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Form-Based Codes: Significant Work in Progress
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:57pm
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6/3/06 4:00pm-5:00pm
Form-based codes are rapidly being prepared and adopted across the U.S. in ever-increasing numbers. This panel will review form-based coding efforts underway in several states, explore differences in practice, and f... read more »
Trends in Retail Development
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:51pm
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6/3/06 2:30pm-3:30pm
Join developer Yaromir Steiner and other successful leaders with a proven track record in mixed-use town centers for a presentation and discussion on the current trends of retail and its effect on real estate develo... read more »
Quality vs. Quantity: Production Housing
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:49pm
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6/2/06 2:30pm-3:30pm
In a housing market dominated by high volume production builders, the success of the New Urbanism is determined in no small part by the ability to build quality architecture in quantity. Design and development teams... read more »
Building the New Urbanism: The Role of the Town Architect
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:42pm
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6/2/06 2:30pm-3:30pm
What are "Town Architects" and what do they do? How are they motivated? How are they compensated? This panel introduces efforts to build endearing places of enduring value. Learn about the role of Town Architects, h... read more »
ITE Urban Thoroughfares Project: Practitioners' Perspective
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:36pm
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6/2/06 11:30am-12:30pm
The vast majority of street design engineers rely on state and national design guides that often prevent the creation of walkable streets. This seminar addresses the issue with a review of the first-ever engineer-... read more »
The State of Smart Growth: A 15-Year Retrospective
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:32pm
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6/3/06 2:30pm-3:30pm
What has worked, what has failed, what opportunities exist for the future? Panelists will give their perspectives on the successes and failures of smart growth tactics, strategies, and tools and explain how the curr... read more »
New Urbanism: Global Practice
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:24pm
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6/3/06 2:30pm-3:30pm
The principles of the New Urbanism are being practiced and calibrated on a global scale. This panel will explore the fascinating development of new urbanist projects abroad. The panel includes designers, developers,... read more »
Implementing Public-Private Partnerships
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:23pm
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6/2/06 11:30am-12:30pm
How can government officials, developers, and designers create the necessary public-private partnerships that build better communities? This seminar convenes developers, architects, and economic development offici... read more »
From Charrette to Implementation
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:19pm
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6/2/06 11:30am-12:30pm
This panel discussion focuses on taking projects from charrette to entitlement and beyond. Topics to discussed include charrette styles, urban design and coding methods, the importance of urban designers and archi... read more »
Getting Developers on Board Transit-Oriented Development
Submitted by gmyrek on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:17pm
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6/3/06 2:30pm-3:30pm
The market for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) products has now been well established, a few hundred TOD projects have been built in recent years, and more and more developers understand that TOD can outperform t... read more »