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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ October 27, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cities & Environment Unit to Host "Big Ideas" Public Forum on Regional Planning The Cities & Environment Unit will host a public forum to elicit "Big Ideas" from a panel of notable community spokespeople as well as diverse audience participants. The "Big Ideas" session is poised to put bold propositions for the region on the table and infuse citizens of the Halifax Regional Municipality with vision and energy. With regional planning underway, this is a critical moment in determining the future of the HRM. The "Big Ideas" session provides a forum for discussion of bold possibilities and aspirations for what this region should become. The Cities & Environment Unit will propose possibilities for the region at several scales. As well, a variety of well-known local figures will present their visions for what the HRM should aspire to. Speakers include: Frank Palermo, professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, and director of the Cities & Environment Unit; Kyle Shaw, founder and editor of The Coast; Peter Doig, Chair of the Halifax Public Libraries Board; and Rebecca O'Brien, with the TRAX project of the Ecology Action Centre. The "Big Ideas" session will take place on Monday, November 3rd, 2003 starting at 7:00 pm, at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia auditorium (Bedford Row Entrance). Admission is free. The evening will take the format of a series of panel presentations, followed by audience questions, propositions and debate. This event is intended to be the first in a series of public discussions and debates about the future planning and design of the HRM. Based in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University, the Cities & Environment Unit is a not-for-profit applied research and community planning action group. Under the direction of Frank Palermo, the Cities & Environment Unit team consists of five full time planners, graduate students and administrative staff. Through local, regional and international initiatives, the Unit pursues projects related to community development and design. CONTACT: Heather Ternoway Cities & Environment Unit 5410 Spring Garden Road P.O. Box 1000 Halifax, NS B3J 2X4 Phone: (902) 494-3926 http://www.dal.ca/~ceunit ternoway@dal.ca -- Iain K. MacLeod imac@boostventilator.com http://www.boostventilator.com ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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