Upcoming Event - Fit Nation Mtg: Promoting Healthy Communities through Design
Devon Barnhart
Invite to 2-2-11 Fit Nation meeting: Promoting Healthy Communities through Design
Over the past year, an unprecedented collaboration of agencies in New York City, including the Planning, Health, Transportation, and Design & Construction departments collaborated with AIA-NY in developing Active Design Guidelines for the city. Aimed at giving people the option to walk, bike, use stairs, and generally be more active on a regular basis, the guidelines outline specific design solutions for streets, public places, and buildings, and have been the recipient of several national awards to date.
Learn more about the Active Design Guidelines and how they can be applied in your city to help create healthier, more attractive and more economically vibrant communities!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
8am-12:30pm
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (City Hall), Room #402
RSVP for the event here and find out more information about the meeting agenda below.
( http://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=c748b662-4e75-4aaf-84b8-3d256e4ef781 )
Fit Nation DC: Conference Agenda
8:00 - 8:30am: Coffee and Registration
8:30 - 8:45am: Welcome and Introductions
8:45 - 9:05am: Keynote 1
9:05 - 10:20am: Panel 1: Fit City: New York City’s Active Design Guidelines
10:20 - 10:35am: Fitness Break
10:35 - 11:50am: Panel 2: Fit Nation
11:50am - 12:10pm: Keynote 2
12:10 - 12:30pm: Reception
Welcome and Introductions
AIA New York Chapter: Margaret Castillo, AIA, President
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Assistant Commissioner Lynn Silver, M.D., M.P.H.
AIA National: Markku Allison, AIA, Resource Architect
American Architectural Foundation: Ronald E. Bogle, Hon. AIA
AIA Washington Chapter: Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA, Executive Director
Keynote 1
Washington, D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells
Panel 1: Fit City: New York City’s Active Design Guidelines
Introduction/Moderator:
Karen Lee, MD, MHSc, FR, CPC, Director of the Built Environment, New
York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Commissioner David Burney, NYC Department of Design and Construction
Alex Washburn, AIA, Chief Urban Designer, NYC Department of Planning
Wendy Feuer, Assistant Commissioner, Urban Design & Art, NYC Department of Transportation
Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA, IIDA, Principal, Interiors, Perkins + Will, New York office
Les Bluestone, Partner, Blue Sea Development Company
Fitness Break
Fitness Instruction: Safisha Mance, AFAA certified group fitness instructor and AIA|DC meeting planner
Panel 2: Fit Nation
Introduction/Moderator: Joyce Lee, AIA, LEED AP, Active Design Director, NYC Department of Design and Construction
Harriet Tregoning, Director of the Washington, D.C. Office of Planning
Carl Elefante, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal and Director of Sustainable Design, Quinn Evans Architects, D.C.
Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jessica Vogel, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Associate, Project Designer, Ellerbe Becket, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Kate Rube
Active Design Guidelines National Training Manager
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012
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