The twelfth forum of the Sustainable City Series held by the Urban Design Studio will focus on urban parks and greenways.
Urban parks and greenways play a vital role in the overall sustainability of a city and region. Parks protect wildlife habitats, provide economic development through place-based economies, cleanse the air, reduce flooding, provide environmental education opportunities, facilitate social gatherings, and offer the possibility for recreation, health, and fitness activities.
Louisville already has a world-class park and greenway system, but that is just the beginning. With the Louisville Loop, Waterfront Park, 21st Century Parks and several other notable initiatives, Louisville is creating one of the most extensive urban park systems in the country. Join us to learn more about the future of our parks and how they are promoting a sustainable city.
This event, as previous forums, is free to the public. Space is limited so please fill out this form to reserve your seat at this free event. You must enter seperate RSVPs (as guests) for every person you wish to reserve a seat for, thank you.
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Lisa Hite, AICP, Senior Planner at Louisville Metro Parks
David Karem, President of Waterfront Development Corporation
Dan Jones, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 21st Century Parks
SUSTAINABLE CITY SERIES: URBAN PARKS AND GREENWAYS PARTNER SPONSOR:
This event, as previous forums will be free to the public. If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring this event, please contact
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, Director of the Urban Design Studio for more information.
Thanks to everyone who has sent in their ideas and requests for future Sustainable City Series topics. I have taken all of the suggestions thus far (as of 10/14/09) and tried to group them into categories, reducing down similar or identical topics were they existed, and summarized many of the elaborate responses for a quick glance at what people in our community would like to learn more about. With close to 100 responses so far, I have provided a distilled list below. The ordering in which the categories appear is loosely based on frequency of the suggestions within the category beginning with the highest. If there are topics or specific areas you would like to learn more about and do not see in the list, please contact us