Come hear Chris Leinberger – noted land use strategist, teacher, developer, researcher and author – speak about the demand for communities that embody “walkable urbanism.” Learn how walkable urbanism and other real estate trends will impact downtown revitalization and other development patterns.
We hope you'll join us on Wednesday, June 1 at the Spear Center in The Howard Hughes Corporation Building. 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, 21044. We encourage you to arrive at 7pm for some time to mingle and talk with others when we’ll be serving coffee and dessert. The program will begin at 7:30pm.
Registration is appreciated but not required.To register and see who else is attending, please go to: http://21st-century-columbia.eventbrite.com or copy/type this URL into your browser. Please know that while we encourage RSVPs, we'll be accepting on-site registration at the door.
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Leinberger is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, DC; a professor and founding director of the Graduate Real Estate Development Program at the University of Michigan; founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a new urbanism/transit-oriented development and consulting firm; and president of Locus: Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors, a political advocacy organization. He is also a noted author and researcher who has published two books, The Option of Urbanism, Investing in a New American Dream and Strategic Planning for Real Estate Companies, as well as contributed to numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and Urban Land magazine. He was voted one of the “Top 100 Urban Thinkers” in 2009 in a poll conducted by Planetizen, an international urban planning and architecture web site, and in 2010 he was awarded the William H. Whyte Award by Partners for Livable Communities. For more information, please visit cleinberger.com.
This presentation is part of CA's Community Building Speakers Series. CA and The Howard Hughes Corporation are partnering to present Chris Leinberger to the Columbia community.
