Friday afternoon: 50th
Anniversary Forum/General Session
1:15 – 4:45 p.m. > Sheraton Colony Square Hotel, North Ballroom
Regional Equity, Economies, and Environments:
Competition and Connections Between Suburbs and Centers
1:15 pm to 3 p.m.: Sheraton Colony Square Hotel
Invited Speakers:
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The Honorable Mayor Shirley Franklin, City of Atlanta
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Mr. Stephen Macauley, President, The Macauley
Companies, Inc.
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Mr. John Sibley, President, The Georgia Conservancy
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Dr. Catherine Ross, Executive Director, Georgia
Regional Transportation Authority
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Moderator: Mr. Robert Yaro, President, Regional Plan
Association of New York City
By focusing on the issues and problems in the Atlanta
region, the four speakers will discuss the status and future of the
region, with special attention on equity, the economy and the environment.
The overall theme is an exploration of the interplay between suburbs and
centers, including the leadership required to manage this interplay – how
it is or should be organized to achieve mutually beneficial and sustaining
outcomes for both centers and for suburbs.
Break- 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Planning Practitioner Responses - 3:30 p.m. to
4:45 p.m.
Mr. Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association, New
York City
Mr. Paul Farmer, Executive Director of the American Planning Association
Audience
Mr. Mike Dobbins, Visiting Associate Professor,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mr. Yaro, Mr. Farmer, and Mr. Dobbins will share their observations
on our regional issues from a national perspective and propose some
possible solutions. The audience will be encouraged to provide comments
and suggestions on the problems and potential solutions to regional
equity, economies, and environments in the U.S. and, in particular, in
Atlanta.
