Over 800 participants took part over the course of the 2010 summit. Over 30 elected officials from around the state joined in our special lunch with Tom Murphy, former Mayor of Pittsburgh and 39 of our Louisiana Speaks Champions came in for the keynote event. Attendees represented 34 parishes, plus we welcomed guests from Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Washington DC, and even Canada (we’re international!). Also, over 30 cyclists joined in for the B.R.A.S.S. led bike ride on Friday evening.
Media coverage dramatically improved over past years, as we dug up 25 published articles, many from Baton Rouge publications but also from other Louisiana towns such as New Orleans, Lafayette, Alexandria and Opelousas—and Smart Growth America posted two of our blogs to their site for a national audience. Tack on 3 radio appearances in Baton Rouge and Lafayette and a couple of local TV spots, and we think visibility for the summit has stepped up to a whole new level. Let’s hope that translates into our witnessing of a paradigm shift in the way our communities think about growth in Louisiana.
Themes of transportation and housing, coastal restoration and rebuilding, livable communities with access to amenities and transportation options, connecting communities to job centers, creating energy through renewable resources, restoring blighted and vacant properties to commerce, and wading through the technical, financial and legal jungles that come with smart, responsible development all pervaded conversation throughout the event. Our additional events, including the Keynote Reception and Louisiana Speaks Champions recognition, Transportation Dinner, Great Places Awards Reception, Elected Officials Lunch, and Leisurely Baton Rouge Bike Ride allowed participants and stakeholders of various backgrounds to capitalize on the coming together of such a diverse audience in one place.
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The 2010 Summit schedule is below. Links to speaker presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the individual speaker’s name. We will soon update this page with links to download videos of select sessions.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at the Shaw Center for the Arts
Time |
Manship Theatre |
Studio |
Workshop |
| 7:30-8:00 AM | Registration | Building Blocks Movie | |
| 8:00-8:15 | Welcome
Elizabeth “Boo” Thomas Center for Planning Excellence Cordell Haymon Center for Planning Excellence |
Additional Seating | |
| 8:15-9:15 | Federal Role in Advancing Smart Growth Efforts
Beth Osborne U.S. Department of Transportation Tom Murphy Urban Land Institute, Former Mayor of Pittsburgh MODERATOR Ilana Preuss Smart Growth America
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Additional Seating | |
| 9:20-10:30 | Where the Sidewalk Ends: Mobility and the Market
Chris Leinberger Brookings Institution MODERATOR Joseph R. Molinaro National Association of REALTORS® SPONSORED by Baton Rouge Growth Coalition |
Smart Growth 101
Ilana Preuss Smart Growth America
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New Horizons in Housing: Current Development Projects in New Orleans Gerard W. Barousse, Jr. Bayou District Foundation, Monarch Real Estate Advisors New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative MODERATOR Tim Carpenter Fannie Mae’s Louisiana Community Business Center SPONSORED by Fannie Mae |
| 10:30-10:45 | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 10:45-12:00 | What Is A Regional Plan and What Can It Do For You?
Fregonese Associates Mark Butala Southern California Association of Governments Parsons Brinckerhoff
MODERATOR Adam Knapp Baton Rouge Area Chamber |
Inroduction to Transit Oriented Development
PB PlaceMaking MODERATOR John Renne University of New Orleans |
Mapping Success with Innovative Planning Tools
Fregonese Associates GCR & Associates, Inc. City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge Planning Commission East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority
MODERATOR |
| 12:00-1:15 | Lunch (on your own) | Smarter Cities Lunch Panel
IBM Smarter Cities MODERATOR Chris Loar Ascension Parish SPONSORED by EATEL |
2010 State of Housing: From the Gulf Coast and Beyond Lunch Panel
Fannie Mae MODERATOR Tim Carpenter Fannie Mae’s Louisiana Community Business Center SPONSORED by Fannie Mae |
| 1:15-2:25 | Louisiana Speaks: Walking the Talk
Office of Community Development, Louisiana Recovery Authority Center for Planning Excellence City of Lake Charles City Delcambre
MODERATOR Robin Rather Collective Strength |
Oh the Places We’ll Go! Transit & Housing Case Studies
University of New Orleans Rhodeside & Harwell Atlanta Beltline, Inc. MODERATOR Rachel DiResto Center for Planning Excellence |
Foundations for Resiliency
John G. Davies Baton Rouge Area Foundation Lori J. Bertman Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation MODERATOR Gerri Hobdy SPONSORED by Baton Rouge Area Foundation |
| 2:30-3:30 | FutureBR
John Fregonese Fregonese Associates Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. Franklin Industries, LLC MODERATOR Lael Holton City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge Planning Commission
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We’re Such a Happy State…Ignorance is Bliss
Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University Oxfam America MODERATOR John Spain Baton Rouge Area Foundation SPONSORED by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana |
Living with Water: Dutch Dialogues III
Waggonner & Ball Architects Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts MODERATOR Camille Manning-Broome Center for Planning Excellence |
| 3:30-3:45 | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 3:45-4:50 | Suburban Slums
Chris Leinberger Brookings Institute MODERATOR Trula Remson Baton Rouge Growth Coalition SPONSORED by Baton Rouge Growth Coalition |
Get Off Your Asphalt: The Streets of Change
Sherri LeBas Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Atlanta Beltline, Inc. MODERATOR AARP |
Rebirth of New Orleans’ Neighborhoods
Make It Right Green Coast Enterprises MODERATOR James Ross Gulf Rebuilding SPONSORED by The Vinyl Institute |
| 4:55-6:00 | Railvolution: Getting on Track Rachel Diresto Center for Planning Excellence Smart Growth America
HNTB Corporation Louisiana State Representative, MODERATOR John Spain Baton Rouge Area Foundation |
Smart Savings: Land Banks and Trusts (CLE approved) Walter Monsour East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority Frank Neelis Land Trust for Southeast Louisiana Land Trust for Southeast Louisiana MODERATOR Tom Murphy Urban Land Institute, Former Mayor of Pittsburgh SPONSORED by Fannie Mae |
Coastal Resiliency Panel
Center for Planning Excellence Fregonese Associates MODERATOR Marco Cocito-Monoc Greater New Orleans Foundation |
6:00-7:30 PM Great Places Awards Reception at the Shaw Center for the Arts sponsored by AARP – Free and open to the public
Friday, August 20, 2010 at the Shaw Center for the Arts
| Time | Manship Theatre | Studio | Workshop |
| 7:30-8:00 AM | Registration | Building Blocks Movie | |
| 8:00-8:10 | Welcome
Elizabeth “Boo” Thomas Center for Planning Excellence Cordell Haymon Center for Planning Excellence |
Additional Seating | |
| 8:10-8:25 | Address
Soul of the Community |
Additional Seating | |
| 8:25-8:45 | Address
Governors’ Office of Coastal Affairs |
Additional Seating | |
| 8:55-10:25 | Making Governance Work in the Face of Emergency: How are Oil Spills Different? Parish President Michel H. Claudet
Terrebonne Parish U.S. Coast Guard Governors’ Office of Coastal Affairs Andy Kopplin City of New Orelans MODERATOR Denise J. Reed University of New Orleans |
From Brown to Breaking Ground: Brownfields Development Projects
Louisiana Brownfields Association Barrett Chaix City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge Planning Commission Cornelius Payne Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
MODERATOR Susan Ludwig Center for Planning Excellence |
Decoding the Code (CLE approved) East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney’s Office Stephen Villavaso, J.D., FAICP Villavaso & Associates MODERATOR Ellen Miller City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge Planning Commission
SPONSORED by Louisiana Chapter, American Planning Association |
| 10:25-10:40 | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 10:40-11:55 | I Will Survive: Planning for Resilience
Brookings Institution Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University Universtiy of New Orleans Hazard Center MODERATOR City-Works |
Life After the Strip: Transformation of Abandoned Buildings
Third Place Company Education Corporation of America JCH Development MODERATOR Marvin “Buddy” Ragland, Jr., AIA Coleman Partners Architects LLC |
Financing Opportunities (CLE approved) Lorridor LLC East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority Crescent Growth Capital, LLC MODERATOR Jones Walker SPONSORED by Jones Walker |
| 12:00-1:15 | Lunch (on your own) | Reinventing the Grid: Alternative Sources of Energy Lunch Panel
Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research Cypress Group |
Relationship Between Planning & Health Lunch Panel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MODERATOR Stephanie Broyles Pennington Biomedical Research Center SPONSORED by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana |
| 1:20-2:30 | Schools of Thought: Sustainability and Community Design
Louisiana State University, School of Architecture Louisiana Tech, School of Architecture Southern University, School of Architecture Tulane University University of Louisiana at Lafayette, School of Architecture & Design |
Down the Drain
Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program and Coastal Sustainablility Studio Dana Brown, ASLA, AICP, LEED AP BROWN + DANOS landdesign, Inc. MODERATOR Mayor James E. “Jimmy” Durbin City of Denham Springs |
TND: It’s Easy as 1,2,3 (CLE approved) Samuel A. Bacot McGlinchey Stafford Code Studio City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge Planning Commission SPONSORED by McGlinchey Stafford |
| 2:30-2:45 | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 2:45-3:55 | Great Places Award Winners
MODERATOR Atlanta Regional Commission Kress Welsh Levy Project PACE Greater New Orleans Hollygrove Market & Farm Downtown Development District SPONSORED by AARP |
Louisiana Landuse Toolkit Implementation Panel (CLE approved) Code Studio Ken Dawson West Feliciana Parish Alyson Lapuma Tangipahoa Parish Government Chip Mills West Feliciana Parish
Tara Titone Center for Planning Excellence Camille Manning-Broome Center for Planning Excellence |
Start Me Up: How to Start A Planning Commission (CLE approved) Planning Commission Council Sheri Morris Roedel, Parsons David Barrow City of Central’s Planning and Zoning Commission
MODERATOR: Lynn A. Maloney-Mujica, AICP ARCADIS U.S., Inc. |
| 4:00-5:00 | Where Do We Go From Here?
Elizabeth “Boo” Thomas Center for Planning Excellence Cordell Haymon Center for Planning Excellence
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6:00-7:30 PM Evening bike ride with BRASS
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