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| From http://www.livablelouisville.org/:
Experts in the fields of urban planning, architecture, development, transportation, and sustainability will share their experience and search for the confluence of these ideas that will steer Louisville forward under the next mayor's administration.
Livable Louisville is a forum seeking to foster creative thinking on the most compelling and important challenges facing the city today. Our panel of five experts will discuss the inter-related qualities of these issues. You're invited to join the conversation, too, at a post-forum discussion in the Clifton neighborhood.
Meet the Panel
Livable Louisville is a forum for important ideas – architecture, urban planning, development, transportation, and sustainability. Our panel includes five experts who are demonstrated leaders in Louisville and who have a clear understanding of their specialty. Without further ado, meet our panel:
- Gill Holland, Entrepreneur, Developer and Film Producer. Gill and his wife Augusta have taken over the Louisville scene recently with the completion of the LEED-Platinum-registered Green Building on East Market Street. Gill is passionate about sustainability and urban revitalization as demonstrated by his continued interest in redeveloping Nulu and Shippingport.
- David Morse, Transportation Advocate. David is an avid cyclist and President of CART, the Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation. He is a leader in supporting equitable transportation planning and is an advocate of complete streets serving the needs of all transportation users.
- Steven Sizemore, Urban Planner. Steve serves as a Neighborhood and Long Range Planner for the Metro Louisville Planning and Design Services. His specialties include bicycle and pedestrian friendly design, greenways, land conservation, and natural resource protection. Steve also teaches graduate level urban planning courses at the University of Louisville.
- Bill Weyland, Real Estate Developer. Bill directs City Properties Group and has developed many successful projects in and around Downtown. He has completed the Glassworks building and ZirMed Towers on West Market Street in addition to the Henry Clay building on Third Street and is planning several projects including the Whiskey Row Lofts at the arena and Clay Commons, a boutique hotel and apartments on Fourth Street.
- Steve Wiser, AIA, Architect and Historian. Steve has been active in the Louisville community since the 1970s . He is also an active member and past President of the Louisville Historical League where he helped to save local landmarks such as the Old Male High School and the Ouerbacker House. Steve has published several books on Louisville history including Louisville Tapestry and Louisville 2035.
Sarah Kelley, editor of LEO Weekly, will moderate the discussion.
About Livable Louisville
Livable Louisville is a forum seeking the best ideas to carry Louisville into the future. Leading experts sit down to discuss issues of sustainability, transportation, architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, growth, and development. The Livable Louisville Public Forum is a dialogue that gets the discussion started.
Livable Louisville 2010 is set for Tuesday, March 30 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at the Clifton Center. Refreshments will be served at a 5 PM Reception preceding the forum and post-forum discussion will be held at Cliftons Pizza after the event.
The Livable Louisville Forum encourages looking at issues at the center of a vibrant and livable city as interconnected. Each affects the other. Our discussion will take these relationships into account as we try to better understand these complex bonds using examples from Louisville and abroad.
Please join us for an exciting evening of discussion at the Clifton Center. The Livable Louisville Forum is free and open to the public, but we kindly ask that you RSVP using the form on the front page. We hope to see you on March 30!
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