SAVE THE DATE! Pedal Pittsburgh 2010 Sunday, May 16th at SouthSide Works
ADVOCACY| Design Excellence Lecture Series Continues with Alan Greenberger, FAIA
The 2009-10 Design Excellence Lecture Series continues on Monday February 22nd as we welcome architect and planner Alan Greenberger, FAIA. Alan is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and Acting Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and Director of Commerce. Prior to joining the Planning Commission, Alan spent 34 years in private practice during which time he was the principal designer on numerous urban design and planning projects. As an advocate for design, Alan also co-founded the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia - a proactive, independent public voice for design quality in architecture and planning in the Philadelphia region. Through his numerous years of private practice as well as his advocacy work, Alan is sure to bring experience and a keen perspective to Pittsburgh.
The cost for individual lectures is $20, and includes the lecture, a panel discussion, and a reception. For tickets please visit the CDCP website or call 412.391.4144
PARTNERSHIP | Mayor's Institute on City Design to be Held in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh will host the Mayors' Institute on City Design on February 10-12. Eight mayors from Midwestern cities and eight design professionals will meet, present, and discuss problems specific to each city and potential solutions. Because many cities in the Midwest have experienced population and job loss, the overall theme of the session will be creative design and development strategies for "cities in transition," including strategies for vacant land, blighted and abandoned properties, and brownfield redevelopment. Carnegie Mellon University's Remaking Cities Institute (RCI) and the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh (CDCP) were responsible for attracting the Mayors' Institute to Pittsburgh. The RCI and the CDCP will co-sponsor an invitation-only reception and dinner on February 10th for local leaders and the MICD participants. The evening will include a panel discussion on "Design and the City" moderated by Anne-Marie Lubenau, CDCP President and CEO, and will include Maurice Cox of the Natural Endowment for the Arts, Rob Stephany of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, and Saleem Ghurbril of Pittsburgh Promise. The two day closed door working sessions that follow the opening dinner will be hosted by the RCI and moderated by Donald Carter, RCI Director. Ms. Lubenau and two faculty members of Carnegie Mellon University, Vivian Loftness and Deborah Lange, will be among the eight members of the resource team attending the working sessions.
THANK YOU | 2009 CDCP Supporters
Great neighborhoods and buildings are inspiring. They are a source of both community pride and real, lasting economic value. Pittsburgh would not be the place it is today without the support of numerous individuals who have contributed to the CDCP. The CDCP wishes to thank its 2009 supporters for their generosity and continued enthusiasm for creating great places in Pittsburgh!
WELCOME l New Members Elected to CDCP Board
The New Year brings new faces to the CDCP Board of Directors. In January, six new members will join the organization; they are: Tracy Certo of Pop City Media, Gwen Dakis of Douglas C. Berryman Associates, Bill Gatti of TREK Development, Bill Generett of the Hill Community Development Corporation, Ben Kelley of Oxford Development, and Linda Metropolos of Metropolos Development.The CDCP would like to thank board members Craig Dunham, Lee Ferraro, and Amy Meritt for their years of service as they rotate off the board of directors. These members have made enormous contributions to the CDCP in both time and talent. Craig, Lee, and Amy leave us as board members, but we know we can count on their continued friendship and support for the CDCP.
GRANTS | Design Fund Kicks off 2010
In its 22nd year of assisting Pittsburgh's neighborhoods, the Design Fund will be providing up to $50,000 in grants to community-based organizations in 2010. Grants are offered to community-based 501(c)3 organizations to enable them to hire architects, landscape architects, and planners to prepare preliminary designs for strategic revitalization projects. This year, we will be targeting resources specifically to Community Development Collaborative focus areas of Allegheny City, Uptown, Penn Avenue Corridor, and the South Hilltops. More information about the Design Fund program can be found on our website or by contacting Andrea Lavin Kossis at alavin@cdcp.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS l Mark Your Calendars
February 1 - Design Fund Grant Application Deadline February 22 - Design Excellence Lecture Series, featuring Alan Greenberger, FAIA
mission The Community Design Center of Pittsburgh (CDCP) is a non-profit organization that improves quality of life through good design of the built environment. By 2015, our goal is to establish Pittsburgh as a recognized place where good design of the built environment is a
defining feature.
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