Speaker Series: Seven Minutes & Change Toward a Better Region

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What's happening throughout the region? NCPC invites planners and design aficionados to a casual summertime gathering to talk about regionalism in the National Capital area. There will be nine rapid-fire presentations on planning topics of personal or professional interest. Presenters will have seven minutes and 21 slides to talk. Presentations will be highly visual. No paragraphs, bullet points, and planning jargon - guaranteed!

Scheduled presentations include:

• The Evolution of Arlington’s Urban Villages
  Robert Brosnan, Arlington County


• Transforming Tysons: From Edge City to Livable Urban Center
  Linda Hollis, Fairfax County


• Opening the Gates: Redeveloping St. Elizabeths
  Geraldine Gardner, DC Office of Planning


• Hey, Small-fry, Get Out of My Lane! or, Buses with Attitude
  Nat Bottigheimer, WMATA


• Arlington County's Community Energy Plan:
  This Is Not Your Father's Energy Plan
  Rich Dooley, Arlington County


• Urban Agriculture: It's Good Food, it's Jobs, and it's Fun!
  Gül Güleryüz, Prince George’s County


• Equestrian Statues Beware: There's a New General in Town
  Andrea Lytle, National Capital Planning Commission


• Rerouting the Blue Line: Understanding Metrorail Service Patterns in Arlington County’s Metro Corridors
  Andrew D'huyvetter, Arlington County


• Make No Big Plans: Using New Media
  Rollin Stanley, Montgomery County

Presented in partnership with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association, and the Potomac Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.