Panel Sessions

Presentations from the conference are now available to download:

How Can Public Health and Active Transportation Transform Real Estate?

• Halley Reeves, Office of Community Health Planning and Engagement, Mass Dept. of Public Health – Presentation – Video
• James Errickson, Director, Department of Community & Economic Development, Town of Natick
• Jay Minkarah, President & CEO, Develop Springfield – Presentation
• Gina Foote, CLF Ventures, Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund – Presentation
• Jessica Del Rosario, Project Director, Massachusetts Convergence Partnership

How Do You Manage Your Traffic and Parking Crisis?

• Josh Ostroff, Partnerships Director, Transportation for Massachusetts
• Sarah Kurpiel Lee, Senior Transportation Engineer/Planner, MAPC – Presentation
• Jason Schreiber, Principal, Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates – Presentation
• Monica Tibbits-Nutt, Executive Director, 128 Business Council – Presentation

Landscapes and Green Infrastructure: Can Nature Save Us in an Era of Climate Change?

• Nancy Goodman, Vice President for Policy, Environmental League of Massachusetts
• Darci Schofield, Urban Program Director, Trust for Public Land – Presentation
• Robert Perschel, Executive Director, New England Forestry Foundation – Presentation
• David Queeley, Director of Eco-Innovation, Codman Square NDC – Presentation
• Katherine England, Project Coordinator, Boston Water and Sewer Commission – Presentation

What Does Your Community Want to Be When It Grows Up?

• Joshua Croke, Co-Founder, Action Worcester
• Helena Fruscio, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology, EOHED – Presentation
• Chris Ryan, Community Development and Planning Manager, Central Mass Regional Planning Commission – Presentation
• Betsy Loring, Director of Exhibits, Ecotarium – Presentation
• Pedro Miguel Soto, City Planner, City of Peabody – Presentation

Is Housing a Municipal Budget-Buster?

• Mayor Donna Holaday, City of Newburyport
• Gov. Glendening, President of Smart Growth America’s Leadership Institute and former Governor of Maryland (1995-2003) – Presentation
• Mike Hogan, President & CEO, A.D. Makepeace – Presentation
• Michael Goodman, Executive Director, Public Policy Center, UMass Dartmouth – Presentation

Are Mixed-Income and Mixed-Race Communities Possible?

• Marcy Ostberg, Co-lead, Housing Innovation Lab, City of Boston – Presentation
• Bonnie Heudorfer, Fair Housing Consultant – Presentation
• Jennifer Van Campen, Executive Director, MetroWest CDC – Presentation
• Karen Kelleher, Deputy Director, MassHousing – Presentation

How much power should residents have to shape development?

• Ines Palmarin, Local Initiatives Support Corporation-Boston
• Allentza Michel, Fairmount/Indigo Network Coordinator, LISC-Boston – Presentation
• Karin Brandt, Principal, CoUrbanize
• Susan Connelly, Director of Community Assistance, Mass Housing Partnership – Presentation
• Arline Rosario, Resident leader, Worcester Common Ground

Can Downtowns and Main Streets Drive Economic Growth Once More?

• Kyla Pacheco, Co-Founder, Action Worcester and Worcester Idea Lab
• Sarah La Cour, Executive Director, Amherst BID
• Jen Faigel, Executive Director, Commonwealth Kitchen
• Marianne Paley, Owner, Everett Mills and Founding Executive Board Member, Lawrence Partnership

Beyond Sprawl: Are There New Models for Suburban and Small Town Smart Growth?

• Stephanie Danielson, Assistant Planning Director, Easton
• Nate Kelly, Principal Planner, Horsley Whitten – Presentation
• Joseph Zink, President and CEO, Atlantic Management – Presentation
• David Wluka, Owner, Wluka Real Estate Corp and Past President, Massachusetts – Presentation
• Realtors Association

How Do You Nurture Great, Innovative Places? – Welcome slides

• Jennifer Erickson, Regional Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Ceramic Artist – Presentation
• Erin Williams, Cultural Development Director, City of Worcester – Presentation
• Mark Favermann, Founder, Favermann Design – Presentation
• Kenneth Bailey, Principal Sector Strategy, DS4SI – Presentation
• Kara Elliott-Ortega, Director of Planning and Policy at the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, City of Boston – Presentation

The Transforming Power of Making Your Community More Walkable Dan Burden, Director of Innovation and Inspiration at Blue Zones, LLC – Presentation

Claim your AICP and AIA Credits

For AICP credits go to this link: https://www.planning.org/events/eventmulti/9104675/ For AIA credits, please contact Ethan Anthony so he can take care of registering the credits for you. Ethan will need your AIA number along with seminars you attended.

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