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Saturday, February 7, 2004, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
The Long View Center, 118 S. Person St., downtown Raleigh

Keynote address by Jane Thompson, Planner and Urban Designer, Principal, Thompson Design Group

The Downtown Partnerships conference will provide practical learning experiences for designers, planners and developers to form partnerships that will promote high-quality and socially responsible revitalization of downtown areas. The conference features presentations by practicing professionals relating relevant experiences that participants can draw upon to use in their own professions.  Projects from large and small communities around the state, including Charlotte, Raleigh, Asheville, Beaufort and Salisbury will be presented. Introduction by City of Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker. Continuing education credits for architects, landscape architects and planners will be available (see below). Box lunch and refreshments provided.  (Please note: conference programs rotate among various sites within walking distance.  Bring warm outer layers and wear comfortable walking shoes.  Please contact Jean Marie Livaudais with any accessibility or transportation concerns at least one week before the conference.)

Sponsors:
Adams Products Company
Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science
Empire Properties
Weaver Cooke Construction
TVS & Associates

Special thanks to the Long View Center, the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center and the Raleigh Convention Center.

For sponsorship information, click here.

Continuing Education Units: architects: 5.0 HSW; landscape architects: 5.0 contact hours submitted to NC BOLA (self-report); planners: 4.0 to 4.75 hrs. depending upon sessions (self- report form available at conference).

Downtown Partnerships Advisory Committee

Steve Schuster, AIA, COMMITTEE CHAIR
Architect, Clearscapes
sschuster@clearscapes.com

Peter Batchelor, FAIA, FAICP
Professor of Architecture
NC State University College of Design
pbatchel@unity.ncsu.edu

David Crawford
Executive Director, AIA North Carolina
dcrawford@aianc.org

Dan Douglas
Executive Director, City of Raleigh Urban Design Center
dan.douglas@ci.raleigh.nc.us

Achva Benzinberg Stein, FASLA
Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture
NC State University College of Design
achva_stein@ncsu.edu

David Stein
Planning Specialist, Community Growth Strategies Initiative
NC State University College of Design
david_stein@ncsu.edu

Rodney Swink, FASLA
Director, Main Street Program
NC Dept. of Commerce
rswink@ncdca.org

Click here to go the College's main continuing education web page.