MIHELP — Michigan Higher Education Land Policy Consortium

REINVENTING PROSPEROUS PLACES: SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS

Each seminar will be run simultaneously from 11:30am to 1:30pm (except for February 18, see new time below):

Place and Placemaking Models, Policies, Strategies and Economic Impact
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Michigan State University, 315 Human Ecology, East Lansing, and
Grand Valley State University, 167 Lake Ontario Hall, Allendale

Dr. Soji Adelaja, Michigan State University (MSU), on “Defining Place Prosperity Science”

Dr. Richard Sauerzopf, MSU, on “The Political and Electoral Aspects of Place”

Dr. Steve Glass, Grand Valley State University (GVSU), on “Cultural Differences among Places in Understanding Sustainability“

Public Space (Green Infrastructure and Urban Amenity Spaces) Models, Policies, Strategies and Economic Impact
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Michigan State University, 315 Human Ecology, East Lansing

Dr. Yohannes Hailu, MSU, on “Green Infrastructure Value to Places”

Dr. Zachary Neal, MSU, on “Common Ground: Understanding Public Spaces”

Food Deserts and Food Security: Economic, Social, Health and Environmental Impacts of Imbalances in Access and Demand
Thursday, February 18, 2010, from 10:20am-11:40am
Michigan State University, S109 South Kedzie Hall, East Lansing

Dr. Dave Weatherspoon and Dr. Lorraine Weatherspoon, MSU, and Dr. James Oehmke, Yale University, on “Food Choice Factors in a Detroit Low-Income Neighborhood”

Brownfield Utilization Models, Policies, Strategies and Economic Impact
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Michigan State University, 315 Human Ecology, East Lansing

Dr. Roger Hamlin and Jim van Ravensway, MSU, on “Changing Public/Private Approaches to Brownfield and Waterfront Development”

Dr. Joan Nassauer, University of Michigan (UM), on “Brownfields into Green Infrastructure”

Social Justice Impacts on Place Performance
Thursday, March 18, 2010
University of Michigan, 2104 Art and Architecture, Ann Arbor

Dr. June Thomas and Dr. Maggie Dewar, UM, on “Cities after Abandonment”

Dr. James Edwards, GVSU, on “Sharing the Same Baseline: Democratizing Community Information”

Social Networking Models, Policies, Strategies and Economic Impact
(postponed, a new date will be forthcoming soon)
Michigan State University, 315 Human Ecology, East Lansing

Dr. Cliff Lampe and colleagues from MSU, on “Social Media Applications to the Performance of E-Government”

Models of Sustainable Growth and the Economic Impacts
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Grand Valley State University, 2201 Kirkhof, Allendale

Dr. Yohannes Hailu, MSU, on “Talent-Laden Population Cohort Dynamics and Implications of Regional Growth: A Comparison of U.S. and Rustbelt States”

Dr. Laura Reese, MSU, on “Place Luck: The Influence of Place Attributes on Economic Development”

Norman Christopher, GVSU, on “Two Models of Sustainable Growth”

The Impact of Mindset on the Economic Performance of Places
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Michigan State University, 315 Human Ecology, East Lansing

Dr. John Schweitzer, MSU, on “Neighborhood Social Capital Measures and Behavior Change”

Dr. Raymond De Young, UM, on “Sustainable Behavior”

Knowledge Infrastructure Models, Policies, Strategies and Economic Impact
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Michigan State University, 315 Human Ecology, East Lansing

Dr. Soji Adelaja, MSU, on “Talent and the Creative Class”

Dr. Mark Wilson, MSU, Topic TBA

Dr. Rich Jelier, GVSU, on “Policy Support for Knowledge Infrastructure: Comparing Australia and the United States”

Transportation and Transit Models, Policies, Strategies and Economic Impact
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wayne State University, Room 3339 FAB, Detroit

Dr. Eva Kassens, MSU, on “Transit Friendly Policy”

Dr. Michael Belzer, WSU, on “Transforming Michigan into a Global Freight Gateway”