| PART 3: TRANSLATING TALK TO ACTION |
How do we translate what we’ve learned during this pandemic into tangible action items?
How do we move our cities to inclusive, flexible, sustainable places that can navigate the uncertain times ahead even as we strengthen our community networks? Such resilience will take trans-local collaboration and innovation, will require us to consider all citizens’ needs, will force us to lean into new forms of sustainability development and partnerships.
In the finale of our series, we’ll hear from those who will influence the shape of small and midsize cities in the coming decades. Our panelists include two city planners from very different communities, which are both facing divergent challenges coming from the pandemic, an urbanist who has studied long term housing and resilience patterns, and a developer who is working to change the field to embrace sustainable principles.
We will emerge from this series with a set of actions and agenda for a resilient future.
You can read a recap of Part 1, “Collaboration & Innovation” here, and Part 2, “Pathways to Equity” here.
Panelists:
NADINE MARRERO | Director of Planning, City of Buffalo
DAVID DIXON | Vice President, Urban Places Fellow, Stantec
ALEXANDRA CHURCH | Director of Planning & Development, City of Newburgh
JEFF MIREL | Executive Vice President, Rosenblum Companies
Moderator:
REIF LARSEN | Founder, Future of Small Cities Institute
CULTIVATING RECOVERY & RESILIENCE IN SMALL CITIES
A Three-Part Webinar Series
As small cities across the country struggle with the immediate effects of the Covid pandemic, we are also beginning to look for long-term recovery strategies. How do we begin to establish a resilient economy and culture that will be able to weather the challenges ahead? What lessons have we learned from this pandemic and what innovations might we want to make permanent?
As difficult as the economic slowdown has been for our communities, it has also offered an unprecedented chance to pause and reflect on our practices, to course correct and to envision a more just, more inclusive, more sustainable future. Small cities, while particularly vulnerable to economic disruptions, can also lean into their strong community fabric and adapt new strategies and new partnerships, informed by the past but mindful of what lies ahead.
During these three webinars, we’ll hear from an array of planners, developers, designers, and community organizers who have been thinking deeply about this question of resilience as we look to bounce forward, not back.
Presented in collaboration with the Capital Region Business Improvement Districts, the Upstate New York American Planners Association, the Troy Innovation Garage, the Community Foundation, and the Capital District Regional Planning Commission.
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