The City Off the Hill: Working Together for Sustainable Urbanism
March 9-10, 2012
MacMillan Hall
Friday, March 9
2:30pm: Greetings
Hilary Silver, Director, Urban Studies Program
Kate Blessing ’13 and Alex Lipinsky ’13, Departmental Undergraduate Group
3pm Introduction to Sustainable Urbanism
Greg Lindsay, Journalist, Author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next
Scott Wolf, Executive Director, GrowSmartRI
4pm Federal Partnerships
Introductions by Andrew Brown ‘15
Barbara Fields, New England Regional Administration, Dept of Housing and Urban Development
Joanne Telegen Weinstock, Program Manager, Office of Planning and Program Development, Federal Transit Authority
Curtis Spalding, Regional Administrator, EPA New England
5:30 Keynote
Introduction by Mayor Angel Tavares, City of Providence
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, City of Pittsburgh
6:30 Reception
Saturday, March 10
9am Breakfast buffet
10am Transportation Alternatives
Introductions by Greg Jordan-Detamore ’14 and Pearse Haley ‘13
Brian Leary, President & CEO, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Rebekah Scheinfeld ’97, Chief Planning Officer, Chicago Transit Authority
John Flaherty, Director of Research and Communications, GrowSmartRI
11:30 Greening the Environment
Introductions by Alex Lipinsky ’13 and Kate Blessing ‘13
Rebecca Salminen-Witt, President, Greening of Detroit
Sarah Aucoin, Director, New York City Urban Park Rangers
Leo Pollock, Director of Programs, Southside Community Land Trust
Tei Carpenter ’05, Spitzer School of Architecture, City University of New York
1pm Lunch
2pm Affordable and Efficient Housing
Introduction by Stephen Larrick ’11, Planning and Economic Development Coordinator, City of Central Falls
Frank Ford, Senior Vice President for Research & Development, Neighborhood Progress, Inc.
Chris Cirillo ’95, Vice President for Development, Richman Group Development Corporation
Arnold “Buff” Chace, Managing General Partner, Cornish Associates
3:30 Reflections on Sustainable Urbanism
Introduction by Bonnie Kim ‘12
George McCarthy, Director, Metropolitan Opportunity, Ford Foundation
Laurie White, President, Providence Chamber of Commerce
Closing remarks