Lunch Series on CPTED, Community Gardens, and Greenways

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Jason Hibbets

Are you interested in urban design, CPTED, community gardens, greenways, or landscape design for healthy childhoods?

Join the Urban Design Lunch Forum series Creating Great Places at the Urban Design Center at 133 Fayetteville Street from noon – 1:30 p.m. See the schedule below to learn about and discuss issues that affect the City of Raleigh.

April 20 – The Value of Good Urban Design

Rodney Swink, FASLA, RLA, Landscape Architect

  • What can we do to give our communities a comparative advantage in this global marketplace?
  • Why should we care about design?
  • What are some simple design principles that can be used to guide urban design decisions?

May 11 – Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Senior Officer Kratzer, Raleigh Police Department, and CPTED Client

  • What is CPTED?
  • How can CPTED make your business, home, and community safer?
  • How can you access the benefits of the CPTED program?

May 25 – Community Gardens Partnerships for Success

Louis Cherry and Gab Smith, RATIO Architecture, and David Kershner, Principal, Moore Square Magnet Middle School

  • What is a community garden partnership?
  • How did the partnership succeed?
  • What’s next for the Moore Square Magnet Middle School Community Garden?

June 15 – Greenways

Charles A. Flink, FASLA, President, Greenways Incorporated, and Sig Hutchinson, President, Sig Hutchinson Communications

  • Why are greenways important for our community?
  • Where do they go and what are the plans for the future?
  • How do we leverage the greenway grid to enhance a vibrant and growing downtown?

July 20 – Urban Landscape Design for Healthy Childhoods

Robin Moore, Director, The Natural Learning Initiative Professor of Landscape Architecture, NCSU, College of Design

  • How can we design for children’s independent mobility and access to diversity at the neighborhood level?
  • How can landscape design create an inclusive culture of place?
  • What are the tools and applications that can help the public realm better serve the needs of children and families?

Source: www.raleighnc.gov/business/content/PlanUrbanDesign/Articles/LunchForums.html

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About Jason Hibbets

I'm a neighborhood advocate. I started off by getting involved in the Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch program and helped unite other neighborhoods in my community by forming the Lineberry Alliance. I continue work with neighborhood leaders in the District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA) and serve as planning co-chair for CityCamp Raleigh. I've completed Raleigh Neighborhood College (Spring 2005) and Leadership North Carolina (May 2007). In 2009, I lead a group of volunteers to review Raleigh's 2030 Comprehensive Plan. I served as chair of Raleigh's South West Citizen Advisory Council (SWCAC) from April 2010-2012. I have a genuine interest in strong communities, fostering diversity, understanding the issues, and using an open source approach in my work. You can follow me on Twitter: @jhibbets
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