Being a Resilient City Using Green Initiatives: UMR CONNECTS

Being a Resilient City Using Green Initiatives: UMR CONNECTS

FREE 
On the Peace Plaza GO Rochester Direct stage (inclement weather – 4th floor of UMR)
7-8:30 pm

IMAGINE…a “city” within the city…with virtually ALL elements productive and that contribute to the public health and economy of the neighborhood, as well as the natural environment:

  •  A neighborhood supporting businesses where food is grown, harvested, marketed, sold and consumed
  • Dozens of “green jobs” created and money reinvested back into the community
  • Innovative approaches to sustainable energy and water efficiencies that are on track to achieve the highest-rated LEED Platinum Certification
  • A neighborhood center that will serve as an active hub of youth and teen programming, adult services, senior activities, community activities, events and green job development
  • Schools where students integrate all subjects in a “living laboratory” where they become fully engaged life-long learners These aspects of Energy, Agriculture, Education, Research, and Neighborhood are all being developed by The Resilience Research Center, bringing community together through outreach, education, social-wellness, and research opportunities in a world-class residence center in one of Madison, Wisconsin’s struggling neighborhoods.

Please join Executive Director of the Center for Resilient Cities, Thomas Dunbar,FASLA, as he shares the vision of a resilient community becoming a reality.

Thomas R. Dunbar FASLA, Executive Director Before joining the Center for Resilient Cities in April 2008, Thomas R. Dunbar FASLA, previously served for 25 years as a Principal, Landscape Architect, and Planner for Dunbar / Jones PLC in Des Moines, Iowa, with an extensive record of professional practice in neighborhood planning, master planning, and park and recreation planning and design. Serving as National President for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 1998 is but one of Dunbar’s many accomplishments.

Dunbar holds a BS in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State University, an MS in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from the University of Iowa, and a Certificate in Design Firm Management from Harvard University. He has taught courses at the University of Iowa, the University of Manitoba, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Kansas State University. He has authored several research and design publications.

For more about UMR CONNECTS, please visit www.r.umn.edu/umrconnects.

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