Panel: The UIC South Campus expansion. Panelists included Julie Hamos from Hamos and Associates.
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