We are pleased to announce our two lectures for the 2010 series. Formal titles and descriptions coming soon, but these two speakers’ bios really “speak” for themselves. We are lucky to host each of them in Bend this year!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
7-9 p.m. St Charles Conference Center, 2500 Neff Road
Dan Burden, The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
Burden has more than 35 years experience in community and transportation planning and urban design, and specializes in walkability studies, trails design, safe routes to school, traffic calming, traffic management, and as a trainer for national, regional, state and local courses in context sensitive solutions, traffic calming, bicycling, walkability, land use development, bicycle/pedestrian law enforcement and safety. His lecture for us will address the relationship between transportation infrastructure and public health/active lifestyle. www.walklive.org
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
7-9 p.m. St Charles Conference Center, 2500 Neff Road
John Fregonese, Fregonese Associates Urban and Regional Planning
John has been a planner for 30 years, where he has earned the rare reputation of being able both to create an energizing vision for communities and to develop concrete, workable solutions to urban problems. From Portland to Chicago and across the rest of the country, John has served as a key consultant on task forces for long-range regional planning projects. By working at a variety of scales, John has been able to bring a practical, pragmatic approach to plans that make them implementable. For our lecture, John will focus on Oregon land use laws regarding Urban Growth Boundaries, including Bend’s own experience and finding a balance between local desires and state goals. www.frego.com