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The Walkable City - Online Webcast

By Sun Coast Section, APA Florida (other events)

Monday, June 29 2015 6:30 PM 7:30 PM EDT
 
ABOUT ABOUT

Join us (online) for an evening with internationally-renowned city planner and walkability expert Jeff Speck.

This event is presented by:

 

To learn more about Jeff, visit www.jeffspeck.com.

Jeff Speck, AICP, CNU-A, LEED-AP, HON ASLA
Principal, Speck & Associates LLC

Jeff Speck is a city planner and urban designer who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.  As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007, he presided over the Mayors' Institute on City Design and created the Governors' Institute on Community Design.  Prior to his federal appointment, Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of Town Planning at DPZ & Co., the principal firm behind the New Urbanism movement. Since 2007, he has led Speck & Associates, a boutique planning firm that specializes in making American downtowns thrive.
 
With Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Mr. Speck is the co-author of The Smart-Growth Manual and the “modern classic” Suburban Nation, which the Wall Street Journal calls "the urbanist's bible.”  His latest book, Walkable City–which the Christian Science Monitor calls “timely and important, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work” –was the best selling city-planning book of 2013-14.

Restrictions

The long version: This online event is being offered free and without warranty by the Sun Coast Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association.  Although we will make every effort to ensure this streams without incident, this is a relatively new technology for us and we have not used our equipment in this venue before. Our intent is to record the event and make it available for viewing online after the event.  

The short version: we cannot guarantee optimal video placement or audio quality.  

Other info for APA members: This event has been submitted for AICP certification maintenance credit.  Once approved, AICP credentialed planners may claim this for 1.0 CM credit (live event and simulcast only -- viewing of recordings are not eligible unless specifically registered as a separate distance learning opportunity).

Mailing Address

2017 Delta Blvd., Ste. 201 Tallahassee, FL 32302