"We are committed to reestablishing the relationship between the art of building and the making of community, through citizen-based participatory planning and design." From the Preamble of the Charter of the New Urbanism, 1996
The first signature to appear on the 1996 Charter of the New Urbanism belongs to noted urban planner Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, who will be among the featured speakers at "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities," from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at Quarry Oaks Golf Course near Ashland.
Plater-Zyberk, co-founder of the Congress for New Urbanism, will be joined at the conference by Susan Seacrest, founder of the Lincoln-based Groundwater Foundation and recent recipient of the prestigious Heinz Award for the Environment; and Brad Klein, Environmental Law Fellow at Chicago's Environmental Law and Policy Center.
Public policy and development practices are the primary shapers of our communities. "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities" will examine how our future quality of life in the Omaha metro and beyond will depend on leaders and citizens coming together to shape those policies and practices.
The conference sponsor, Omaha-based Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities, shares the Congress for New Urbanism's inclusive and interdisciplinary approach to community and regional planning and its goals to support the restoration of existing urban centers and towns within coherent metropolitan regions, the reconfiguration of sprawling suburbs into communities of real neighborhoods and diverse districts, the conservation of natural environments, and the preservation of our built legacy.
Those wishing attend "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities" should RSVP by Nov. 12 to Katie Torpy by calling 402 595 1902 or emailing ktorpy@sustainabledesign.org
Registration is $15 per person and is payable at the door. Funding for "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities" is provided by the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund.
For more information visit www.ecospheres.com
The first signature to appear on the 1996 Charter of the New Urbanism belongs to noted urban planner Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, who will be among the featured speakers at "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities," from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at Quarry Oaks Golf Course near Ashland.
Plater-Zyberk, co-founder of the Congress for New Urbanism, will be joined at the conference by Susan Seacrest, founder of the Lincoln-based Groundwater Foundation and recent recipient of the prestigious Heinz Award for the Environment; and Brad Klein, Environmental Law Fellow at Chicago's Environmental Law and Policy Center.
Public policy and development practices are the primary shapers of our communities. "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities" will examine how our future quality of life in the Omaha metro and beyond will depend on leaders and citizens coming together to shape those policies and practices.
The conference sponsor, Omaha-based Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities, shares the Congress for New Urbanism's inclusive and interdisciplinary approach to community and regional planning and its goals to support the restoration of existing urban centers and towns within coherent metropolitan regions, the reconfiguration of sprawling suburbs into communities of real neighborhoods and diverse districts, the conservation of natural environments, and the preservation of our built legacy.
Those wishing attend "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities" should RSVP by Nov. 12 to Katie Torpy by calling 402 595 1902 or emailing ktorpy@sustainabledesign.org
Registration is $15 per person and is payable at the door. Funding for "Envisioning Nebraska: Building Resource Efficient Communities" is provided by the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund.
For more information visit www.ecospheres.com
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