ADDRESS CORRECTION:
The street address for Nile Hall, Preservation Park is 1233
Preservation Park, which is at 13th Street near Martin Luther King
Jr. Way.

If you have questions, please call 510.464.7900.

EVENT NOTICE: FOCUS PDA Speaker Series

TOPIC: Urban Density - "Getting the Public on Board"

WHEN: Friday, October 12, 2007 - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Nile Hall, Preservation Park, 1233 Preservation Park, Oakland, CA

GUEST SPEAKER: Gordon Price, Professor and Urban Development
Expert, Vancouver, British Columbia(see speaker bio below)

Please be our guest for a morning of coffee and conversation as we
are joined by renowned urban development expert Gordon Price to
discuss engaging the public - being comfortable with density, public
involvement and public education (PDF invitation attached)

              RSVP - JoAnna Bullock, 510 464-7968
or<mailto:joannab@abag.ca.gov>joannab@abag.ca.gov

Speaker Bio
Gordon Price is an accomplished urban development expert. Former
City Councillor in Vancouver, B.C and board member of the Greater
Vancouver Regional District and the Greater Vancouver Transportation
Authority, he is currently the Director of the City Program at Simon
Fraser University and a regular lecturer on transportation and land
use for the City of Portland, Oregon and Portland State University.
He is also a board member of the Sightline Institute and the
International Centre for Sustainable Cities.

Mr. Price speaks internationally and has written several extensive
essays on Vancouver and transportation issues which earned him the
2003 Plan Canada Award. Mr. Price publishes an electronic magazine on
urban issues, with a focus on Vancouver, called Price Tags"
Received on Thu Oct 11 17:36:28 2007