CNU Wisconsin presents a double
feature
Monday
September 12, 2011
Urban Ecology Center
1500
East Park Place
Milwaukee,
WI
53211
Featured Guest Speakers:
1. Visions
and Revisions of an Urban River (6:00pm -
7:30pm)
2. New
Urbanism 101 (7:30pm -
9:00pm)
Visions and
Revisions of an Urban River: John
Norquist, former Mayor of Milwaukee; John Gurda, Milwaukee
historian and writer; Nik Kovac, Alderman
Hear about
reflections on the MilwaukeeRiver,
its historic activities, its ecological changes, and the future of a key Milwaukeeresource.
New Urbanism
101: Steve Filmanowicz, former Communications Director for the Congress
for the New Urbanism
Do you love your
walkable mixed-use neighborhood, or do you wish your neighborhood had
everything you needed within walking distance? Come
learn more about New Urbanism with Steve Filamonwicz and the New Urban Friends!
New Urbanism
advocates for strategies and techniques that restore existing urban centers and
reconfigure sprawling suburbs into real diverse neighborhoods. New Urbanism 101
will inform you on what are walkable mixed-use neighborhoods, how American
cities deviated in the 20th Century, and how New Urbanism can improve the built
environment in your town, village, or city.
In a time of
tight fiscal constraints in government, increasing energy and transportation
costs, and global climate change, New Urbanism "just performs
better"!
For more information, please go to
www.cnuwisconsin.org/ or visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=146636707692
Contact: Ken Voigt, CNU WI Chapter Chairperson,
Email: khvoigt@sbcglobal.net
That's right in front of the bike path - right?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a European model. I prefer the openness and beauty of Wisconsin scenery to a claustrophobic concrete jungle. But that's just me.
ReplyDeleteTo Anon., 9:48 p.m. You should come to the talks. City neighborhoods are hardly claustrophobic concrete jungles. There's plenty of openness and beauty in parks, the Lakefront and other common space.
ReplyDeleteRural and small town life is great, too.