NPSG12-163

From Temporary to Sustainable Paradise: "Smart Growth Catalysts" and The Battle for Planning in the San Diego/Tijuana Region

Speakers: Dahvia Lynch, AICP, Project Manager, Department of General Services, San Diego County; Bruce Appleyard, PhD, Associate Research Professor, University of Utah; Michael Stepner FAIA, FAICP, New School of Architecture and Design; Carlos Graizbord, Former Director of IMPlan, Professor of Urban Planning, Universidad Iberoamericana; Brian Mooney, AICP, Principal, Mooney Planning Collaborative

The panel explores the Roles NGO's can play as "Smart Growth Catalysts" in assisting local government in developing public policy for long range planning. As a framework, the panel will build upon the historic 1974 bi-national urban design plan for the San Diego/Tijuana Region, "Temporary Paradise?" by Kevin Lynch and Donald Appleyard, father of Dr. Bruce Appleyard. The C-3 plan goes beyond traditional planning programs that are limited by jurisdiction and integrates both sides of the US/Mexican Border to address sustainability issues for the environment, economics, land use, social equity, and life systems. The ultimate goal is to assist the region in the implementation of plans and programs that not only preserve and enhance the unique San Diego/Tijuana environment but build on its multi-cultural and education assets.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

GSPEC15-340

Closing Plenary

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG12-312

Linking Jobs, Housing, and Transit for Economic Development: Local and National Perspectives

MP3

$20.00

$20.00

APSA16-500

Artist/Scholar-in-Residence 4: The Women and Children: Gender, Vulnerability, and Violence

Speakers: Chair: Susan Scheftel, Ph.D. (New York, NY) Presenter: Leora Kahn, M.S.* (Larchmont, NY) Discussant: Susan McNamara, M.D.* (Middletown, CT)

MP3

$20.00

$20.00

NPSG13-110

Intercity Passenger Rail in America: Creating Regional Centers

Speakers: Wayne Aldrich, Development Director, Town of Normal, IL; Brian Harner, Architect, Union Station Redevelopment Corporation; Wilma Quan, Urban Planning Specialist, City of Fresno, CA

As the nation considers building new high-speed rail connections and strengthening existing intercity passenger rail networks, communities large and small are thinking about leveraging rail assets in new ways. Many metropolitan areas have plans to revitalize historic stations into multimodal and economic centers, while smaller communities reassess how to leverage intercity rail stations into a regional economic development strategy. This session will address such questions as: How can stations catalyze TOD-like development patterns and help curb sprawl? How can high-speed rail stations become regional growth centers? How can good station area planning concentrate jobs and growth? Speakers offer case studies from a metropolitan area focusing on economic development and multimodal connectivity at Washington, DC, Union Station; planning for a new High Speed Rail station in Fresno, CA, to refocus economic growth and jobs downtown; and revitalization of a small-town Main Street centered on rehabilitation of an historic train depot.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG13-120

Building Capacity for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development in Diverse Communities

Speakers: Paulina Gonzales, Executive Director, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy; Lisa Hubbard, Director of Public Affairs, St. John’s Well Child And Family Center; Mike Dennis, Community Organizing Director, East LA Community Corporation. Moderator: Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Natural Resource Defense Council.

Los Angeles is now undertaking one of the largest transit expansion projects in the U.S. To prevent the displacement of low-income families and respond to the gentrification pressures in East and South Los Angeles, a variety of community organizations are building coalitions to ensure that equitable strategies are applied in transit-oriented developments (TODs). In this session, non-profit organizations share how they use social and economic justice coalesce alliances, while promoting smart growth strategies for creating equitable TODs. Learn how community residents are mobilized and engaged in campaigns to preserve and develop affordable housing, promote living wage jobs, retain small businesses and medical services, and secure other community benefits in low-income communities of color. Panelists provide examples of community development efforts, affordable housing development, healthcare initiatives, and recent organizing and advocacy campaigns. This session includes a popular activity on how to educate community residents on transit-oriented development.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

EMDR19-203

When Everything Changes in an Instant

Speakers: Constance Kaplan & Julie Probus-Schad

MP3

$20.00

$20.00

Subtotal

$100.00