Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) sponsoring "TOD Finance Summit"
On
Thursday, December 6, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
will be holding a transit-oriented development seminar: "TOD Finance
Summit" with guest speaker, Chris Leinberger.
MAPC is a regional planning
agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns
of Metropolitan Boston. Their mission is to promote "smart growth
principles" and regional collaboration.
Attendees of the TOD Finance Summit will learn why transit-oriented
development is important now, where it can be located, ways it can be
funded, and the challenges to getting TOD built. Although the event is
now closed (reached capacity), information coming from the conference -
news, reports and especially the insight provided by Chris Leinberger -
will be available for future review.
The event will provide information about two new TOD funds under
development in Greater Boston:
- the LISC Equitable TOD Fund
- CLF
Venture's Healthy Neighborhoods Fund.
MAPC will also be releasing their
report "Growing Station Areas: The Variety and Potential of
Transit-Oriented Development in Metro Boston" along with a TOD Finance
Gap Analysis.
Featured speaker, Chris Leinberger, will talk about the shift toward more walkable places
and the impact this is having on real estate and development.
Chris Leinberger
Mr. Leinberger is a land use strategist, professor, developer,
researcher and author, with a propensity towards balancing business realities with social and
environmental concerns. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the
Harvard Business School and lives in Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. More of his accomplishments:
- President of Locus; Responsible Real
Estate Developers and Investors
- The Charles Bendit Distinguished
Scholar and Research Professor, George Washington University School of
Business Nonresident
- Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution in
Washington DC
- Founding Partner of Arcadia Land Company, a New
Urbanism and transit-oriented development firm.
- Author of recently published book, "The Option of Urbanism, Investing in a New American Dream."
- Author of Strategic Planning for Real Estate Companies
- Contributor to 12 other books
- Op-Ed Contributor to
the The New York Times
- Writes regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and
numerous other magazines.
- Profiled by CNN, National Public Radio, Atlantic Cities
Channel, Washington Post, among others
- Was voted one of the "Top 100 Urban Thinkers" in a 2009 poll conducted
by Planetizen, the international urban planning website.
- The
2010 William H. Whyte Urbanism Award winner by Partners for Livable
Communities.
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is a regional planning
agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns
of Metropolitan Boston. Our mission is promoting smart growth
principles and regional collaboration.
Their focus is sound municipal management, sustainable land use,
protection of natural resources, efficient and affordable
transportation, a diverse housing stock, public safety, economic
development, an informed public, and equity and opportunity among
people of all backgrounds.
A critical component of MAP's mission is to advance equity and
cultural competency both internally and in our work throughout the
region.
Established
in 1963, MAPC is a public agency created under
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40B Section 24. MAPC is governed by
representatives from each city and town in our region, as well as
gubernatorial appointees and designees of major public agencies. Each
municipality in the Boston area belongs to one of eight subregions,
each led by one MAPC staff member.
For more information, visit the MAPC website.
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Posted: December 4, 2012
Nancy J Conrad
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