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USGBC Event: Building a Sustainable Community
Building a Sustainable Community (3.0 GBCI CE Hours) hosted by the USGBC - Illinois Chapter!
Date: 11 Oct 2011
Time: 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: Heartland Bank, 200 W. College Ave., Normal, IL 61761
Program Description:
Join the USGBC - Illinois Chapter's Central IL Branch, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Farr Associates and the Congress for the New Urbanism for a roundtable program on how to achieve sustainable communities for state and local government representatives.
This event has been approved for 3.0 GBCI CE and AIA CEU hours. CM credits are also pending.
Building a Sustainable Community will help municipal leaders and their teams better understand smart urban planning and smart growth, how LEED for Neighborhood Development (ND) is one road map to accomplishing these goals and how GO TO 2040 can help communities in their planning for a greener, livable tomorrow.
Program attendees will learn key principles of smart urban planning; the goals and point system that constitute LEED Neighborhood Development rating system; and the specific goals and elements of the GO TO 2040 seven county regional plan. A LEED-ND case study will also be featured.
Agenda:
12:00 - 12:45 pm
Registration, Networking and Light Lunch
12:45 – 2:00 pm
A Sustainable Community: Defining it, Mapping it and Creating an Action Plan
Smart Urbanism undefined: What is it, how does it challenge conventional planning and how does it promote sustainability.
LEED for Neighborhood Development: A roadmap to help achieve smart and sustainable neighborhood planning.
The Benefits of Smart Regional Planning: Local regional planning body
Hurdles to Sustainable Communities: Panel discussion addressing zoning challenges and other hurdles to neighborhood sustainability efforts/audience questions.
2:15 – 2:25 pm
Break
2:25 - 3:25 pm
LEED for Neighborhood Development Case Studies:
Uptown Renewal Project, Normal, Illinois
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Uptown Renewal Tour
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Networking at Medici Bar (optional)
Presenters:
Doug Farr, Farr Associates
Susan Mudd, Congress for New Urbanism
Mercy Davison, Town of Normal
Brian Davie, Farnsworth Group
Registration:
$15 Government/Municipal leaders and staff
$15 Chapter Members
$30 Non-Members
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