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Burnham Centennial Program: The Future of Chicago How We Get There

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  • ABOUT Steve Edwards

    Steve Edwards is the acting program director of WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio.  He served as Host of Eight Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio's award-winning weekday morning newsmagazine from 1999 through 2007. During his tenure, Eight Forty-Eight was named “Best Public Affairs Program” by Chicago Magazine and “Best Morning Radio Program” by Newcity Chicago. Profile

  • ABOUT John Fregonese

    Urban planner John Fregonese has served as planning director of Portland, Oregon's regional government, Metro and was the primary author of the regional growth concept known as Metro 2040; as lead consultant for Chicago Metropolis, the initiative by the Chicago Commercial Club to reprise the Chicago Plan of 1909; and as key consultant for Louisiana Speaks, the first regional plan for southern Louisiana.

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  • ABOUT Sadhu Johnston

    Sadhu Johnston is the deputy city manager for Vancouver. Until 2009, he was chief environmental officer and deputy chief of staff in the Chicago Mayor’s Office, where he was responsible for oversight of all City of Chicago environmental initiatives. Johnston has also served as the commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Environment, assistant to the mayor for Green Initiatives, and executive director of the Cleveland Green Building Coalition.

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  • ABOUT Carlos Nelson

    Carlos Nelson is the executive director of the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation. A mechanical engineer with a masters in business administration, Nelson is known for his experience in housing development and community activism.

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I think you need to work to get your transit system to where it’s not just a commuting system, [but rather] it’s a living system.       
From neighborhood to city to region, how are innovative planners, activists, and policy-makers making a difference on the ground today and how will they be leading our city forward over the next 20 years? Moderated by Chicago Public Radio's Steve Edwards, this panel considers practical and immediate solutions to questions about housing, education, transportation, and environmental sustainability in and around our fair city, Chicago. Panelists include John Fregonese, a regional planning and transportation expert; Sadhu Johnston, Vancouver's deputy city manager and former chief environmental officer of Chicago; and Carlos Nelson, executive director of the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation.

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Water, Infrastructure, Urban Planning, Chicago, Portland, Vancouver, sustainability, cities

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Burnham Centennial Program: Bold Plans For the Next 100 Years

Panelists looks at the future and addresses the question, "What will Chicago look like in 2109?" Chicago Metropolis 2020 vice chair Adele Simmons moderates.

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Burnham Centennial Program Think Big Youth Expo

During the 2008–2009 school year, students at schools throughout Chicago explored the city’s relevance to them historically, currently, and personally. Students also reflected on Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago and contemplated the city’s future and their own roles in its stewardship.

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