Representatives from the 2010 visioning communities will gather at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames on Friday, October 22, for the Iowa's Living Roadways Program Annual Celebration. The event, titled "Sharing, Listening and Learning," gives visioning communities the opportunity to share their community enhancement plans with each other and with representatives from the Iowa Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Iowa Department of Economic Development, Iowa State University and Trees Forever.
This year's meeting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will feature roundtable discussions on transportation enhancement topics and a panel on the ins and outs of creating and placing community signs that effectively tell our stories.
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. Registration begins
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Shannon Ramsay, Founder & President, Trees Forever
Plenary Session: One of Iowa’s greatest and often underutilized assets is our youth. Learn how youth can be involved with projects in your community (Garden Room)
Karen Brook, Trees Forever
Laura Saldivar, Learn and Serve America
10:15 a.m. Browse Community Displays (Central Prairie and South Prairie Rooms)
11:00 a.m. Roundtable discussions: Intergenerational participation in community planning and design. (North Prairie Room)
12:00 p.m. Luncheon and Celebration - Garden Room
Master of Ceremonies – Luis Rico-Gutierrez
Dean, College of Design
Iowa State University
12:40 p.m. Roundtable report: Highlights of table discussions
1:25 p.m. Landscape Architect of the Year Award Presentation
Chris Seeger, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University
Roger Hunt, Field Coordinator and Design Specialist, Trees Forever
1:40 p.m. Closing Remarks
Shannon Ramsay, Founder & President, Trees Forever
1:45 p.m. Break and Browse Community Displays (Central Prairie and South Prairie Rooms)
2:00 p.m. Telling your community’s story with signage (North Prairie Room) –Panel sponsored by Iowa DOT
Moderator: Mark Masteller, Iowa DOT
Tim Crouch, PE, PTOE; State Traffic Engineer, Iowa DOT
Craig Ritland, Craig Ritland Landscape Architects, Waterloo
Mason Fromm, Signs and Designs, Cedar Falls
Doc Swasand, Community Leader, Ackley
Tom Stancliffe, Professor of Art, University of Northern Iowa
3:00 p.m. Adjourn