Posted by Kevin Matthews on September 10, 2005 at 23:39:34:Dear Friends,
Please join us for the Friends of Eugene Annual Meeting on Thursday, September 29, from 7:00pm to about 9pm:
FRIENDS OF EUGENE ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday, September 29, 2004
Public Program 7:00pm to 9:00pm
EWEB Building Community Rooms
500 East Fourth Avenue
Eugene
John Fregonese, nationally renowned community planner with deep Oregonian roots, will give the keynote speech at the Friends of Eugene (FoE) annual meeting in Eugene on Thursday, September 29. The event is free and open to all, with the public program starting at 7:00pm.
The theme of the annual meeting is "Planning a Sustainable City". From his key involvement with the successful Portland area Metro 2040 project -- which lead to renowned implementation of transit-oriented development -- to his recent work with pivotal regional and urban planning projects in Oregon, Texas, Denver, Chicago, California, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming, John Fregonese of Fregonese Calthorpe Associates has been a leader in community-based comprehensive planning.
Fregonese will talk about the global challenges over the next 50 years, setting the context for North America, Oregon and Eugene. Using examples from current progressive planning practice, Fregonese will illustrate how communities can grow stronger while shaping their future. Starting with proactive and extensive community involvement, backed up by geographic information system (GIS) tools for analysis and presentation of the facts on the ground, Fregonese's team helps communities envision, design, and implement their own profound solutions to the challenges of when, where, and how to grow.
FoE President Kevin Matthews will open the public program with brief highlights of FoE's busy year, touching on future directions for Eugene's leading citizens group on land use, transportation, and livability issues. A representative of 1000 Friends of Oregon will talk briefly about their current projects in Eugene and beyond.
The annual FoE organizational business meeting for voting (dues-paying) members, which will include election of board members to fill open seats, will start at 6:30pm.
For more information, please contact:
Friends of Eugene
http://www.FriendsofEugene.org
Kevin Matthews, 541-514-4766, matthews@artifice.com