Resilience Economy panel discussion seeks to continue the conversation and build upon the recent thread of Designcircuit’s panel discussion in October and the recent ECHDC town hall meeting. We have invited a wide range of panelists to explore the relevance and importance of economic sustainability for emerging city territories such as Canalside, Ohio Street, and the Outer Harbor Development, all from the point of view of people making a positive impact on the City of Buffalo. Each participant has a project in motion that aims to empower the city, all at very different scales and from very different programmatic points of view. Our goal is to facilitate a format that engages and examines the specific economic engines that enable urban action; to hold an event that is research-based and active in informing the community.
Moderator:
Chris Hawley, Urban Planner + Historian
Moderator:
Chris Hawley, City Planner + Historian
William Haskas, hard-boiled, fried, or scrambled a revealing identity crisis
Sam Hoyt, topic forthcoming
James Pitts, Our Neighborhood, Our Choice! Rebuilding Lives and a New Community from the Ground UP!
Bernice Radle, The Vacancy Vortex: Understanding Buffalo’s Vacant Building Crisis (Where Buildings Go To Die… or get really really beat up)
Sam Savarino, topic forthcoming
Rick Smith, Silo City; Authentic Regeneration
Location:
Thursday, February 21, 2013
7-8:30pm
Free + Open to the PublicFor more info, contact me at berniceradle@gmail.com
Panelists:
William Haskas, LuStudio, Designer, LuStudio
Sam Hoyt, ECHDC; www.eriecanalharbor.com
James Pitts, JWPitts Planning&DevelopmentLLC; JWPitts
Bernice Radle, Buffalove Development; berniceradle.com
Sam Savarino, Savarino Companies; www.savarinocompanies.com
Rick Smith, Silo City; www.rigidized.com