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See the nation's leading pracitioners of planning, architecture, and urban design in Downtown Redwood City!
When: 6:00pm, the first Wednesday of every month, from October to May of each year.
Where: The Fox Theatre in Downtown Redwood City
(Click here for parking information, here for driving directions, and here for transit info).
 The Forum at Redwood City is a series of educational discussions for city leaders and urban design professionals, taking place the first Wednesday of each month. The Forum brings nationally-known speakers and presenters to Downtown Redwood City for in-depth dialogues on city design issues, such as street design, form-based codes, affordable housing, transit, and parking management.
 By bringing together local government officials from throughout the Bay Area--as well as planners, engineers, urban designers, architects, other professionals in the urban design field, and local citizens and advocates--The Forum is intended to educate and foster discussion on new and emerging concepts in city planning and design. Interested members of the public are welcome to attend.
The Forum takes place on the first Wednesday of each month from 6 to 7:30 pm at the Fox Theater, 2215 Broadway, in Downtown Redwood City. Doors open at 5:30 pm and the cost is $10 per person, payable at the door. No RSVP is required. An optional no-host dinner with the speaker and other participants is generally held following The Forum for those wishing to continue the discussion.
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The Forum is co-sponsored by the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency and Communities By Design (CBD). CBD is a non-profit organization which provides urban design training, education and media to local government officials and community leaders who want to improve their communities.
Upcoming and Past Speakers
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Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Materials |
| 37. |
April 2, 2008 |
Don Weden |
Winds of Change: Adapting General Plans to the Changing Realities of
the 21st Century |
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| 36. |
March 5, 2008 |
Seth Harry |
Leaving the Mall Behind: Creating Robust Urban Shopping Districts in a Suburban World
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| 35. |
February 6, 2008 |
Dan Parolek |
Form-Based Codes: A Look at the Evolution and Use of Cutting-Edge Zoning Tools |
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| 34. |
January 2, 2008 |
Daniel Iacofano |
New Years Resolution: Building Healthy and Inclusive Cities |
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| 33. |
December 5, 2007 |
G.B. Arrington |
Placemaking with Transit and Transit-Oriented Development |
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| 32. |
November 7, 2007 |
Dena Belzer and Ellen Greenberg |
Smart Growth and the Workplace |
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| 31. |
October 3, 2007 |
Laura Hall |
Breakthrough Development Using the SmartCode |
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| 30. |
May 2, 2007 |
Susan Moeller |
Tales of Transformation: From Vision to Reality |
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| 29. |
April 4, 2007 |
Galina Tahchieva |
Suburban Retrofit: Theory and Practice |
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| 28. |
March 7, 2007 |
Rick Cole |
Making Great Places: Think Globally, Act Locally |
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| 27. |
February 7, 2007 |
Stephen Lawton |
Is Smart Growth Possible in
California?
One Small City’s Herculean Tale of Transformation |
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| 26. |
January 3, 2007 |
Stephen Coyle |
Secrets of Sustainability: Seven Steps for Designing and Developing Sustainable Places |
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| 25. |
December 6, 2006 |
Alan Hoffman |
Making Transit Work in the Bay Area: Principles of Effective Systems |
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| 24. |
November 1, 2006 |
Al Zelinka |
Can Good Design Reduce Crime and Fear of Crime? |
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| 23. |
October 4, 2006 |
Doug Suisman |
Planning Palestine: Urban Design Amid the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict |
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| 22. |
May 3, 2006 |
Stephen Mouzon |
Sustainably Modern Architecture |
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| 21. |
April 5 , 2006 |
Gordon Price |
Designing the Inevitable: Creating a High-Density and Livable Inner City (Lessons from Vancouver) |
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| 20. |
March 1 , 2006 |
Donlyn Lyndon |
Unlocking the Secrets of Great Places |
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| 19. |
February 1, 2006 |
Dr. Richard Jackson |
Creating Healthier Communities: Understanding the Link Between Urban Design and Public Health |
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| 18. |
January 4, 2006 |
John Anderson |
Using the Dark Arts of Development to Create Great Places: A Practitioner’s Guide |
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| 17. |
December 7, 2005 |
Gregory Tung |
Understanding Civic Art: The Urban Design of "Everything Else" |
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| 16. |
November 2, 2005 |
Jim Peters |
The Split Use Trend: How to Create and Manage a 24/7 Downtown |
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| 15. |
October 5, 2005 |
Allan Jacobs |
Great Cities, Great Streets: Insights into Successful City Planning |
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| 14. |
May 4, 2005 |
Panel: Bob Doty, Rod Diridon, Hans Korve, and Michael Freedman
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The Future of Rail Transit on the Peninsula |
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| 13. |
April 6, 2005 |
Douglas Kolozsvari |
The High Cost of Free Parking |
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| 12. |
March 2, 2005 |
Fred Kent |
The World's Best and Worst Parks |
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| 11. |
February 2, 2005 |
Denise Conley |
The Economics of Mixed Use: An New Opportunity for Downtown Development |
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| 10. |
January 5, 2005 |
Dan Burden |
Healthy Streets for Healthy People: Best Practices in Retrofitting our Best and Worst Streets |
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| 9. |
December 1 , 2004 |
Boris Dramov |
Transforming Failed Freeways into Successful City Streets |
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| 8. |
November 3 , 2004 |
Michael Pyatok |
The Affordable Housing System and the Role of Design |
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| 7. |
October 6, 2004 |
Victor Dover |
Tranforming Failed Shopping Centers into Successful Neighborhoods |
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| 6. |
May 5 , 2004 |
Daniel Solomon |
Global City Blues: The Impact of Globalism on the Livability of Our Cities |
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| 5. |
April 7 , 2004 |
Terry Bottomley |
El Camino Real: Can a Declining Highway Become a Grand Boulevard? |
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| 4. |
March 3, 2004 |
Geoffrey Ferrell |
Design Charrettes: A Public Participation Tool for Integrating Community Values into Design |
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| 3. |
February 4, 2004 |
Shelly Poticha |
The New Transit Town: Best Practices in Transit-Oriented Development |
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| 2. |
January 7, 2004 |
Michael Freedman |
Beyond Office Parks: The Workplace District in the 21st Century |
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| 1. |
December 3, 2003 |
Peter Katz |
Beyond Zoning: New Apparoaches to Development Regulations |
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