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#109 Transformations To Create The City Of Short Distances

Number of presentations – 17, including:

The 21^stCentury Suburban Transformation: Climate Change and Urban Design (Slides)
James Brainard, Carmel, IN, USA

Warsaw’s Neighborhoods: Creating a Good Place to Live (Slides)
Marlena Happach, Warsaw, POLAND

San Bruno’s City of Short Distances: Creating a Vision of Urban Livability Based on Economic, Social, and Cultural Diversity (Paper and Slides)
Rick Phillips, San Jose, CA, USA and David Woltering, San Bruno, CA, USA

Bodø – the Dot on the Map that Wants to Become the Center of the World (Paper and Slides)
Gøran Raade-Andersen, Bodø, NORWAY

Redesigning Neighborhoods to be healthy (Slides)
Ettore Maria Mazzola, Rome, ITALY

San Antonio Takes Site from Oyster to Pearl (Paper and Slides)
Jennifer Herriott, San Antonio, TX, USA

Reshaping a Low Point into a Community of Opportunity (Paper and Slides)
Jenni Grafton, Westminster, CO, USA

Many Hands Transform Blighted Corridor with New Neighborhood Centers (Paper)
David Ahrens, Madison, WI, USA

Shaping Healthy, Ten-Minute Neighborhoods in Downtown Birmingham (Paper and Slides)
John J. Pittari Jr. and Alex Krumdieck, Auburn, AL, USA

Joint-Use School Developent in Urbanizing Areas (Paper and Slides)
Pranjali Rai and Ralph Bennett, College Park, MD, USA

Repurposing Urban and Suburban Church Properties (Paper and Slides)
Barbara Myers, Toronto, ON, CANADA

Exploring the Consequences of Permanent Public School Closures for the 10-Minute Neighborhood: A Case Study in Kingston, ON (Slides)
Patricia Collins, Kingston, ON, CANADA

The Capreol 2018 Community Improvement Plan (Paper and Slides)
Kris Longston, Greater Sudbury, ON, CANADA

Developing Sustainable Urban Sub-Centers (Paper and Slides)
Robert Marshall, Toronto, ON, CANADA and Quan Nguyen Hoang, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM

Creating Dynamic Urban Destinations (Paper and Slides)
Eddie Wu, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM and Robert Marshall, Toronto, ON, CANADA

Reclaiming Community, the River, the Shopping Mall, and the Airport (Paper and Slides)
Scott Jordan, Denver, CO, USA

Health and Wellness as a Catalyst for Neighborhood Revitalization in Jackson, Tennessee (Slides)
Christopher Janson, Dallas, TX, USA

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Thank you!

We just wrapped up the 56th Conference in Portland, a huge thanks to those of you who attended and made this conference so special. We’re working on making the slides and photos available to the attendees, and we hope you’re connecting with those you met on social media.

"I know of no other conference which provides the international expertise."

Sylvia Sutherland, former Mayor, Peterborough, Ontario

"A wonderful Conference. I truly believe this is the best Conference on cities."

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., City of Charleston

"The most important continuous conference dialogue on making the world's cities and towns more livable for all of their inhabitants."

Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Governor, State of South Baden, Germany

"The conference holds a magnifying glass to the world's best cities, revealing why, and how they work."

Benjamin Thompson, FAIA AIA Gold Medalist

"Love for our cities unites all of us in this unique, impressive conference, with participants from different countries, with different professional backgrounds, but with one purpose: making our cities more livable."

Antonio Casellati Former Mayor, City of Venice, Italy

"Ive learned more from this conference than any other conference that I've ever gone to. I've been a city councillor now for twenty years, and I'm so glad I went to that first one twenty years ago."

Kim Richter, City Councillor, Langley, BC

"Well-structured, extremely well-organized and super-high quality of both the presenters and materials presented."

Dr. Mirela Newman, Coordinator, Urban Studies Graduate Program, S Conn St. University

What people say about the IMCL....

“The best conference on cities.” - Joseph P. Riley, Jr., former Mayor, Charleston, SC

“The most important continuous conference dialogue on making the world's cities and towns more livable for all of their inhabitants.”
- Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, former Mayor, Freiburg, Germany

“I know of no other conference which provides the international expertise.”
- Sylvia Sutherland, former Mayor, City of Peterborough, Ontario

“The Conference holds a magnifying glass to the world’s best cities, revealing why and how they work.”
- Benjamin Thompson, FAIA, AIA Gold Medalist

“Love for our cities unites all of us in this unique, impressive conference, with participants from different countries, with different professional backgrounds, but with one purpose: making our cities more livable.”
- Antonio Casellati, former Mayor, City of Venice, Italy

“These conferences were and I’m sure are still game changers. My first conference was in around 2003 or 2004 in Sarasota. It was pivotal for me as a new CAO of an Ontario municipality having emerged from the public works and engineering area. It helped to shape our town, Newmarket.”
- Bob Shelton, CAO, Newmarket, Ontario

“I've learned more from this conference than any other conference that I've ever gone to. I've been a city councillor now for twenty years, and I'm so glad I went to that first one twenty years ago.”
- Kim Richter, City Councillor, Langley, BC

“A truly invigorating event. I was inspired by being able to connect with so many wonderful people from around the world who are all passionate about the creation of great places."
- James Dougherty, Director of Design, Dover, Kohl & Partners

"The diversity of the audience, the excellent presentations - and importantly, the passion of the movement - have influenced my thinking and next steps.”
- Candance Kokinakis, Ph.D., Sr. Director of Safe Routes to School, Michigan Fitness

“One of the best professional events I have ever attended. Well-structured, extremely well-organized and super-high quality of both the presenters and materials presented.”
- Dr. Mirela Newman, Coordinator, Urban Studies Graduate Program, Southern Connecticut St. University

“The lively exchange of ideas and the opportunity to communicate with colleagues as well as civic decision makers made the sessions extremely successful… Both new and, I am sure, lasting friendships have been formed.”
- Professor Derek Drummond, McDonald Professor of Architecture, Vice Principal, McGill University

“Architects, community organizations, city administrators, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, social scientists and developers committed to making cities livable, all attended. Participants came from places as close as San Francisco and the U.S. Eastern seaboard, to as far away as Samarkand, Russia; Prague, Czech Republic; Germany; The Hague; New Guinea; Switzerland; Australia; Venice, Italy; Austria; United Kingdom; Canada; Belgium; and Hong Kong. These international forums provide the yeast and inspiration to apply ideas to one’s own hometown.”
- M. Elizabeth Martin, Director, San Francisco Beautiful

“Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to the attention of the Members of this body the work of the International Making Cities Livable conference… a forum for hundreds of speakers and participants from 37 states and 11 countries to present ideas.”
- The Hon. Walter E. Fauntroy, U.S. House of Representatives

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