Comprehensive Planning for Healthy Cities and Communities
Workshop and Introduction to Plan Feedback
This event was held on October 26, 2006.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Coffman Memorial Union, Campus Club Conference Room ABC
University of Minnesota East Bank Campus
300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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About the Event
Agenda
Speakers
Audience
Directions
Registration
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Integrating health into comprehensive planning involves a variety of issues from air quality to providing green space. Speakers will focus on the initial work of the American Planning Association and Congress for New Urbanism in promoting healthier planning.
| Workshop | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration and Refreshments |
| 8:15 | Welcome, Ann Forsyth |
| 8:30 | Marya Morris |
| 9:15 | Matthew Raimi LEED-ND: A Performance-Based Rating System for Community Design, Health, and the Environment Download Powerpoint Presentation (5.9 MB) |
| 10:00 | Question and Answer Session |
| 10:30 | Break |
| Plan Feedback (limited to community funding recipients) | |
| 10:45 | Technical Assistance Overview, Michael Huber |
| 11:00 | Mock Plan Feedback, Design for Health Team, Barbara Lukermann, Marya Morris, and Matthew Raimi |
| 12:00 | Wrap-Up |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
Moderator
Ann Forsyth
Professor, College of Design and Director, Metropolitan Design Center, University of Minnesota
Keynote Speakers
Marya Morris
Senior Research Associate, American Planning Association, Chicago, Illinois
Matthew Raimi
Principal, Raimi & Associates, Inc., Berkeley, California
Additional Participants
Michael Huber, Cardiovascular Health Consultant, Center for Prevention, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Barbara Lukermann, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
This event is intended for staff of community funding recipients. These municipalities received funding to address public health issues in their comprehensive plans and ordinances. However, there is limited space for others interested in attending the workshop portion of this event.
The event will be held on the fourth floor Campus Club level of Coffman Memorial Union in Conference Room ABC. Coffman Memorial Union is located on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota at 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN.
The nearest parking is in the East River Parkway Garage, just south of Coffman Memorial Union at 391 East River Parkway. Please view the University parking Web site for other parking options. Staff of community funding recipients will receive additional information about parking validation. Carpooling is recommended.
Busing and biking are also options. The University of Minnesota campus is served by a number of transit and bicycle routes and all metro area buses offer racks for bike-bus connections. Contact Metro Transit at 612-373-3333 for transit information or view biking information from the University's Parking and Transportation Services Office.
Registration for Comprehensive Planning for Healthy Cities and Communities is now closed.
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