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New
Urbanism Short Course:
Transportation and the New Urbanism
Port St. Lucie, Florida  April
20, 2006
Sponsored by the City of Port St. Lucie, Core Communities,
and the TCRPC |
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130 people attended the full day workshop. The morning
audience heard the foundations of New Urbanism.
The afternoon speaker gave specifics on how to use
transportation, including pedestrians, to create
a viable and safe community. Two extensive question
and answer sessions offered an opportunity for learning
how public streets function in New Urbanist community. |
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One: What is the New Urbanism and Why Do It? |
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Florida’s
New Urbanism: What it is and How it is Flourishing
– Rick Hall, CNU Florida Vice Chairman, and
President, Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc.
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Public
Benefits of the New Urbanism – David Coffey,
Attorney at Law, Haile Village Center
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Place
Making Benefits of the New Urbanism: Developing
Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages –
Dr. Charles C. Bohl, Director of the Knight Program
in Community Building, University of Miami School
of Architecture, and author of Place Making: Developing
Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages,
published by the Urban Land Institute
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The New Urbanism: It Works –
David Pace, Managing Director, Baldwin Park Development
Company |
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| Keynote
Speaker – Evolution
of Transportation Planning, Walter Kulash, Principal
and Senior Traffic Engineer, Glatting Jackson Anglin
Lopez Rinehart, Inc. |
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Designing
and Coding New Urbanist Places – James
Moore, National Director for
Community Planning and Urban Design, HDR
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Designing
Livable Streets – Rick Hall
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| Implementing
the New Urbanism in Port St. Lucie – George
deGuardiola, deGuardiola Properties |
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Making
the New Urbanism Work: Policy and Practice –
Diane Colonna, Executive Director, Delray Beach
Community Redevelopment Authority
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| Closing
Comments-Next Steps – Marcela Camblor, Treasure
Coast Regional Planning Council |
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| Please check
back for the more information or contact Wynsum
772-221-4060 |
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