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2015 Greater Erie Awards

April 30, 2015 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

$35

The Greater Erie Awards are presented annually by the board of Preservation Erie to three individuals, businesses or organizations that are exceptional stewards of the physical and cultural landscape that is Greater Erie. The springtime award reception also features a keynote address given by an acclaimed lecturer in the fields of historic preservation and urban planning, and we are excited to announce that the 2015 presenter is leading urbanist John Norquist.

Norquist served as Mayor of Milwaukee from 1988-2004. Under his leadership, Milwaukee experienced a decline in poverty, saw a boom in new downtown housing, and became a leading center of education and welfare reform. He oversaw a revision of the city’s zoning code and reoriented development around walkable streets and public amenities such as the city’s 3.1-mile Riverwalk.

Norquist is the author of The Wealth of Cities: Revitalizing the Centers of City Life. The book argues that cities have natural advantages that have been undermined by a half-century of ill‐conceived housing, education, transportation, crime, welfare, and environmental policies.

After his mayorship, Norquist took the helm of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the leading organization promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities and healthier living conditions. He was president and CEO of CNU from 2004 to 2014, and is now the John M DeGrove Fellow at Florida Atlantic University and Adjunct Professor at DePaul University Real Estate Program.


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Date:
April 30, 2015
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
$35

Organizer

Preservation Erie

Venue

Masonic Temple Ballroom
32 West 8th Street
Erie, United States
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