[Zilla]

There are enough events, exhibits and talks about architecture, building and planning, etc. in Calgary that I figure it deserves a thread. When you know of something that fits the bill, please post it here.

I'll start...

[Zilla]

Boom and Bust Symposium

http://www.calgaryopera.com/stage/babydoe/Community%20Symposium.php



JANUARY 19 - Movie Night at the Opera Centre
Jim Brown, Host of The Eye Opener on CBC Radio One, and award winning film director Gary Burns host a screening of their acclaimed documentary about urban sprawl: Radiant City.
7 pm Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 – 7th Street S.W., Calgary
FREE Admission Reservations Required (Call 262-7286 to reserve a seat)


JANUARY 21 - Alberta Today and Tomorrow: Boom or Bust?
Meet The Parkland Institute’s Ricardo Acuña and The Canada West Foundation’s Roger Gibbins in a positively charged debate about the economic forecast for Alberta. Hear what these two leading thinkers have to say about the effects of momentous economic prosperity in the west.
7 pm Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 – 7th Street S.W., Calgary
FREE Admission Reservations Required (Call 262-7286 to reserve a seat)


JANUARY 23 - Boom Design
Well-known Calgary Architects Jeremy Sturgess and Peter Burgener present an insider’s view of residential and commercial design highlights in Calgary over the past five years showing some of the architectural trends that have taken place during times of plenty.
7 pm Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 – 7th Street S.W., Calgary
FREE Admission Reservations Required (Call 262-7286 to reserve a seat)

[Zilla]

(Central Library program)

Historical Roots of Calgary's Urban Sprawl

Author and professor Max Foran discusses the roots of Calgary's residential urban sprawl and its effects today.

Friday, January 25, 2 - 3:30 pm
Central Library, 616 Macleod Trail SE
4th Floor north meeting room

Register by calling 260-2620 or at www.calgarypubliclibrary.com

[Wooster]

Good events. Wish I could go. Good idea for a thread.

[Boris2k7]

That last one looks pretty good. I'll have to think about making a reservation in the next few days. Might make for a good write-up on calgaryurban.com

[Zilla]

Sunalta Area Redevelopment Plan Amendment

The City of Calgary has begun a program of land use planning studies for areas surrounding existing and future LRT stations. The first LRT station along the future West LRT line will be located in the community of Sunalta, along the Canadian Pacific Railway right-of-way, providing immediate access for the community. A planning study for this area is now underway.

The purpose of the study is to amend the existing Sunalta Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) (1983) primarily focusing on the lands north of 12th Avenue SW. The ARP will be a strategic land use plan that will direct the right kind of development in the vicinity of the future LRT station, while at the same time managing development pressures in other areas. The ARP will be based on existing policies adopted by the City Council, the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Guidelines (2004) and the Calgary Plan (1998).

The City is setting the stage to encourage new development that (1) respects and enhances the existing community and its best-loved features, (2) accommodates the change that is occurring and at the same time (3) fulfills Council's citywide strategic vision.

The City will be hosting the following event:

Information Session
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sacred Heart School main gym
1312 - 15 Street SW




http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_707_203_0_43/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Development+and+Building+Approvals+and+Land+Use+Planning+and+Policy/Land+Use+Planning/Current+Studies+and+Ongoing+Activities/Transit+Oriented+Development+TOD/Sunalta+ARP+Amendment/Sunalta+ARP+Amendment.htm

[Zilla]

Sustainable Environmental Design Keynote Speakers Series
"High Rise Buildings", high rise fever!
Alejandro Zaero-Polo, designer and founding principal of Foreign Office Architects (London)

Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 ; Time: 11:30am - 1:15 pm ; Registration – 11:30 am; Presentation – 12:00 pm
The Metropolitan Centre 333 4th Ave SW $55 Members $90 Future Members

sponsored by Uof C and Calgary Chamber of Commerce

For more information on the above events go to: http://www.creatingcalgary.ca/

[Nudrock]

Found this on the front of the City's website if anyone is interested.

Lions Park, Banff Trail and Brentwood LRT Station Planning Area
Introduction
The City of Calgary is working towards the creation of Station Area Plans for the following three LRT stations in North-West Calgary:

• Lions Park
• Banff Trail
• Brentwood

The Public Engagement Program is currently being assembled, which will enable involvement from community members and stakeholders. Among some of the opportunities are: Public Open Houses and Visioning Workshops to assist Planners and Consultants with the development of each Plan in respect to each unique station area.

How do I get involved?
Everyone is encouraged and welcome to attend the Information Sessions and Visioning Workshops. Sign-up is required for the Visioning Workshop. Please submit your application by February 21st 2008, available online.

Information Session
(no registration required)

February 6, 2008
Wednesday 3 p.m. - to 8 p.m.
Hampton Inn and Suites
Stamped Room (Level 2)
2231 Banff Trail NW



Information Session
(no registration required)

February 9, 2008
Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hampton Inn and Suites
Stamped Room (Level 2)
2231 Banff Trail NW




Event
Visioning Workshop
(register by February 21, 2008)

March 1, 2008
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hampton Inn and Suites
Stamped Room (Level 2)
2231 Banff Trail NW

[mersar]

The Varsity Community Association is also having a public meeting about the TOD proposal for the Crowchild Inn site, I believe its tomorrow from 11-3 at the Varsity Hall.

[frinkprof]

Public Information Session - WEST LRT Project

* Tuesday, February 12, 2008
* 5 - 8 p.m.
* Glendale Elementary School - 2415 Kelwood Drive S.W.

Link (http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_395_203_0_47/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Transportation+Infrastructure/Construction+Projects/LRT/West+LRT/Announcements+and+Important+Dates.htm)

[Zilla]

Downtown Parks Open House at City Hall, 11 - 2, Thursday February 7.

[Wooster]

Found this on the front of the City's website if anyone is interested.

Lions Park, Banff Trail and Brentwood LRT Station Planning Area
Introduction
The City of Calgary is working towards the creation of Station Area Plans for the following three LRT stations in North-West Calgary:

• Lions Park
• Banff Trail
• Brentwood

The Public Engagement Program is currently being assembled, which will enable involvement from community members and stakeholders. Among some of the opportunities are: Public Open Houses and Visioning Workshops to assist Planners and Consultants with the development of each Plan in respect to each unique station area.

How do I get involved?
Everyone is encouraged and welcome to attend the Information Sessions and Visioning Workshops. Sign-up is required for the Visioning Workshop. Please submit your application by February 21st 2008, available online.

Information Session
(no registration required)

February 6, 2008
Wednesday 3 p.m. - to 8 p.m.
Hampton Inn and Suites
Stamped Room (Level 2)
2231 Banff Trail NW



Information Session
(no registration required)

February 9, 2008
Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hampton Inn and Suites
Stamped Room (Level 2)
2231 Banff Trail NW




Event
Visioning Workshop
(register by February 21, 2008)

March 1, 2008
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hampton Inn and Suites
Stamped Room (Level 2)
2231 Banff Trail NW

I'll be leading the visioning session for at least one of the stations. Please come out and participate! There will also be several days of sessions at the beginning of April, so keep an eye out and support TOD!

[Innersoul1]

VARSITY LANDINGS

OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, February 9, 2008

11:00 to 3:00

Varsity Community Association

The Varsity Community Association will be showcasing Statesman’s Varsity Landings at an open house at the Community Centre this Saturday.

Statesman and its consultants have made a lot of changes and improvements to the original plans in consultation with both the City and the Community. Please come out and look at the new renderings and site plans and voice your support for the Varsity Landings.

The Community Association will also be looking for feedback to form a response to the City.

Thanks for your support.


Kevin Ingalls

Statesman Group

[Wooster]

^I really hope a lot of you go out to support (assuming it is a good plan) this proposal. Varsity previously seemed opposed to any change at that location.

[Innersoul1]

I want to check it out but I have to work. My wife is going to go along with my parents...I have told my boss that he better going since I gave him the day off!

[You Need A Thneed]

NE LRT Extention Information meeting - Feb 19, 6-8:30 pm, at Crossing Park Elementary, in Martindale.

[Zilla]

Downtown Parks Open House at City Hall, 11 - 2, Thursday February 7.

There is another presentation tonight and Friday. Found this on the City's website on the Parks page. I must say I don't think this has been well-promoted.

http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_395_203_0_47/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Parks/Parks+Management/Planning+and+Development/Public+Information+Sessions.htm

[Zilla]

Calgary Events Committee - Planning Our Future: Calgary's Economic Development Strategy featuring Adam Legge, Vice President of Research and Chief Economist for Calgary

Economic Development
Investing in people and innovation, and leveraging our existing economic strength will ensure that
Calgarians will enjoy prosperity well into the future, according to the new 10-year Economic
Development Strategy approved unanimously by Council in January.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Location: Fort Calgary, 750 9th Ave SE, Calgary
Cost: $20 AACIP members/$25 non-members and $15 students
Register by e-mail to Bruce Irvine birvine@calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com
Registration Form and Details: http://www.aacip.com/public/events.html

[frinkprof]

Reminder:

Public Information Session - WEST LRT Project

* Tuesday, February 12, 2008
* 5 - 8 p.m.
* Glendale Elementary School - 2415 Kelwood Drive S.W.

Anyone going?

[Zilla]

February 21, 2008
Information session to be held at the Ramsay Community Association (1136 8 Street SE from 6:30pm-8:30pm) to examine the Ramsay Exchange Outline Plan & Land Use Re-designation Application currently under review by The City of Calgary. Representatives from The City, Ramsay Community Association, Torode and their consultants will be available to answer any questions.

[Nudrock]

From the city's website....


Centre City Congress

Development & Building Approvals / Land Use Planning & Policy

Centre It! – First Annual Congress Feb. 27-28, 2008

The City of Calgary is hosting the First Annual Centre City Congress on February 27 and 28, 2008.

The purpose of the Congress is to:

* Update stakeholders by showcasing initiatives and projects already underway.
* Provide input, support and advice in setting Centre City priorities.
* Encourage delegates and their respective businesses, agencies and associations to participate in the implementation of the Centre City Plan.

For more information on the Congress, please contact Karen Taylor at (403) 268-3474 or via email.

[atlas_inc]

/\ CtrlAltDel's stuff will be used at this event!

[Zilla]

C.A.U.S.A.
PERSPECTIVES ON ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
In Association with

The City of Calgary

Presents: Jan Gehl Gehl Architects, Copenhagen

Placemaking - Cities for People

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Stanford Perrot Theatre, Alberta College of Art & Design

Gehl Architects - Urban Quality Consultants is a consulting firm in the field of architecture, urban design and urban planning offering expertise concerning the human dimension in city and site planning. The character and vitality of public spaces are seen as an important key to urban quality. Their focus is on people and ensuring quality public space for people to enjoy. Accordingly, planning and design solutions are based on extensive research on how people use public space and experience urban quality throughout the world. They base their work on the close relationship between well-functioning, well-designed and lively public spaces and people’s perception of quality in cities. By allowing the aspirations for public life to drive the design process, the public realm can serve as a place for all, while embracing the unique qualities and amenities of the specific urban context.

Services provided by Gehl Architects vary from improvement of existing public spaces and urban regeneration of entire city centres to consulting in relation to the master planning of new mixed-use development, city districts and housing areas as well as with the master plan framework of new city areas. By focusing on improving the environment for pedestrians, cyclists, and other forms of alternative transport, Gehl Architects have been instrumental in promoting sustainable cities.

Jan's seminal book, Life Between Buildings, first published in 1971, continues to be a widely used handbook on the relationship between public spaces and the social life of cities. His 2006 book, "New City Life" is a handbook describing how to improve the quality of life in the city by responding to the challenges facing cities in the 21st century.

Subscribe to our mailing list to receive lecture updates or request information at : causa@i-fx.com
www.architecture.ca/causa

[Boris2k7]

Okay, so everyone who hasn't seen this one yet, Sustainable Calgary is hosting a Plan IT presentation at the Kahanoff Centre on March 10, 2008. RSVP if you want to go.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5241/planitsessioninvitedk9.jpg

[Wooster]

From the FCC newsletter:

Public presentation on Transit Oriented
Development – April 30

Cities all over North America are
investing in Transit Oriented Development
(TOD) as a more sustainable
form of growth, which seeks to put
people and transit first, create great
places to live work and play, and offer
an alternative to urban sprawl. The
City of Calgary is currently devoting
extensive time and resources into
planning for TOD around the city.
You are invited to attend a presentation
from one of the leading consultants
working with The City on TOD.
Urban Designer and Architect,
George Dark, of Urban Strategies(Toronto)
will be making a public
presentation on TOD: Wednesday
April 30, 7:30-9:00 pm at the Plaza
Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW.
This presentation is free and open to
the public.

For more information please visit
www.calgary.ca/TODPlanning or
phone Ryan Hall 268-4698, Kevin
Barton 268-5927 or Angela Kiu 268-
5603 at the City.

====================================

I helped craft this presentation, which George gave at the NW LRT Station Area Planning Visioning Session. You'll notice lots of my pictures, and even some from other SSP forumers in there!

George is an amazing speaker, and the presentation was quite good so the City wanted him back to do another one for a wider audience.

[Zilla]

Public luncheon presented by the Calgary Events Committee, Alberta Association of the Canadian Institute of Planners:

Calgary’s Heritage Strategy
learn about new ways to preserve old places

Join Darryl Cariou and David Plouffe, City of Calgary Heritage Planners, as they present a overview of the Calgary Heritage Strategy and the various heritage management tools in the strategy that provide opportunities to planners and developers to support heritage conservation in Calgary.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location: 750 - 9th Avenue SE, Fort Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Cost: $20 AACIP members/$25 non-members and $15 students
Contact Lisa Khan, lisa.khan@calgary.ca
Registration Form and Details
http://www.aacip.com/public/CalgaryEventApr16.pdf

[frinkprof]

West LRT Alternate Routing Information Sessions/Other Events

So it looks like some dates have been set to hear the concerns of the SCA, as well as look at the alternate routings, and then decide on them.

Saturday, April 26 - West LRT Project Review Meeting with select community representatives. Read more about this in Public Engagement.

Tuesday, April 29 - Public Information Session at Strathcona Community Association, 277 Strathcona Drive N.W., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 1 - Public Information Session at Mewata Armoury, 801 11 Street S.W., from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21 - Standing Policy Committee meeting on Land Use Planning & Transportation (LPT). For more information on the committee please visit the SPC page. A West LRT report will be presented to the commitee. This meeting is a public hearing that provides and opportunity for citizens to speak to agenda items.

Monday, June 9 - Council Meeting. LPT recommendations from the SPC meeting on May 21 will be presented to Council.

Taken from here (http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_395_203_0_47/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Transportation+Infrastructure/Construction+Projects/LRT/West+LRT/Announcements+and+Important+Dates.htm). A few more details here (http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_395_203_0_47/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Transportation+Infrastructure/Construction+Projects/LRT/West+LRT/Public+Engagement.htm).

[Zilla]

http://www.centrecitytalk.com/my_weblog/images/2008/04/17/urban_campus_invite.jpg

[Wooster]

I went to the first conference on Urban Campus almost 3 years ago. It seems to be moving very slowly. Any budget support from the Province yet? I remember one of the Herald articles mentioned Urban Campus as part of the school's capital plan.

I hope it gets moving soon.

[Zilla]

JANE'S WALKS CALGARY - May 3-4

"Jane’s Walks" is a series of free neighbourhood walking tours happening in eight Canadian cities May 3 & 4, 2008. The walks celebrate the legacy and ideas of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs who championed a fresh, community-based approach to city building. Calgary's tours include Centre City Special Places, Chinatown, Marda Loop-Garrison Woods, Ramsay Rediscovered, and St. Andrews Heights. No rsvp required.

For more information on the tours, go to www.janeswalk.net then click on Calgary.

[frinkprof]

Anderson Station Area Plan

Land Use Planning Exercise

June 5th, 5-8 PM

Willow Ridge Community Hall
680 Acadia Drive SE

Registration Required

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Information Session

June 12th, 5-8 PM

Willow Ridge Community Hall
680 Acadia Drive SE

Link (http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_395_203_0_47/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Development+and+Building+Approvals+and+Land+Use+Planning+and+Policy/Land+Use+Planning/Current+Studies+and+Ongoing+Activities/Transit+Oriented+Development+TOD/Anderson+Station+Area+Plan/Anderson+Station+Area+Plan.htm)

[Zilla]

Just in time for Stampede - Coalitions and Demolitions: The Destruction
of East Victoria Park presented by Dr. Max Foran. Luncheon event June 25,
all welcome! Registration deadline coming up. Details and more info:
http://www.aacip.com/public/events.html

Community Heritage Roundtable on the evening of June 26. Click here for
more info and to rsvp:
http://www.calgaryheritage.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=1280#1280

The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Exhibition is in Calgary July 4-14
with an opening event on July 8. More info:
http://www.calgaryheritage.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=1297#1297

The schedule for Historic Calgary Week, July 25-August 3 has been posted:
http://www.chinookcountry.org/hcw2008.html