N'hood Leadership Conf - City of Garland


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City Of Garland Hosts 6th Annual Neighborhood Summit

"Great People, Great Places, Great City"

The Atrium at the Granville Arts Center
300 N. Fifth Street
Saturday, October 25, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

7:15 a.m.          Conference Doors Open
                       Sign-in/Registration
                       Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.          Welcome – Mayor Ronald E. Jones, Sr.

Contact Felisa Conner at 972-205-3864 or fconner@ci.garland.tx.us for more information.

The City of Garland’s Office of Neighborhood Vitality will host its annual Neighborhood Summit on October 25, 2008.

The purpose of the Neighborhood Summit is to:

Build bridges among stakeholders

Communicate overarching themes impacting our city’s basic building blocks - neighborhoods

Encourage stakeholders to develop a vision and move toward action

Discover resources and partnership opportunities

The Summit will offer workshops on several topics including:

The Neighborhood Summit will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Atrium at the Granville Arts Center, 300 N. Fifth Street in Downtown Garland. The Summit is open to the public. Early registration costs $15 for Garland residents, service providers, and business owners; and $20 for registrants outside of Garland. After October 1, 2008, the cost increases by $5 for all registrants.

New Feature:
You can register for the Neighborhood Summit at play.garlandparks.com. If you have an existing account with Parks and Recreation, under ‘search for courses’ simply click on the Adult option, and register and pay for the Summit online. If you do not have an account, it only takes a matter of minutes to create one and sign in.

Keynote Address

Keynote Speaker
Ethan Kent
Vice-President, Project for Public Spaces

Ethan Kent is an authority in the practice of Placemaking with experience on over 150 PPS projects. In order to apply Placemaking citywide, Ethan defined and launched the Great Cities Initiative to build local capacity to implement targeted projects that engage high level influence and broad community partnerships.

Through 30 years of helping people improve places in their communities, PPS has honed a comprehensive set of services based upon common-sense insight into the way places function. Our work is grounded in on-site analysis and offers a unique community-based approach to revitalization. The Great Cities Initiative assembles these services into a step-by-step program that any town, city, or region can systematically apply to improve its neighborhoods place by place.

The Keynote Address will be given during the Summit Luncheon which begins at 12:30.

Summit Workshops

8:45 Workshops

Building Community Block by Block
Instructors:
Felisa Conner, Neighborhood Vitality Manager, City of Garland
Roger Sexton, Senior Neighborhood Planner, City of Garland

Creating Great Places with Landscaping
Instructor:
Tammy Risser, Dallas County Master Gardeners

Discover Your Leadership Style
Instructor:
David Smith, The Smith Foundation

Envision Garland Comprehensive Plan
Instructor:
Angela Calvin, Planning Manager, AICP, City of Garland
Teresa Biddick, Senior Comprehensive Planner, AICP, City of Garland

Solving Chronic Nuisance Problems
Instructor:
Trevor Britt, Enterprise Foundation Community Partners

Walk It, Read It, Work It!: Changing Places in Neighborhoods
(Part 1)
Instructors:
Daniel Krzyzanowski, Senior Comprehensive Planner, AICP, City of Garland
Chasidy Allen, Senior Development Planner, City of Garland

10:10 Workshops

Building Community Block by Block
Instructors:
Felisa Conner, Neighborhood Vitality Manager, City of Garland
Roger Sexton, Sr. Neighborhood Planner, City of Garland

Engaging Youth in Neighborhood Activities
Instructor:
Robert Triggs, Dallas Leadership Foundation

Living Green in Garland
Instructors:
Shelley Franklin, Garland Water Utilities
Kelli Pierce, Storm water Management
David Koliba, Garland Power & Light
Susan Webb, Environmental Waste Services

Solving Chronic Nuisance Problems
Instructor:
Trevor Britt, Enterprise Foundation Community Partners

Walk It, Read It, Work It!: Changing Places in Neighborhoods
(Part 2)
Instructors:
Daniel Krzyzanowski, Senior Comprehensive Planner, AICP, City of Garland
Chasidy Allen, Senior Development Planner, City of Garland

11:20 Workshops

Creating Great Places with Landscaping
Instructor:
Tammy Risser, Dallas County Master Gardeners

Discover Your Leadership Style
Instructor
David Smith, The Smith Foundation

Engaging Youth in Neighborhood Activities
Instructor: Robert Triggs, Dallas Leadership Foundation

Envision Garland Comprehensive Plan
Instructor:
Angela Calvin, Planning Manager, AICP, City of Garland
Teresa Biddick, Sr. Planner, AICP, City of Garland

Living Green in Garland
Instructors:
Shelley Franklin, Garland Water Utilities
Kelli Pierce, Stormwater Management
David Koliba, Garland Power & Light
Susan Webb, Environmental Waste Services

Special Symposium – 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Non-Profit Development
Facilitator: Froswa Booker-Drew, Soulstice Consultancy
(Important Note: This symposium is designed for faith-based organizations and non-profit service providers.)

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