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City planner to speak at ‘What Works’ Seminar Series |
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Krista M. Hayes |
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Sep 28, 2006 |
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The University of Toledo’s Urban Affairs Center will co-host a presentation titled “Planning + Good Design + Investment = Growth Vitality Profit Success” by Hunter Morrison, Cleveland’s former planning director, on Thursday, Sept. 28.
The talk will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the of Toledo City Council Chambers, One Government Center. It is part of the Urban Affairs Center’s “What Works” Seminar Series.
Co-sponsoring the event are The University of Toledo’s Department of Geography and Planning, Toledo Lucas County Plan Commissions, Toledo Design Center, Downtown Toledo Improvement District, Toledo City Council, Toledo Mayor Carleton Finkbeiner and Lucas County Commissions.
During his presentation, Morrison will discuss his planning and urban design efforts that resulted in transformative revitalization and investment in downtown Cleveland, according to Sue Wuest, UT assistant director of Urban Affairs Research and Sponsored Programs.
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Morrison is a former director of the Cleveland City Planning Commission. He oversaw the development and implementation of Cleveland’s plan, Civic Vision 2000, which was awarded the 1992 American Planning Association National Planning Award.
During his time as Cleveland’s planning director, Morrison led the development of the city’s North Coast Harbor District, which is the site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Browns’ Stadium; the Playhouse Square Theater District, site of the country’s second largest performing arts center; and the Gateway Sports District, home of Jacobs Field and Quicken Loans Arena, formerly known as Gund Arena, Wuest said. The Gateway project was awarded an Urban Design Citation from Progressive Architecture Magazine, an urban design award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, and an urban design award from the American Institute of Architects. Morrison also received the American Institute of Architects’ Thomas Jefferson Award for Design in the Public Sector in 1997.
He is now the director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at Youngstown State University and a senior fellow in Urban Design at Kent State University’s Urban Design Center.
Morrison holds a bachelor of arts degree in city planning and political science from Yale University, a master of arts degree in city planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and an executive master of business administration from Cleveland State University.
According to Wuest, “The goal of the Urban Affair Center’s ‘What Works’ Seminar Series is to bring in prominent authorities on topics of local interest and concern.”
For more information on the free, public event, contact Wuest at 419.530.3592 or at sue.wuest@utoledo.edu.
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