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Li Yi to Present Seven50 at the 2015 ESRI User Conference

 

Li Yi, lecturer at the University of Miami’s School of Architecture, will be presenting at this year’s 2015 ESRI User Conference. Mr. Yi worked in collaboration with Dover-Kohl on the award-winning Seven50 Southeast Florida Prosperity Plan project. His presentation will address the research methodology, scenarios, and variables in producing much of the GIS data on that project, which included the first comprehensive walkability map for the region.

The Conference will take place July 20-24, 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center. For more information, go to: http://www.esri.com/events/user-conference/

 

Seven50 Hosts Next Generation Leaders

Seven50 took a step towards planning for the future last week, hosting an event for involved young community members in Miami. New Leaders Lean Forward: Building the Region’s Creative Class for a Next-Generation Future sought to start the conversation on what kind of growth and collaboration will be necessary for Miami and the entire South Florida region to flourish in the upcoming 50 years. Creative entrepreneurship has been exploding with the emergence of collaborative spaces and resources for start-ups, and the event showed the eagerness of the community to grow and produce. Six panelists from many prominent interest groups spoke to a passionate, involved crowd, as the event was streamed and live tweeted to great success.

Panelists

Norberto “Tito” Gil, CEO and Co-Founder, Map Your Startup

Lauren Reskin, Owner, Sweat Records

Marta Viciedo, Founding Partner at Urban Impact Lab, Chair of TrAc (Transit Action Committee)

Estrellita Sibila, Land Development Attorney, Estrellita Sibila, PA

Leah Weston, Law Student and Organizer, Emerge Miami

Moderator

Karja Hansen, President, Urban Environment League

Join the conversation at www.seven50.org & @seven50plan.

Seven50 Summit - The Future in Focus

Summit 3 "The Future in Focus" was held June 19-21 at the West Palm Beach Convention Center and included 500+ participants. The Summit was a major event for the Seven50 Regional Prosperity Plan for Southeast Florida headed by Dover, Kohl & Partners working with Duany, Plater-Zyberk; HDR Engineering; Rutgers University, Cardno Entrix and others. Marcela Camblor-Cutsaimanis moderated the discussion panels which included regional leaders in agriculture, ports and airports, social equity and opportunity, and education. Victor Dover presented possible headlines from the future, the many online tools available at the project website, and next steps for the process.

Join the conversation at www.seven50.org & @seven50plan.

Seven50 Workgroup Workshop Engages Region

On April 10 over one hundred people attended a hands-on workshop to create the Seven50 Regional Prosperity Plan and many more attended online. Workgroups met in four locations: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce and began drafting the seven-county, fifty-plus year plan for Southeast Florida. Work on the plan will continue and be presented at the next regional summit June 19 – 21. The third regional summit in June will provide another opportunity for work groups and the general public to weigh in on the future of the region.

For more information visit seven50.org

Seven50 Summit, "A Look Ahead: Trends and Opportunities"

There's still time to sign up for the Seven50 Summit this Thursday, January 24 in Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus. Co-hosted by Victor Dover, this Second Summit will focus on looking ahead. Speakers will include Andrés Duany of DPZ, as well as political and cultural leaders from Southeast Florida’s seven counties who will discuss a broad variety of key topics facing the region in the century ahead, including adapting to climate change, improving higher education, creating a balanced transportation system, and staying economically competitive in a changing global market.

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