MiCNU is proud to be a supporting co-sponsor of Walkable Windsor!!! Our partner, the Windsor Region Society of Architects is hosting city planner and urbanist Jeff Speck on June 11 in Windsor, Ontario.
The event is at 6:00 pm at the St . Clair Centre for the Arts, Skyline Alumni Room - A.
Check out Eventbrite for more information and to register for this FREE event.
A bit more information about our special guest:
Jeff Speck (FAICP, FCNU, LEED-AP, Hon. ASLA): Jeff Speck is a city planner who advocates internationally for more walkable cities. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007, he presided over the Mayors' Institute on City Design and created the Governors' Institute on Community Design.
Prior to his federal appointment, Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of Town Planning at DPZ & Co., the principal firm behind the New Urbanism movement. From 2007 to 2023, he led Speck & Associates, a private design consultancy serving mainly American cities.
With Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Mr. Speck is the co-author of Suburban Nation, which the Wall Street Journal calls "the urbanist's bible.” His 2012 book Walkable City was the best-selling city-planning title of the past decade and has been translated into seven languages. He is also the writer of The Smart Growth Manual and Walkable City Rules.
Jeff Speck has been named a fellow of both the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Congress for New Urbanism. He is the 2022 recipient of the Seaside Prize, whose former awardees include Jane Jacobs and Christopher Alexander. His TED talks and YouTube videos have been viewed more than five million times. He lives with his wife, Alice, and sons, Milo and Roman, in a third-floor walkup overlooking the MBTA’s Green Line.
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