Practitioner, advocate or activist, there’s always plenty going on in the pursuit of more livable communities. See below, and check back often as more come on line.
2013
Better Buildings: Reconnecting with Communities
With John Norquist and others
Winnipeg, MB | Apr 23-24
Vibrant Streets Learning Lab
With Mitch Silver, Ellen Dunham-Jones, and others
Bethesda, MD | Apr 29-30
Placemaking: Making It Happen
Project for Public Spaces
New York, NY | May 1-3
LEED ND Finance Summit
Chicago, IL | May 13
Placemaking@Work
Webinar education series 3rd Thursdays at 3 pm Eastern
“Pocket Neighborhoods”: Design Counts with Ross Chapin, Bruce Tolar | May 16
The Creative Economy: Nashville Case Study with Joe Nickol | Jun 20
Getting to Yes on Form-Based Codes: A Political Primer with Susan Henderson | Jul 18
Transit Truths: The Human Transit Perspective with Jarrett Walker | Aug 15
Suburban Retrofits: What Works, What Doesn’t? with Ellen Dunham-Jones | Sept 19
Getting to Small-Scale Incremental Development with John Anderson | Oct 17
The Town Center Solution to the Livability Problem with Geoff Dyer | Nov 14
Tactical Urbanism: Lessons Learned, Charging Ahead with Eliza Harris | Dec 19
The Next Tools for the Next Urbanism with Howard Blackson | Jan 16, 2014
Sprawl Repair from Phoenix to Miami with Galina Tachieva | Feb 20, 2014
Plazas, Squares and Other People Places with Stefanos Polyzoides | Mar 20, 2014
Smart Codes Mean Business: Serving Pent Up Demand with Matthew Lewis | Apr 17, 2014
NCI Charrette System Trainings
Washington, DC | May 20-22
Cambridge, MA | Jul 17-19
CNU 21: Living Community
Salt Lake City, UT | May 29 – Jun 1
SmartCode Calibration: 202 Session at CNU 21
How to Write a Form-Based Code
Salt Lake City, UT | May 29
See overview of the session and start discussing it here.
Register for this 202E or the full CNU here.
How to Create Successful Markets
Project for Public Spaces
New York, NY | May 31-Jun 1
ULI Real Estate School
Real Estate Finance I: Introduction to Debt Financing and Financial Analysis. Real Estate Finance II: Income Pro forma, Equity Returns, and Multi-Period Financial Analysis. Advanced Real Estate Finance: A Case-Based Analysis of Deal Structure and Risk Allocation. Advanced Development Process: Mixed-Use and Multi-Use.
Marina del Ray, CA | Jun 3-12
WalkUPs: George Washington University
Certificate in Emerging Regionally Significant Walkable Urban Places, with Henry Cisneros, Chris Leinberger, Michael Stevens, Harriet Tregoning, Deborah Ratner Salzberg, Geoff Anderson and others
Washington, DC | Jun 10-14
Streets as Places
Project for Public Spaces
New York, NY | Jun 13-14
Harvard Urban Retail Course
With Bob Gibbs and Urban Retail Institute
Cambridge, MA | Jul 15-17
Form-Based Codes Institute
Tampa, FL | Jun 24-25
online | Form-Based Codes 101 On Demand Course
ULI Placemaking 2013: New Drivers, New Partners
Mixed use development conference
Philadelphia, PA | Jun 24-25
APPI 2013
Jasper, AB | Oct 6-8
International Downtown Association
New York, NY | Oct 6-9
Smart City Expo World Congress
Barcelona, Spain | Nov 19-21
2014
APA
Atlanta, GA | Apr 26-30
CNU 22
Buffalo, NY | Jun 3-8
Ongoing
Chicago Architecture Foundation’s
Lunchtime Lectures Chicago, IL | every Wednesday
Place Matters
with Dr. Katherine Loflin | every Thursday at 11 am Eastern
or via free podcast on iTunes
tweet chats
hashtag #cplan with Hazel Borys & guest | 3rd Thursdays at 3 pm Eastern
Facebook
Form-Based SmartCode
PlaceMakers
Have a great placemaking event that we’re missing? Please send us the link to info@placemakers.com. Thanks!

