Chicago 2014 Program - GreenTown: The Future of Community

GreenTown Chicago
Building Healthy,
Sustainable Communities
May 21-22, 2014
UIC Student Center East
Chicago, IL
Photo: Jackman Chiu
Welcome to GreenTown Chicago
GreenTown brings together
the public sector and the
private sector to “connect
the dots,” to inspire and to
work together to remake
our communities. From
healthy living to local food,
energy to greening your
business, transportation to
outdoor space, GreenTown
helps you make the healthy
choice the easy choice.
GreenTown is designed to help create sustainable
communities. Since 2007, mayors and other elected
officials, city managers, public works directors,
park district directors, planners, developers,
builders, architects, landscape architects, engineers,
school leaders, teachers, healthcare professionals,
environmental advocates – and many others
interested in sustainable development – have
gathered to hear inspiring speakers, learn from beenthere case studies and discuss actionable steps to
make communities–and people and planet–healthier.
At GreenTown, people learn. Network. Act.
GreenTown Chicago Advisory Committee
Ann Marchetti, Director, DuPage Forward
Meredith McDermott, Sustainability Manager, Chicago Public Schools
Cindy McSherry, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute
Pat Michalkiewicz, Manager, Energy Efficiency & Major Accounts, Peoples Gas
Mark Moxley, Managing Partner, Lake Street Supply
Cheryl Munoz, Founder and Project Lead, Sugar Beet
Jen Nelson, Zero Waste Program Manager, Seven Generations Ahead
Edward Noonan, Architect & Co-Developer, Tryon Farm
John Norquist, President and CEO, Congress for the New Urbanism
Joan O’Keefe, Environmental Coordinator, Dupage County
Lynn Osmond, President & CEO, Chicago Architecture Foundation
John Ostenburg, Mayor, Park Forest
Melissa Peters, Urban and Environmental Planner, CDM Smith
Stephane Phifer, Planning and Zoning Director, City of Aurora
Jack Pizzo, President, Senior Ecologist & Principal Landscape Architect, Pizzo & Associates
David Pope, Former President, Village of Oak Park
Stephenie Presseller, Sustainability Manager, Moraine Valley Community College
MaryBeth Radeck, Sustainability Associate, Roosevelt University
Vanessa Roanhorse, Senior Manager, Delta Institute
Megan Roberts, TAA Regional Grant Coordinator, IGEN Career Pathways, Triton College
Samantha Robinson, Community Planner, CMAP
Terrence Roche, Program Development and Quality Improvement, YMCA
Chanda Rowan, Associate Marketing Manager, Franklin Energy
Leisa Schlichting, Marketing Coordinator, Christy Webber
Ben Schulman, Communications Director, AIA Chicago
Alan Shannon, Director, Midwest Region Public Affairs, USDA Food & Nutrition Service Midwest
Debra Shore, Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Cook County
Peter Skosey, Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Planning Council
Kimberly Slaughter, Transit Market Sector Director, HDR Engineering
Kyle Smith, Economic Development Analyst, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Deborah Stone, Chief Sustainability Officer, Cook County
Heather Tabbert, Manager, Local Planning and Programs Division,
Regional Transportation Authority
Todd Vanadilok, Senior Associate Community Planner, Teska Associates
Nathan Vogel, Senior Account Executive, Inovateus
Dave Waden, Senior Planner, City of Elgin
John Wawrzaszek, Sustainability Manager, Columbia College Chicago
Christy Webber, President, Christy Webber Landscapes
Jerry Weber, President, College of Lake County
Karen Weigert, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
Tom Weisner, Mayor, City of Aurora
Chris Ziemann, Chicago BRT Project Manager, Chicago Community Trust
Tony Abruscato, President, Chicago Flower & Garden Show
Erin Aleman, Principal Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Scott Alwin, Public Relations, Peoples Gas
Stephen Bell, Interim Executive Director, IGEN
Terry Bergdall, CEO, Institute of Cultural Affairs
Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Helen Cameron, Co-Owner, Uncommon Ground
Jean Carter-Hill, Co-Founder, Englewood
Jospeh Clair, Director of Campus Energy and Sustainability, IIT
Kevin Clark, Vice President, Lakota Group
Sarah Coulter, Sustainability Coordinator, Village of Park Forest
Abby Crisostomo, Project Manager, Metropolitan Planning Council
Gary Cuneen, Executive Director, Seven Generations Ahead
Foster Dale, Principal, Foster Dale Architects, Inc.
Jay Dalicandro, Municipal Aggregation, Integrys Energy Services, Inc
John Dewald, Developer, Serosun Farms
Marissa Dolin, Senior Planner, Active Transportation Alliance
Aaron Durnbaugh, Director of Sustainability, Loyola University
Zurich Esposito, Executive Vice President, AIA Chicago
Keara Fanning, Sustainability Consultant, Smith Gill
Nancy Firfer, Senior Advisor, Metropolitan Planning Council
Barbara Gordon, Vice President of Program Operations, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Michael Graham, Senior Vice President, MB Real Estate
John Harris, Principal, a5
Nevin Hedlund, Owner, Nevin Hedlund Architects
John Houseal, Principal, Houseal Lavigne
Sarah Howell, Director, Public Affairs, North America, Grundfos
David Husemoller, Sustainability Manager for the College of Lake County, IGEN
Martin Jaffe, Director of Graduate Studies & Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Aaron Joseph, Deputy Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
Mike Keen, Director, Center for a Sustainable Future, IU South Bend
Cynthia Klein-Banai, Associate Chancellor For Sustainability, UIC
Kindy Kruller, Senior Planner, Forest Preserves of Cook County
Chuck Lehman, President, Lehman & Lehman
John Lenti, Architect, Greeley & Hansen
Jon Levey, Founder, Executive Vice President & Chief Lending Officer, GreenChoice Bank
Margaret Lewis, Senior Planner, Cardno JFNew
Dave Lundy, President, Aileron Inc.
Elena Maans, Administrative Assistant for Buildings and Grounds Department /
Sustainability Coordinator, Dominican University
Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
GreenTown is co-produced by a5, a branding and
interactive firm focused on sustainability, and Seven
Generations Ahead, a non-profit devoted to creating
healthy, sustainable communities.
www.a5inc.com
www.sevengenerationsahead.org
Thanks to the University of Illinois at Chicago for taking and using all GreenTown’s compostables.
GreenTown is a zero waste event.
Featured Speakers
Will Allen, Co-founder, Growing Power
Will Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy
foods to underserved, urban populations. In 1995, while assisting neighborhood children with a
gardening project, Allen began developing the farming methods and educational programs that are now
the hallmark of the non-profit organization Growing Power, which he directs and co-founded. Guiding
all his efforts is the recognition that the unhealthy diets of low-income, urban populations, and such
related health problems as obesity and diabetes, largely are attributable to limited access to safe and
affordable fresh fruits and vegetables.
MarySue Barrett, Executive Director, Metropolitan Planning Council
MarySue Barrett is president of the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPS), an independent, nonprofit
group of business and civic leaders working to achieve policies that enhance the vitality and livability of the
Chicago metropolitan region.
Since her tenure began in 1996, MPC has strengthened its relationships with employers and is increasingly
called upon to untangle local development and regional policy challenges. MPC is known for bringing the
right people together at the right time and has expertise that spans infrastructure, housing, environment,
land use, and tax policies.
Gordon Gill, Co-founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Gordon Gill is one of the world’s preeminent exponents of performance-based architecture. His work,
which ranges from the world’s largest buildings to sustainable communities, is driven by his philosophy
that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance; and that there is a language
of performance, which is the basis of his practice: Form Follows Performance.
A founding partner of award-winning Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Gordon’s work includes
the design of the world’s first net zero-energy skyscraper, the Pearl River Tower (designed at SOM
Chicago), the world’s first large-scale positive energy building, Masdar Headquarters, the world’s tallest
tower, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah Saudi Arabia and, most recently, the design of Astana Expo 2017 and its
sustainable legacy community for Astana, Kazakhstan.
Dr. Ann P. Kalayil, Regional Administrator,
General Services Administration for the Great Lakes
As the General Services Administration's regional chief executive, Kalayil heads operations that provide
federal agencies and the U.S. courts in six states with support in vital areas such as real estate services,
procurements, information technology, supplies, equipment, and vehicles.
Kalayil is very active in many community and civic activities dealing with education policy, campaign finance
reform, immigration reform, and documenting Asian-American history. A Leadership Greater Chicago fellow,
Kalayil has also served on several government task forces and has participated in many panel discussions
on the above issues. She is also co-director of the South Asian American Policy & Research Institute and a
member of many community-based organizations. Kalayil's appointment is historic, as she is the first woman
to serve as regional administrator of the General Services Administration in this region.
Björn Lyrvall, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
Björn Lyrvall became ambassador of Sweden to the United States on Sept. 17, 2013, having
previously served as political director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm for six years.
Ambassador Lyrvall, who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985, has also been posted
at Sweden’s missions in Moscow, Leningrad, London and its European Union representation in
Brussels. In addition, he has served as special advisor to Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt in the
Western Balkans.
David Pope, Former President, Village of Oak Park
As former President (mayor), David has eight years of chief executive experience with budget and
fiduciary responsibility for a $110 million municipal corporation. He's a regional and national thought
leader in areas including transportation and land-use planning, housing policy, environmental
sustainability, and inter-jurisdictional collaboration. Pope has achieved unprecedented improvements in
core municipal service delivery, and he's transformed Oak Park into a national leader in renewable power
adoption, smart-grid infrastructure deployment, regional responses to housing market inefficiencies and
the foreclosure crisis.
GreenTown
Chicago Agenda
9:00am – 9:10am – Illinois A
Björn Lyrvall, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
9:10am – 9:25am – Illinois A
CMAP GO TO 2040 Overview
Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Thursday, May 22, 2014
UIC Student Center East
Chicago, Illinois
TRACKS
TRANSPORTATION
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS
NEIGHBORHOOD & COMMUNITY PLANNING
ENERGY: ILLINOIS GREEN ECONOMY
NETWORK (IGEN)
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS
9:25am – 10:15am – Illinois A
Sustainability Leaders Panel: Divergent Missions,
Convergent Strategies: Breaking through Silos to
Create Smart, Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Moderator: David Pope, Former President, Village of Oak Park
Panelists: Will Allen, Co-founder, Growing Power; MarySue Barrett,
Executive Director, Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC); Gordon
Gill, Co-founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; Dr. Ann
P. Kalayil, Regional Administrator, General Services Administration
for the Great Lakes
10:15am – 10:30am
Break
10:30am – 10:50am – Illinois A
GreenTown Morning Plenary:
Five-Minute Regional Snapshots
Sustainable Chicago 2015
Aaron Joseph, Deputy Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
Calumet Stormwater Collaborative
Abby Crisostomo, Project Manager, Metropolitan Planning Council
Transit Future
7:15am – 8:30am – Cardinal
Mayors and Managers Breakfast (by invitation):
Aligning Regional Goals with Local Community Metrics
Speakers: Gary Cuneen, Executive Director, Seven Generations Ahead;
Bob Dean, Deputy Executive Director of Local Planning, Chicago
Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP); Kristin Ihnchak, Senior
Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
7:15am – 8:30am – White Oak
IGEN Colleges Breakfast (by invitation):
IGEN Smart Grid Outreach Efforts in Chicagoland
and Surrounding Areas and College Networking
Speakers: Stephen Bell, Executive Director, Illinois Green Economy
Network (IGEN); Marcia Lochmann, Director of College Partnerships,
Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN); Clare Butterfield, Program
Director, Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation
(invited); Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation Grant
Participants (invited)
8:00am – 8:30am
General Registration and Breakfast
8:30am – 8:55am – Illinois A
Welcome Address
Mark Donovan, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services,
University of Illinois at Chicago; John Harris, Principal, a5;
Gary Cuneen, Executive Director, Seven Generations Ahead
8:55am – 9:00am – Illinois A
Symbio City Video
Jacky Grimshaw, Vice President of Policy, Center for
Neighborhood Technology; Ron Burke, Executive Director,
Active Transportation Alliance
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PLANNING TRACK – ILLINOIS A
Accelerate 77 Sustainability Leaders Network
This session will showcase the emergence of the Sustainability
Leaders Network in conjunction with the Institute of Cultural Affair’s
(ICA) Accelerate 77 program. This collaboration is engaging leaders
from across Chicago’s neighborhoods in learning about and acting
on sustainability. The session will bring together members of the
Sustainability Leaders Network to highlight snapshot projects that
engage the community and focus on topics including energy, food,
and sustainable housing. It will interactively engage the audience in a
discussion about sustainability priorities and the interface between city
and regional programs and community aspirations and needs.
Moderator: Terry Bergdall, Executive Director, Institute of Cultural
Affairs (ICA)
Speakers: Toni Anderson, Founding Executive Director & Board
President, Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab; Susan Ask, Educator
and Watershed Specialist, Animalia Project/Gingko Organic Garden;
Marla Cohen, Owner, Greenlawn Landscaping; Richard Dobbins,
Dobbins Group, Inc.; Terry Edlin, Cooperative Evangelist, New
Community Vision; Johnnie L. Owens, Center for New Horizons /
Bronzeville Alliance; Killian Walsh, Recycling Committee Member,
Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project; Orrin Williams,
Executive Director, Center for Urban Transformation
ENERGY TRACK: ILLINOIS GREEN ECONOMY NETWORK (IGEN)
WHITE OAK B
Illinois’ Energy Future
How is Illinois faring in the renewable energy revolution and what
does it mean for Illinois’ energy future? Join three experts to learn
how Illinois is fast tracking the deployment of renewable energy
technologies and the implications for us all.
Speakers: Shannon Fulton, President, Illinois Solar Energy
Association; Aaron Joseph, Deputy Sustainability Officer, City of
Chicago; TJ Kanczuzewski, President, Inovateus Solar
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES TRACK – DEARBORN B
Developing the Chicago Region’s Food System
BREAKOUT SESSION ONE
11:00am – 12:00pm
Choose from the following sessions:
TRANSPORTATION TRACK – ILLINOIS C
Moving People: Bringing BRT, Bike Sharing and
Bike Lanes to Chicago
In the past few years, the City of Chicago has added hundreds of miles
of bike lanes, launched a bike sharing service called Divvy and is
about to bring Bus Rapid Transit to Chicago. How do these initiatives
make Chicago more livable, greener and more competitive? And what
can we learn from Sweden’s ElectricCity model?
Speakers: Rebekah Scheinfeld, Commissioner, Chicago Department
of Transportation, Jonathan Miller, VP Government Relations and
Public Affairs, Volvo Group North America
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS TRACK – WHITE OAK A
The 606: Bloomingdale Trail
606, or The Bloomingdale Trail, is a new kind of park; part art project,
part open space, part community development effort. Its genesis and
development process was just as groundbreaking as the park itself along
an abandoned rail line. This session qualifies for 1.0 LACES credit.
The benefits of a regional food system relate to a variety of planning
topics, from public health to environmental stewardship to economic
development. Throughout the Chicago region, there are a number
of initiatives underway to grow the regional food system, including
training for beginning farmers, changing public policy to support
local food production, providing access to land for small farmers, and
making fresh produce more accessible in underserved communities.
This session will highlight some of the innovative current initiatives in
the region to overcome barriers to a more robust regional food system.
Speakers: Jason Navota, Principal, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning (CMAP); Janice Hill, AICP, Executive Planner and Farmland,
Protection Manager, Kane County; Bradley Roback, Coordinator of
Economic Development, City of Chicago; Brittany Albrecht Sloan, Deputy
Director and Zoning Administrator, Lake County
HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TRACK
CARDINAL
LEED 4.0 and Envision™: Criteria and Certification
for Buildings and Infrastructure Projects
This session will provide an update on LEED 4.0, and examples of
how the new green building criteria will impact building renovations
and developments and certification. By contrast, the session will
provide an overview of Envision™, a new criteria and rating system for
“horizontal” infrastructure projects.
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch
12:30pm – 2:00pm – Monarch
The Forests Where We Live (TOUR)
Urban forests are made up of the trees that connect community
landscapes – both on public and private property. Trees make
communities more livable by cleaning air and water, supporting
biodiversity and conserving energy. A panel could discuss ways in
which urban forestry is striving to sustain a canopy of trees despite
invasive pest threats (i.e. the emerald ash borer); preserve historic
oaks (the Historic Oak Propagation Project); and manage the trees as
a diverse forest (GIS based inventory & management).
Speakers: Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives,
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus; John Lough, Senior City Forester,
City of Chicago; Andrew Lueck, Consulting Arborist, SavATree
Consulting Group
BREAKOUT SESSION TWO
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Choose from the following sessions:
TRANSPORTATION TRACK – ILLINOIS C
Transit-Oriented Development: Building Strong
Communities with Transit
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a proven economic
development strategy that can increase transit use and walkable
communities, reduce vehicle miles traveled, enhance municipal tax
bases, and improve access to jobs, housing and services. This diverse
panel will go beyond the basics and benefits of TOD, covering a
variety of topics including the results of a recent TOD resident survey
sent to residents of 14 TOD areas in the Chicago region, regional
TOD initiatives, regional policies that can accelerate TOD investment
and a local case study.
Speakers: Karie Friling, Development Services Director, Village of
Orland Park; Kyle Smith, Project Manager, Economic Development,
Center for Neighborhood Technology; Heather Tabbert, Manager, Local
Planning and Programs, Regional Transportation Authority
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS TRACK – WHITE OAK A
Green Infrastructure Planning
Green spaces contribute to our personal well-being and regional
economy. Access to parks and open space improves the health of our
region’s residents and the value of their homes. The region’s network
of parks and open space is our “green” infrastructure—no less
essential to prosperity and livability than any other infrastructure.
But as with systems for transportation, water treatment, and other
needs, our green infrastructure must be managed, restored, and
expanded. Hear how communities can plan to preserve and build on
their green assets through the comprehensive planning process. This
session qualifies for 1.0 LACES credit.
Speakers: Nora June Beck, Senior Planner, Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning (CMAP); Dennis Dreher, Senior Consultant,
Geosyntec; Rob Linke, Senior Project Engineer, Trotter & Associates,
Inc.; Karen Miller, Executive Planner, Kane County Development and
Community Services Department
Speakers: John Lenti, Architect, Greeley & Hansen;
Catherine Richardson, Project Engineer, Greeley & Hansen
Speaker: Jamie Simone, Program Director, Trust for Public Lands
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NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PLANNING TRACK – ILLINOIS A
Sustainability Planning Approaches in the Chicago
Region and Beyond (Sweden!)
Planning for sustainable cities is a trending topic that has drawn
a lot of interest in our region and beyond. During this session,
representatives from Business Sweden and the Swedish Embassy
will discuss the innovative Swedish SymbioCity sustainability
planning approach, which provides a conceptual framework to
sustainable urban development, along with case study examples from
Gothenburg of how the approach has been successfully applied.
Kristin Ihnchak will provide highlights from the recently completed
Park Forest sustainability Plan and the Village’s implementation
efforts, along with an overview of CMAP’s follow-up project to create
a regionally-appropriate Sustainability Planning Toolkit for use by
municipalities. Gary Cuneen will conclude by speaking to ongoing
monitoring, evaluation, and implementation efforts for the PlanItGreen
Environmental Sustainability Plan of Oak Park and River Forest.
Moderator: Kristin Ihnchak, Senior Planner, Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Speakers: Annica Carlstedt, Trade Commissioner, Sweden; Gary
Cuneen, Executive Director, Seven Generations Ahead; Pernilla
Rydeving, Head of Unit, Urban Development, Environment
Administration, City of Gothenburg
ENERGY TRACK: ILLINOIS GREEN ECONOMY NETWORK (IGEN)
WHITE OAK B
What Does the Smart Grid Mean for Illinois?
The Illinois Science and Energy Foundation has a mission to
empower energy customers around Illinois with knowledge that will
allow them to benefit from the shifting energy marketplace. By taking
advantage of the availability of their own energy use data, shifting
the time of day when they use energy, and being more informed and
engaged customers, Illinois residents can help their households and
their society. ISEIF Program Director Clare Butterfield will share her
insights about how the coming changes will affect customers and how
customers can use them to their benefit.
HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TRACK
CARDINAL
HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TRACK
CARDINAL
Reimagining Housing in the City: Affordable Can
Be Green
Chicago Neighborhoods Now
BREAKOUT SESSION FOUR
BREAKOUT SESSION THREE
TRANSPORTATION TRACK – ILLINOIS C
Regional Connectivity: High Speed Rail, Union Station,
Cargo-Oriented Development and Street Cars
TRANSPORTATION TRACK – ILLINOIS C
Parking Strategies to Support Livable Communities
In 2012, CMAP published a step-by-step guide to help municipal
governments determine the appropriate steps for addressing their
parking challenges to support livable communities. Hear about how
your community might benefit from this report, how the Village of
Oak Park and the Village of Hinsdale have put some of these tools into
practice, and how a Chicago neighborhood Chamber of Commerce is
examining their possibilities for improving parking.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS TRACK – WHITE OAK A
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3:30pm – 4:30pm
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2:15pm – 3:15pm
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HEALTHY COMMUNITIES TRACK – DEARBORN B
Speakers: Gina Massuda Barnett, MPH, Director, Chronic Disease
Prevention & Health Promotion, Cook County Department of
Public Health; Hope Barrett, MPH, Deputy Director, Consortium to
Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC); Meg Cooch, Executive
Director, Illinois State Alliance of YMCAs; Terrence Roche, Director of
Program Development and Quality Improvement, YMCA of the USA
3:15pm-3:30pm
Break
2:00pm – 2:15pm
Break
Speaker: Clare Butterfield, Program Director, Illinois Science and
Energy Innovation Foundation (ISEIF)
This session will highlight leading practices for effectively mobilizing
state and local coalitions to increase physical activity and healthy
eating equitably across jurisdictions to curb obesity rates through
policy, systems and built environment changes. Panelists will
describe both the successes and challenges in the process of engaging
community, developing an action plan, recruiting and sustaining a
coalition of committed leaders, and enacting equitable policy, systems
and built environment changes.
Speakers: Michael Davidson, Senior Program Officer, Chicago
Community Trust; Brad McConnell, Deputy Commissioner, City of
Chicago Department of Planning and Development; Marisa Novara,
Program Director, Metropolitan Planning Council
Speakers: Hume An, Director of Real Estate Development, Heartland
Housing, Inc.; Jeff Bone, Principal, Landon Bone Baker Architects
Speakers: Lindsay Bayley, Senior Planner, Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning (CMAP); Bradley Bloom, Chief of Police, Village
of Hinsdale; Mike Fox, Business Owner and Former President of
the Downtown Oak Park Association; Jessica Wobbekind, Program
Manager, Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce
Pioneering Healthy Communities:
State and Local Initiatives to Increase
Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
The City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development
(DPD) has begun work on an exciting new initiative to provide
a framework for long-rage planning in Chicago. Through a new
program called Chicago Neighborhoods Now, DPD is working with
partner organizations to understand baseline conditions, inventory
existing assets, and build from existing neighborhood plans to deliver
place-based investment plans to every Chicago neighborhood.
Landon Bone Baker Architects recently completed an affordable
residential project and a historic and green rehabilitation on Chicago’s
Near West Side – Harvest Commons Apartments, formerly known
as the Viceroy Hotel. After falling into disrepair and closing nearly a
decade ago, this Chicago Landmark building opened last spring to
include a social enterprise café, an urban farm, and a teaching kitchen
out of which Heartland Housing will provide classes to residents about
nutrition and food preparation. A recent article in The Architect’s
Newspaper features the project as an innovative model for communitybased sustainable preservation.
My Discards Are Your Treasure:
Capturing Materials for Reuse
This session will address the paradigm shift from “waste
management” to “materials recovery”, and will highlight current
efforts to divert materials from landfills and convert them into higher
use. The session will discuss the Cook County Demolition Debris
Diversion Ordinance, the Rebuilding Exchange, and Chicago metro
area food scrap composting initiatives.
Speakers: Mary Allen, Recycling and Education Director, SWANCC;
Meegan Czop, Director of Business Development, Rebuilding
Exchange; Hanh Pham, Compost Coordinator, Loyola University;
Deborah Stone, Chief Sustainability Officer and Director, Cook
County; Bryant Williams, Manager of Engineering, Cook County
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PLANNING TRACK – ILLINOIS A
Comprehensive Planning in the “New Normal”
What do you do with a comprehensive plan that was written in the early
2000s and put forth a vision that has become unattainable? While local
market conditions have improved, refocusing earlier comprehensive plans
to take into account where communities are today takes some finesse.
Speaker: John Houseal, Principal, Houseal Lavigne
Photo: Marlin Keesler
ENERGY TRACK: ILLINOIS GREEN ECONOMY NETWORK (IGEN)
WHITE OAK B
What Does Smart Grid Mean to YOU?
Utilities companies have begun installing smart meters on homes
and businesses in Illinois. Most homeowners are embracing the new
technology, but a few are not. Join the conversation to share your
perceptions, thoughts, and insights about smart grid and smart meters
in Illinois, and learn how officials in these towns are creating solutions.
Facilitators: KC Doyle, Sustainability Director, Lake County; Marcia
Lochmann, Director of College Partnerships, Illinois Green Economy Network
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES TRACK – DEARBORN B
Planning for Healthy Communities
It is no secret that land use and transportation planning impact the
health of communities. But, how is the Chicago region tackling planning
to create healthier communities? There are efforts to shape plan
recommendations with positive health outcomes, which in turn can have
positive impacts on communities. The region is also expanding its use
of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs), a useful tool for decision-makers
that evaluates the public-health consequences of proposed policy and
prescribes actions to minimize negative health impacts and optimize
beneficial ones. Learn how the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning (CMAP) has partnered with its region’s counties and partners to
integrate health into local land use and transportation planning. Explore
how HIAs are examining proposed policy. Discover how collaboration is
key to creating healthier communities.
Speakers: Gina Massuda Barnett, Director of Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Cook County Department of
Public Health; Tiffany L. McDowell, Interim Executive Director of
Institute of Social Exclusion, Adler School of Professional Psychology;
Samantha Robinson, Associate Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency
for Planning (CMAP); Mark VanKerkhoff, Director, Kane County
Development & Community Services Department
High-speed rail promises to connect the Midwest to create a stronger
region. What’s the latest, and what will it take to move forward
successfully? Union Station, Street Cars and other developments will
be discussed within the context of growing our regional economy
through greater regional connectivity.
Speakers: Rick Harnisch, Executive Director, Midwest High Speed Rail
Association; David Vozzolo, Streetcar Program Director, HDR Inc.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS TRACK – WHITE OAK A
Climate Change Adaptation:
Local Strategies and Regional Framework
The Climate Adaptation Guidebook for Municipalities in the
Chicago Region is a resource for communities interested in
adapting their planning and investment decisions to a changing
climate. Essentially, this means improving resilience to future
weather impacts. The central reason for considering climate
change is that, in many instances, it will be cheaper and less
disruptive to plan for anticipated conditions than to retrofit or
rebuild later. This guidebook concentrates on sectors and services
that are typically under their jurisdiction. This session will
provide an overview of the Climate Adaptation Guidebook, the
regional changes in weather pattern our region is experiencing,
and how local communities have implemented strategies to
become more resilient. The session will also highlight the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s recently approved
developing Watershed Management Ordinance that went into
effect on May 1, 2014.
Speakers: Jim Angel, Illinois State Climatologist, Illinois State Water
Survey; David St. Pierre, Executive Director, Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District; David Pope, former President, Village of Oak
Park; Louise Yeung, Assistant Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency
for Planning
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HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TRACK
CARDINAL
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PLANNING TRACK – ILLINOIS A
Sustainability Funders Panel: How Our Changing
World is Impacting Funding Trends to Support
Sustainable Communities
Downtowns Reinvented:
How to Bring People to the Center
Moderator: Bob Dean, Deputy Executive Director of Local Planning,
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Across the country, downtowns are being reinvented as walkable,
bikable, livable communities. Hear two case studies from the Midwest
that are helping reshape downtowns—and attracting young and old alike.
Speakers: Michael Davidson, Senior Program Officer, Chicago
Community Trust; Nancy Fishman, Founding Executive Director,
Grand Victoria; Herbert Lust, Director of Strategy for Global
Corporate Citizenship, Boeing Foundation; Mijo Vodopic, Program
Officer, MacArthur Foundation
Speakers: Adam Branscomb, Developer, Fairmount Properties; John
McLinden, Owner, Streetscape Development
ENERGY TRACK: ILLINOIS GREEN ECONOMY NETWORK (IGEN)
WHITE OAK B
Smart Grid Education from the Classroom to the Field
Students learn the best when they experience the situation first-hand.
Using full-sized models of electrical appliances, students experience
how a smart meter can be a valuable tool. Students experience the
smart grid system by conducting various scenarios using a large,
table-top representation of the power grid including generation,
transmission, and distribution systems.
Facilitator: Marcia Lochmann, Director of College Partnerships, Illinois
Green Economy Network (IGEN)
Speakers: Dr. Brad Christensen, IMaST Coordinator, Illinois State
University; Robert Clark, HVACR Department, College of DuPage
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES TRACK – DEARBORN B
4:30pm – 5:00pm – The Terrace – 2nd floor
CMAP LTA Reception/Project Proposal Q&A
With funding from a Sustainable Communities Regional Planning
grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) initiated
the Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program in 2010 to assist
communities in implementing projects that advance the principles
of GO TO 2040, the comprehensive plan to help the region plan
together for sustainable prosperity. CMAP is partnering with
GreenTown Chicago to conduct a Q&A reception to discuss LTA
initiatives underway and the process to apply and receive grant
funding for community sustainability projects.
No time to waste!
In these days, we all know that our natural resources are limited. SymbioCity
means urban resource efficiency – across and between different urban technology systems or fields of action. Combine energy, waste management,
water supply and sanitation, traffic and transport, landscape planning,
architecture and urban functions for new and better solutions as well as a
more efficient use of natural resource. Let nothing go to waste!
5:00pm – 5:30pm – The Terrace – 2nd floor
Networking Microbrew Reception
Beer provided by Haymarket Pub & Brewery.
The Green Restaurant Movement:
Models, Trends and Opportunities
A panel of leading chefs, restaurant owners and program directors from
the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition and the Green Restaurant
Association will provide snapshots of the local food movement among
restaurants, other sustainable practices, and certification.
Speakers: Helen Cameron, Owner, Uncommon Ground; Sarah
Hidder, Development Associate, Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition;
Heidi Moorman Coudal, Founder, Big Delicious Planet
Award-winning students.
Expert faculty.
Trailblazing urban and
environmental GIS.
Featured Speakers
Mark Donovan,
Vice Chancellor
for Administrative
Services,
University of
Illinois at Chicago
(UIC)
Mark Donovan
currently serves as
the Vice Chancellor
for Administrative Services where he provides
many of the core services of the University,
including UIC Police, Facility Management,
Mail, Parking, Transportation, Grounds and
Environmental Health and Safety. Previous
to serving as Vice Chancellor, Donovan held
positions of Executive Director for Facilities
Management and Capitol Programs, Vice
Chancellor for Facilities Management/Director
of Operations and Maintenance and Director of
Building Operations, all at UIC. He is a member
of several professional organizations, including
the Association of Physical Plant Administrators
at Universities and Colleges and the Building
Owners and Managers Association.
Randy
Blankenhorn,
Executive
Director, Chicago
Metropolitan
Agency for
Planning (CMAP)
As executive
director of CMAP,
Randy Blankenhorn
has helped develop and is now guiding the
implementation of GO TO 2040, metropolitan
Chicago’s first comprehensive regional plan
in more than 100 years. Randy and CMAP
staff work closely with seven counties, 284
municipalities, and scores of stakeholder groups
to implement the plans’ strategies for aligning
public policies and investments.
Prior to joining CMAP in 2006, Blankenhorn was
Bureau Chief of Urban Program Planning for the
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT),
coordinating activities of the 14 metropolitan
planning organizations across Illinois.
Rebekah
Scheinfeld,
Commissioner,
Chicago
Department of
Transportation
(CDOT)
Rebekah Scheinfeld
was appointed as
commissioner of
the Chicago Department of Transportation
by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in January of 2014.
Scheinfeld is responsible for planning, building
and maintaining Chicago’s surface transportation
networks and public ways to ensure they are safe
for users, environmentally sustainable, attractive
and in a state of good repair.
Before joining CDOT, Scheinfeld worked at
the Chicago Transit Authority and planned
projects such as the Red Line reconstruction
and new Bus Rapid Transit Corridors. She has
also worked at the New York City Department of
Parks and Recreation.
The strength of the MA in Sustainable
Urban Development at DePaul is its
commitment to rethinking our cities and
their futures while providing hands-on
learning. We offer a program that blends
academics with internships in Chicago
public and non-profit organizations,
knowledgeable faculty members with
expertise in urban and environmental
GIS, and top-notch lab facilities using
applications such as ArcGIS 10 and ENVI.
Isn’t it time you explored the MA in
Sustainable Urban Development at
DePaul?
Visit las.depaul.edu/sud
or email [email protected].
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think Seven
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GreenTown Chicago Sponsors
Community Sponsors
www.cityofchicago.org
Host Sponsor
www.cmap.illinois.gov
www.ica-usa.org
www.uic.edu
www.igencc.org
www.inovateussolar.com
www.peoplesgasdelivery.com
Community Partners
www.franklinenergy.com
Underwriter of Morning
Networking Break
Sustainer Sponsors
www.business-sweden.se/en/
www.christywebber.com
www.davey.com/davey-resource-group/
www.belgard.com
Underwriter of Afternoon
Networking Break
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GreenTown Chicago Sponsors
Underwriters of Mayors & Managers Breakfast
Exhibitors
www.cardnojfnew.com
www.geosyntec.com
www.savatree.com
Underwriters of Sustainability in Education Session
www.beyondpropertiesrealty.com
www.depaul.edu
www.weaverboos.com
Non-Profit Sponsor
www.elaraengineering.com
www.melaweb.org
Photo: Aurimas Adomavicius
www.hlplanning.com
Supplier to the
Welcoming Reception
www.gooseisland.com
www.mayorscaucus.org
Underwriter of Food
Scrap and Composting
Pre-event Session
www.organixrecycling.com
Media Sponsor
www.nachicagonorth.com
Supplier to the
Micro Brew Review
www.haymarketbrewing.com
Photo: Clark Maxwell
GO TO 2040
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Metropolitan Chicago is one of the world’s great
economic centers, but we cannot afford to take
our quality of life for granted.
CMAP’s GO TO 2040 is the comprehensive regional plan to
help the seven counties and 284 communities of Chicago
plan together for sustainable prosperity through midcentury and beyond. GO TO 2040 calls on local officials,
businesses, and other stakeholder groups to implement
recommendations that have broad implications for residents’
daily lives. GO TO 2040 addresses livable communities,
human capital, efficient governance, and regional mobility to
WORKING TOGETHER TO GROW A
GREENER ECONOMY FOR ILLINOIS
make a healthier, more sustainable Chicago.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PLAN, VISIT WWW.CMAP.ILLINOIS.GOV/ABOUT/2040
The Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) is a consortium of Illinois
community colleges working to grow the green economy of Illinois through
the expansion of clean energy technologies, increased employment
opportunities, improved environmental and human health, fostering
community engagement, and accelerating market competitiveness.
Right in your
own backyard
®
chicago
Renewable Energy: IGEN was awarded $3.7 million dollars from the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to pursue numerous
renewable energy projects.
The Illinois Community College Targeted Energy
Management Training Program is made possible with funding from the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Building Industry
Training Education (BITE) Program.
Creating a better quality of life for our clients, employees
and community through the enhancement of outdoor spaces.
[email protected]
773.533.0477
www.christywebber.com
chicagoland’s
sustainable living
Magazine
nachicagonorth.com
Smart Grid Consumer Education and Technology Demonstration: With
funding from the Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation, IGEN will
the smart grid.
Learn more & get involved at www.igencc.org
Proud to be Sustainable.
Proud to be UIC.
Located on 240 acres, with 15 million square feet of buildings, UIC serves over 27,000 students.
Trees
UIC has been recognized as a Tree Campus USA since 2012. Administered by the Arbor Foundation,
Tree Campus USA recognizes campuses that effectively manage their trees and promote student and
community involvement around forestry efforts.
UIC has approximately 5,400 trees growing, including 101 different tree species!
Over 70,000 pounds of carbon are sequestered by campus trees annually. This is equivalent to
the amount of carbon saved by recycling 11.2 tons of waste instead of sending it to a landfill,
or saving 3,600 gallons of gasoline every year.
Green Buildings
Since 2007, all new construction has been LEED Certified Gold.
Green Buildings on Campus Include:
Grant Hall, Douglas Hall, Lincoln Hall and Mile Square Health Center.
UIC has many green renovations such as the Daley Library IDEA Commons, College of Dentistry, and
College of Nursing that increase energy and water efficiency and use sustainable materials.
Biking
UIC is a Bronze-Level Bicycle-Friendly University
DIVVY stations are located around UIC, and we offer a discounted membership to our community.
UIC has many biking resources for the bike commuter, such as countless bike racks, multiple fix-it
stations, available bike pumps, and places to utilize lockers and showers.
Recycling
In 2013, UIC recycled over 800 TONS of office paper!
Every time you recycle, you help UIC save roughly 14,300 trees; nearly 6 million gallons of water;
and over 3,350,000 kWh electricity- the equivalent to the electricity in 420 homes!
UIC has many events and programs for recycling and promoting methods of recycling and reuse
(throughout a wide variety of departments and academic majors).
Visit us at sustainability.uic.edu
Or Follow us on Twitter & Facebook @SustainableUIC