HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT LESSONS FROM THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE

(FEB. 22, 2010, VANCOUVER) – REGISTER TODAY!:PIBC OV Housing Poster

PIBC’s South Coast Chapter will be hosting another great PlanTalk event on the evening of Tues. Feb. 22nd to explore housing and residential development lessons and ideas stemming from the experience of Vancouver’s Olympic Village development.

While there has been a lot of heated discussion about what may have gone wrong (and right) with this high-profile project, what are the substantive policy, housing, planning and other lessons? With increasing land values in the region, the challenges of housing affordability, issues of sustainability, and the economic complexities of development, they are lessons of value to professionals, policy makers, and communities alike.

Join the discussion with a diverse panel of planners and other experts to see what lessons can be drawn, and how the Olympic Village experience can inform and improve housing policy, development, and planning approaches taken with other projects, and in other neighbourhoods and communities across the region.

When: Tuesday Feb. 22nd, 2011 – 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (or 9:30 PM if the discussion warrants!)

Where: SFU Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville St., Vancouver, BC (Corner of Granville St. & Pender St.)
(Transit: SkyTrain – Granville Station, Canada Line – Waterfront OR Vancouver City Centre Stations)

Who: Panelists & Presenters will include:
• Geoff Meggs – Vancouver City Councilor
• Doug McArthur – SFU Graduate School of Public Policy
• Nancy Knight MCIP – Associate Vice-President, UBC Campus and Community Planning
• Michael Geller FCIP – Professional Planning Consultant, Architect & Developer

• Frances Bula (Moderator) – Journalist and civic affairs blogger

Cost: $20 for PIBC Members; $25 for Non-Members; and $15 for Students (includes HST)

Registration: Register online

(Space is limited, so be sure to register today!)

PIBC Continuing Professional Development: PIBC Members can earn up to 2.50 CPD Learning Units by participating in this event.

We are also pleased that this event being co-sponsored by ThinkCity
See you there!

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