Join us as Larry Beasley, former Vancouver urban planner and special adviser to the Dallas CityDesign Studio, and Dallas CityDesign Director, Brent Brown, AIA, will provide an update on the collaboration and dialogue between the public & private sectors and how community outreach is playing a major role in planning efforts in West Dallas.

There are many instances in which the desires of developers, residents and stakeholders dramatically differ; at times even creating a win/lose situation and a divide within the community. The City of Dallas is embarking on a new type of planning process for the communities surrounding the Trinity River. In October 2009, the City Hall became home to the City's first in-house urban design studio, Dallas CityDesign Studio. 

Find out how these planning efforts will create additional opportunities for the local design and development communities.

Also: The AIA Dallas Latinos In Architecture Committee is accepting donations of architecturaly significant books that will be taken at the door.  "From an Architect's Bookshelf" is a book donation/library development program that will provide local high schools with books, journals, and monographs that are essential for the teaching and research of architecture.

Cost: Free and open to the public.  Registration required.