UWT Urban Studies Forum 2010: Waterfront Tacoma

I am pleased to invite all of you to join the University of Washington Tacoma for a day of public deliberation about the city’s shoreline. What are the key elements of the new Shoreline Master Program update? How will it affect future waterfront development? Who and what are we planning for on the waterfront? Can we cope with environmental degradation, while supporting economic and social health? Have we invested enough in public access to the water? And how do citizens get involved in waterfront planning?

Hear from local scholars and practitioners. Talk with UWT student-researchers and add your own voice to the mix.

It’s an all day event on Thursday January 28th. Skip work. Skip class. Join us!

First Panel – Contextualizing Urban Waterfront Resources

• Joel Baker, UWT
• Dan Sherman, UPS
• Mark Pendras, UWT
• Moderated by: Anne Taufen Wessells, UWT

Second Panel – In the Field: What’s Going On, What’s Coming

• Steve Atkinson, City of Tacoma
• Peter Callaghan, Tacoma News Tribune
• Leslie Anne Rose, Citizens for a Healthy Bay
• David Boe, Boe Architects and Superhero
• Moderated by: Derek Young, Exit133

Third Panel – Educational and Civic Engagement

• Su Dowie, Foss Waterway Development Authority
• Tom Cashman, Foss Waterway Seaport
• Lara Herrmann, Walk the Waterfront
• Jim Gawel, UWT
• Moderated by: Jose Rios, UWT

Details
Thursday January 28th, 2010 – 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
University of Washington Tacoma – Philip Hall

For more information and to register, visit: tacoma.washington.edu/urban_studies

Full Disclosure: I sit on the UWT Urban Studies Advisory Board.