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• ·         Dara O'Byrne, Deputy Director for Land Use and Policy, Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office
• ·         Erin Kelly, Manager of Innovative Landscapes, Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office
• ·         Jenny Guillaume, Environmental Planner and Growing Green Initiative Coordinator in Baltimore
• ·         Moderator:  Jim Schwab, AICP, APA Hazards Planning Center Manager

Register:  https://events-na12.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1276969878/en/events/event/shared/default_template/event_landing.html?sco-id=1456756271&_charset_=utf-8

All sessions are FREE but you must register (do it now!).  Some may require strong coffee.

If interested and to obtain a copy of the RFP, please contact Peter Roche in the Natick Procurement Office, at the address below or proche@natickma.org.

James Errickson

Director - Community & Economic Development Town of Natick

508-647-6450

http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/02/16/major-toronto-transit-plan-to-be-unveiled.html

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/01/cheap-gas-oil-prices-planning-future/424905/

http://www.planetizen.com/node/83805/teaching-urban-planning-pre-schoolers

http://www.mma.org/public-works-energy-a-utilities/16117-gov-baker-files-bond-bill-with-200m-for-local-road-projects

The Future of Suburbia exhibition will be a multimedia synthesis of multiple years of research that has involved students, faculty, and practitioners.

Exhibit is on from Jan 25, 2016 to Apr 2, 2016

http://cau.mit.edu/exhibit/okawa-lobby-mit-media-lab/future-suburbia

“The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown,” by Paul Taylor and Pew Research Center, is being released this week in a paperback edition that includes nearly 100 pages of new text, charts and updates to the original 2014 hardcover edition. Here, Paul Taylor shares eight takeaways from the book’s all-new opening chapter, “Political Tribes.”

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/01/27/the-demographic-trends-shaping-american-politics-in-2016-and-beyond/

A booming, car-free downtown and underground waste disposal facilities show how a small city can lead the way on sustainability.

http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/02/how-ljubljana-turned-itself-into-europes-green-capital/458934/

The future of both the Citgo sign in Kenmore Square and the Old Northern Avenue Bridge are suddenly in question.

http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/02/boston-landmarks-citgo-northern-avenue-bridge/458916/