Special Event: Who Is the City For? Plans & People Shaping Washington, DC

Attend this West End Community Salon, and engage with four leaders in the field of urban planning.

Who Is the City For? is a salon-style program about the plans and people shaping Washington, DC. This program of four expert panelists also celebrates the traveling exhibit Planning Washington: Capital and Community and the Centennial of the National Capital Planning Commission.

Every day, planning professionals in Washington, DC, work to prepare our region for the evolving needs of a dynamic, diverse, and growing population. On September 26, enjoy this lively salon-style panel with four regional experts; for whom cities and city planning is the stuff of their daily work.  

Who Is the City For? is produced by the West End Neighborhood Library and program partner, American Purpose. This event is co-sponsored by the National Capital Planning Commission.

 5:30 pm : Guided tour of Planning Washington: Capital and Community, on display inside the West End Neighborhood Library through September 30
 6:00 p.m.-7:45 pm : Salon-style panel conversation in the library's large meeting room

Panelists
Laura M. Richards, Past Chair, Committee of 100 on the Federal City
Alex Baca, D.C. Policy Director, Greater Greater Washington
Alexis Robinson, Associate, Justice and Sustainability, Inc
Julia Koster (moderator), Director, NCPC Office of Public Engagement

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