The Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association,with the University of Oregon’s Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management and Portland State University’s Planning Club, presents:
REBUILDING COMMUNITIES
Eugene, Oregon, 5:30–7:30 PM Wednesday, February 6, 2013, University of Oregon Campus, 1720 East 13th Avenue
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Portland, Oregon, 5:30–7:30 PM, Thursday, February 7, 2013, University of Oregon White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch Street
The Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association invites you to this symposium presented by leaders in the rebuilding of the cities of Detroit, Michigan and Joplin, Missouri.
Detroit and Joplin are undergoing rebuilding and recovery efforts of very different kinds. Detroit, once a thriving metropolis and the heart of the American auto industry, is in the process of recovering from an economic deterioration that has resulted in a dramatic decline in population from 1,850,000 in 1950 to 714,000 today that has left the city with a decaying infrastructure that it cannot sustain.
Joplin, a town of approximately 50,000 in the southwestern part of the state, is recovering from a massive tornado that killed 161 people and destroyed 30 percent of the city when it ripped through town in May 2011. The tornado left a zone of destruction a mile wide and six miles long. Neighborhoods, commercial centers, and the town’s only public high school were leveled. Despite this devastating loss of life and property, the residents were determined to rebuild and heal. The approaching start of the school year made the creation of a temporary high school and the design of a new building the catalysts for an innovative approach to rebuilding Joplin.
Come hear planning and architectural professionals with Oregon ties discuss their involvement in the rebuilding of these cities and how these recovery efforts have created a laboratory for innovation that is a model for others.
PSU/UO Planning Program Students: Free Non-students: $15
A special thank you to our event sponsors:
- Downtown Detroit Partnership
- University of Oregon’s Planning, Public Policy and Management Program
- Portland State University’s Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Program
- DLR Group
A request for AICP CM credits for this event is in process.
Space for this event is limited and registration is required. Click here to register.
SPEAKERS
Susan Hopkins lives in Detroit where she works as a program manager at the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP). Her position at the DDP is part of the Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program, a two-year program administered by Wayne State University and funded by the Kresge, Hudson-Webber, and Skillman foundations. Before moving to Detroit, Hopkins worked for ECONorthwest, an economics and finance consulting firm based in Eugene.
Hopkins will provide insight into the efforts underway to consolidate and rejuvenate Detroit to set the city on a sustainable economic path that will “right-size” the city’s neighborhoods and infrastructure to its new economic paradigm. Meet our Alumni: Susan Hopkins
Tim Ganey is an architect and director of design for the Portland office of DLR Group. He has 17 years of architectural planning, design, and project management. Tim has worked throughout Europe and the United States on a range of building types and planning studies. His focus has been on sustainable 21st century learning environments and the role the design of educational space and planning has on the shaping of our local community, city, and nation. He has numerous local, state, regional, and national AIA and IIDA design awards. He was awarded a Presidential award for design excellence. Tim holds degrees from the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design and honors from Edinburgh College of Art and Architecture. He holds accreditations with AIA, LEED, and CEFPI.
Tim will discuss the rebuilding of Joplin High School, from the creation of a new temporary high school in a retail shopping center to the rebuilding of a permanent high school and how these efforts have inspired the City to continue its rebuilding efforts and master plan for the remainder of the destruction zone.