GreenTown: The Future of Community

RiverKeeper founder Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., one of Time magazine's "Heroes for the Planet," will be the keynote speaker at this symposium featuring visionaries and seasoned professionals from around the country speaking on leading environmentally conscious topics and related sustainable initiatives.
Sessions include:

• Chicago’s Climate Action Plan: Creating and Implementing a Comprehensive Plan, Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Environment
• A Transportation Plan For a 21st Century Economy, Frank Beal, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolis 2020
• Greening a Community: Lessons Learned from Santa Monica, Dean Kubani, Environmental Programs Division Manager, City of Santa Monica
• Rebuilding Greensburg, Kansas as a Walkable, Livable Community, Bob Dixson, Mayor, City of Greensburg, Kansas
• Alternative Transportation, Rob Sadowsky, Executive Director, Active Transportation Alliance
• High Speed Rail: Linking the Midwest Economy, Gary Hannig, Secretary, IDOT; Rick Harnish, Executive Director, Midwest High Speed Rail Association; Charlie Quandel, CEO, Quandel Consultants
• Improving Quality, Reducing Quantity: Protecting the Great Lakes Water Supply, David Ulrich, Executive Director, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative; George Heartwell, Mayor, City of Grand Rapids
• Green Infrastructure: From Stormwater Management Through Urban Streetscaping, Steve Wise, Natural Resources Program Director, Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Great Design, Green Design: Three Projects, Jeanne Gang, Principal, Studio Gang Architects
• Greening the Municipal Building, Mike Behm, Leopardo Construction, John Wielebnicki, Director of Public Works, Village of Oak Park
• Sustainable Urbanism: Two Case Studies on How to Integrate Planning, Architecture and the Environment into Community, Doug Farr, CEO, Farr Associates
• Residential Curbside Food Scrap Collection and Municipal Composting, Geoff Rathbone, City of Toronto
• Zero Waste Communities, Will Allen, CEO, Growing Power
• Unlocking the Potential of the New Green Economy, Deborah Popely, Associate Director, Delta Institute
• Developing a Sustainable Community from the Ground Up, John DeWald, Developer, Serosun Farms

There will be pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, October 14 and a post-conference workshop the morning of Friday, October 16.
GreenTown is a registered program of AIA/CES. Architects can receive credits for attending.