Small but Mighty: Engaging Small Communities to Realize Big Visions - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
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With the current pandemic, jobs are increasingly mobile, making small cities more desirable. Forward-thinking communities that expanded their public realm were better equipped to attract new residents and mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This session will explore strategies for inclusive engagement, conceptualizing, and implementing bold designs in smaller cities.
Learning objectives:
- Explore inclusive engagement techniques catered to small town politics and places where “everyone knows everyone” and change is in everyone’s “backyard.”
- Introduce funding and implementation strategies that enable municipalities with less annual income to realize bold design without limiting quality or content.
- Discuss design, presentation, and communication techniques that are well suited to small communities where developing personal relationships is critical to building trust and acceptance.
- Understand how smaller communities are using previously implemented or planned open spaces to mitigate the pandemic and lessen the impact on their businesses and communities.
Scott A. Jordan, ASLA
Principal
Civitas Inc
Scott Jordan is a Principal at Civitas, a Denver based landscape architecture and urban design firm. With over 24 years of professional experience, Scott has led the firm's most complex and challenging projects across North America. Having spent his career engaging in the transformation of public realm spaces in urban cities, he has led multifaceted project teams with a variety of multi-agency client groups. His collaborative spirit is best embodied by his belief that it does not matter where an idea comes from, what matters most is that it is the best idea for the given problem.
Erin Lonoff, AICP
Principal
HR&A Advisors
Working at the intersection of the public and private sectors, Erin leverages her experience in urban planning and real estate to contribute to the vitality of cities and the public realm. Her work includes supporting design and funding strategies of parks and public spaces such as Panoway on Wayzata Bay, St. Paul’s River Learning Center, and Rochester’s Heart of the City. Erin brings experience in coupling investment planning with inclusive growth strategies. She recently supported Cleveland’s Shaker Square redesign and a management strategy for Indianapolis’ downtown public spaces, developing operations and governance approaches that align with community equity goals.
Susannah Ross, ASLA
Director
Agency Landscape + Planning
Susannah Ross, ASLA, Director at Agency Landscape + Planning, has spent over two decades managing complex urban and waterfront landscape design and construction. She is passionate about the design of public open spaces in urban settings. She enjoys exploring the potential of landscape design to enrich the daily life, health and well-being of both city dwellers and urban ecology, as well as to shape the core identity of a city. She welcomes the challenge of designing to meet the needs of a diverse set of interests in a complex physical context.
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