Calgary SSP events of interest

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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. A few more details here.

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[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.

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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.

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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

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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...hp?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...hp?p=1297#1297

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