City Building Summit Set For Indy
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowOrganizers have announced plans for the second annual We Are City Summit in Indianapolis. Next month's event will focus on city improvement by examining challenges including sustainability, education and social justice. July 29, 2013
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INDIANAPOLIS (July 29, 2013) “We Are City SUMMIT”, presented by Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., will reemerge this summer with an eclectic mix of national and local speakers who work and play in the trenches and front lines of city-building. The second annual SUMMIT is designed to amplify city improvement conversations throughout Indianapolis and challenges local leaders to think innovatively and act boldly. The half-day conference, scheduled for August 22, will celebrate smart, unique and bold city-building with discussions, presentations and interactive projects.
“The We Are City SUMMIT imports new ideas and methods for city-building to the Indianapolis community and vice versa,” said We Are City Co-Founder John Beeler. “By combining and juxtaposing different ideas and methods, we think we can bring new insights to Indianapolis' challenges such as sustainability, education, quality of design and social justice.”
Individuals with an interest in creative city-building are encouraged to register now for the SUMMIT. Attendees will engage in interactive projects, touching specifically on how central planning efforts converge with subterranean place-making activities such as urban farming, arts and culture, pop-up arcades, and more.
What: We Are City SUMMIT 2013, presented by Indianapolis Downtown, Inc.
Who: Local presenters include Adam Thies (Dir. of Department of Metropolitan Development, Indianapolis, Ind.), Imhotep Adisa (KI EcoCenter, Indianapolis, Ind.) and Brian Staresnick (URBN DSGN, Indianapolis, Ind.). Visiting speakers include Michael Seman (Denton Music Scene, Dallas, Texas), Susannah Drake (dlandstudio, New York, N.Y.), Kunal Gupta (Baby Castles, Brooklyn, N.Y.), Kt Andresky (The Yes Farm, Detroit, Mich.), Justin Moore (Department of City Planning/Columbia University, New York, N.Y.) and Sara Zewde (Asakura Robinson Company, Houston, Texas).
When: August 22, 2013 from Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Indiana Historical Society, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, Ind.
Tickets are available at http://wearecity2013.eventbrite.com/.
The SUMMIT is made possible with the generous support by the following sponsors:
• TITLE: Indianapolis Downtown Inc.
• GOLD: MailChimp, Visit Indy, Eskenazi Health, The Kinetic Project, Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University, Indiana History Center
• SILVER: Flashpoint HR, SmallBox, Ratio, IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute
• BRONZE: IndyHub, TechPoint, URBN DSGN, ASLA, CENTRIC, two21 LLC
For more information about the SUMMIT and a complete schedule of events, visit WeAreCity.us.About We Are City
We Are City is a joint effort founded by the Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University and The Kinetic Project. The mission of We Are City is to inspire heightened conversation about city-building in Indianapolis, and to celebrate people and projects that exemplify smart, unique, and bold city-building. In addition to the SUMMIT, We Are City produces the BRIEFING, a bi-weekly email digest that highlights city-building news, and has created a residency program called IMPORT to introduce thinkers and creators to Indianapolis.Source : We Are City