John Norquist, former Mayor of Milwaukee and President of the Congress for the New Urbanism, was in Buffalo recently and spoke at the Burchfield Penny Art Center.
The podcast of Norquist's remarks - Part I - runs about an hour after the jump.
The podcast of Norquist's remarks - Part I - runs about an hour after the jump.
John Norquist
The panel discussion that followed was led by Kate Foster - Director of UB's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth and featured two of Buffalo's most progressively minded urban developers: Carl Montante and Rocco Termini. They were joined by Jacques Gourguechon, a Principal of Camiros the firm retained by the City of Buffalo to undertake the complete over-haul of the city's antiquated 1951 zoning ordinance.The podcast of the morning's panel discussion and Q&A - Part II - runs about an hour, after the jump.
Jacques Gourguechon, Carl Montante, Rocco Termini and John Norquist
The website of the Buffalo Green Code, the title Mayor Byron Brown has given the zoning re-write effort, was formally unveiled by Jacques Gourguechon during the forum. The event was sponsored by Jaeckle, Fleishman & Muegel LLP and was part of their annual WNY Economic & Land Development Forum. __________________________________________________________________________
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This was a great presentation and i was happy i had the opportunity to attend. Thanks for covering this!