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Allied Professional Events
May 13, 2008
2-for-1 Tickets Available to Members for Galen Cranz Lecture
Portland Parks & Recreation is generously extending a special promotion to ASLA Oregon members for this Great Parks, Great Cities lecture. Members can obtain tickets at the door for a special 2-for-1 price. Members who show their membership card will receive one free ticket for each one purchased at the event. [This offer does not apply to online ticket sales.]
The focus of Galen's presentation is Defining the Sustainable Park.
Professor Galen Cranz explores the history of city parks in the United States and considers what the next stage of that evolution - the sustainable park - might look like. She discusses how past generations have used parks to solve their urban problems, and how both social program and physical design work together to create distinct approaches to urban park design.
PDH credit is approved for Ms. Cranz’s lecture. ASLA members are encouraged to attend this event.
Date: Tuesday, May 13 - 7:00pm
Location: First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Avenue, Portland
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Ecoroof Seminars
The City of Portland is offering a series of free technical workshops on ecoroof structure, design, construction, and permitting.
All seminars will be held in the Portland Building, 2nd floor Auditorium, at 1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, from 8:30am to noon.
- Ecoroofs: Latest Data, Information and Resources -
Tuesday, April 29
- Ecoroofs: Structure and Design -
Tuesday, May 6
- Ecoroofs: Membrane and Waterproofing -
Tuesday, May 13
- Ecoroofs: Plants, Growing Media, and Irrigation - Wednesday, May 21
- Ecoroofs: Permitting, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance - Wednesday, June 4
The seminars are free. Advance registration is required. Call 823-502-7213 or email sandih@bes.ci.portland.or.us. Please provide your name, address, phone and email information. Space is limited, register early.
Seminar participants receive certificates of completion and may be eligible to receive city funding to support ecoroof construction.
For more information about ecoroofs, visit www.portlandonline.com/bes.
Sponsored by Environmental Services and Metro.
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May 17-18, 2008
Portland Audubon’s Annual Native Plant Sale
Portland Audubon’s annual Native Plant Sale will take place Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18, 10:00am-4:00pm at 5151 NW Cornell Road. Over 100 species of Oregon wildflowers, shrubs, and trees will be available. Free speakers on Saturday at 1:00pm and 2:00pm. New this year: the “Collectors’ Corner” for hard-to-find plants and the first native plant photo contest. Shop Sunday after 3:00pm in the bargain corner for discounted plants, as well as used gardening tools and equipment. Proceeds benefit Audubon programs such as nature education, wildlife sanctuaries, and wildlife rehabilitation. See the Portland Audubon web site for more information.
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May 28, 2008
The 2008 Regional Livability Summit - Planning for Opportunity: An Inclusive Agenda for Sustainability
There is growing recognition of the interconnectedness of today’s issues and the need to simultaneously address economy, environment, and equity in order to achieve sustainability goals. Yet, we still have much to learn to broaden our region’s sustainability agenda beyond just being green. Using the ground-breaking Regional Equity Atlas Project as a point of departure, and knowing that we can and must do better, leaders from across the bi-state metropolitan area are coming together at the 2008 Summit to advance an agenda for true sustainability in the region; one that harnesses our desire for positive change, recognizes our interconnectedness, and lives up to the promise of our people and our place.
For more information at to register online, visit www.clfuture.org/events/2008summit.
Brought to you by the Coalition for a Livable Future (CLF) and this year’s Summit co-hosts, the Social Equity and Opportunity Forum of Portland State University’s College of Urban and Public Affairs and the Sidney Lezak Project.
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June 5, 2008
Oregon Urban Forest Conference - Urban Forestry: A Tool for Sustainable Communities
From the conference web site: “Sustainability’ is a hot topic in city circles today. Many cities are looking for ways they can become more sustainable - acting in ways that balance economic, environmental, and social concerns. There is perhaps no greater sustainability endeavor that cities can undertake than actively managing their urban forests. The trees in our communities are part of what makes our neighborhoods livable - and those towns that manage their urban forests well reap demonstrable economic, environmental, and social benefits. Big picture issues, like addressing climate change, reducing ‘carbon footprints,’ and developing sensibly while retaining green infrastructure, are all interrelated challenges facing Oregon cities. I invite you to join us as we look at these sustainability issues at the eighth annual Oregon Urban and Community Forestry Conference, on June 5, 2008 at the World Forestry Center in Portland.”
Date: June 5, 2008, 8:00am to 3:30pm
Location: World Forestry Trade Center
Cost:
$85 if registered by May 15
For registration and more information: www.pnwisa.org/calendar.html.
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Great Parks, Great Cities Lecture Series
This winter Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) launches Great Parks, Great Cities, a series of discussions by national experts in urban planning, economic development and sustainability on the integral role parks will play in making cities viable in the 21st century and beyond.
Beginning with author and Washington Post columnist Neal Peirce on March 13, the series will also feature Galen Cranz, professor of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, on May 13; Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, on July 8; and Peter Harnik of the Trust for Public Land, on September 16.
Patron, general admission and senior/student tickets are available online at www.portlandparks.org. Neal Peirce’s talk on March 13 is a dinner/lecture presented at the Governor Hotel. The subsequent lectures will be held at the First Congregational Church on the South Park Blocks in downtown Portland. The series is supported in part by the Portland Parks Foundation.
GREAT PARKS, GREAT CITIES
Portlanders love their parks and natural areas. From Waterfront Park to Forest Park to our own neighborhood parks, we are drawn to them as places to connect with the natural world, to play and to relax, and to create a sense of community.
But parks have a far greater impact on the success and vitality of Portland’s future. As the city grows and becomes more congested, as we face a tightening economy, the rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and other health risks, and the uncertain future of climate change, parks and natural areas play an even more crucial role in maintaining the economic health and livability of our city.
Portland is a leader in the national movement to reinvigorate cities through the “greening” of the urban environment. Parks, recreation, natural areas and open spaces are at the forefront of this movement, recognized as essential to the health, economy, water and air quality, sustainability, social equity and vitality of a community.
Great Parks, Great Cities is an opportunity to hear these experts in urban planning, economics, government affairs, urban revitalization and sustainability discuss the integral roles that parks will play in making cities viable in the 21st century and beyond. They will share their experience, research and insights into how our urban parks contribute to sustainable and healthy communities.
SERIES OVERVIEW
Thursday, March 13 (dinner and lecture)
NEAL PEIRCE – Author and Washington Post columnist
Neal Peirce is a foremost writer, among American journalists, on metropolitan regions - their political and economic dynamics, their emerging national and global roles. Known widely as a lecturer on regional, urban, federal system and community development issues, Peirce has been a familiar figure before civic, business, academic and professional groups nationally. He has appeared on Meet the Press, The Today Show, National Public Radio and local media across the country.
In 1975, Peirce began - and continues today - the United States’ first national column focused on state and local government themes, syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group. His 10-book series on America’s states and regions culminated in The Book of America: Inside 50 States Today. His more recent books were Citistates: How Urban America Can Prosper in a Competitive World and Breakthroughs: Recreating The American City.
Tuesday, May 13
GALEN CRANZ – Professor of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley
Professor Cranz teaches courses in the social and cultural bases of architectural and urban design. She studies the body and the near-environment, the office of the future, environmental sociology, and the sociology of parks.
She is the author of The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body and Design and The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America. She is a Kellog National leadership fellow and has received two Graham Foundation grants. She has also been in design teams awarded First Prize in a national competition for an inner-city park for St. Paul, First Prize for Parc La Villette, Paris, and Seventh Place in the Spectacle Island Design Competition, Boston and has served as juror for several urban design and public art competitions.
Tuesday, July 8
SHIRLEY FRANKLIN – Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
In 2001 Shirley Franklin, a first-time candidate for public office, was elected to serve as the 58th Mayor of the City of Atlanta. She was not only the first female mayor of Atlanta, but also the first African American woman to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Since her inauguration, Mayor Franklin has worked to build a “Best in Class” managed city by strengthening existing frameworks, implementing progressive changes and making the tough decisions necessary to improve Atlanta. In 2002 she appointed a task force that recommended the city double its green space to 6,000 acres within 10 years.
Mayor Franklin has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Ebony, Black Enterprise and many other local and national publications. In 2005, Time Magazine named her one of the top five mayors in the country; she is ranked among the top ten mayors in the world by the World Mayor internet organization and has been named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News and World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In 2007, she was featured on the cover of Newsweek Magazine. Mayor Franklin is also a recipient of the 2005 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. In 2006, she won the Southern Institute for Business and Professional Ethics’ Ethics Advocate Award.
Tuesday, September 16
PETER HARNIK – Director, Center for City Park Excellence at The Trust For Public Land
Peter Harnik is an expert in why parks are a good financial investment for a community and how understanding these economic impacts can help us better evaluate the creation and maintenance of our parks.
He is the author of Inside City Parks, which explores the park and recreation systems of the 25 largest cities in the United States. In 2003 his research resulted in The Excellent City Park System: What Makes it Great and How to Get There. Previous to The Trust for Public Land, Harnik was co-founder and vice president of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and he was also founder of the Coalition for the Capital Crescent Trail in Washington, D.C. A native of New York City, he is a 1970 graduate of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. |