Yesterday, we hosted an inspirational event constructed to bring thought leaders together who are doing innovative projects from a design, build, and financial perspective. Our goal was to use ULI as a forum to lift up these examples across our region and state and discuss what barriers need to be addressed in order for them to happen at scale. Our planning committee led the charge, and we want to give thanks to Ellen Garland, Steve Hinkle, Ashley Jones, Patricia Luna, Amanda Rhein, Jay Silverman, Sarah Weston, APR, and Sal Lalani for their time, commitment, and passion on this issue.
Jim Heid, FASLA kicked us off with a keynote on Building Small. We then transitioned to a rockstar panel line-up including Ted Terry, Ashani O'Mard, Eric Kronberg, and Joel Dixon who shared ways they are causing good trouble and highlighted the importance of innovation, building community AND healthier communities, inter-generational housing and affordability.
Following the panel discussion - we opened up the forum to roundtable discussions where 10 table leaders highlighted the specific work they were doing from cottage court development, to co-living, leveraging church owned land for development and all the mechanism of how that happens from zoning, finance, and design. A big thanks goes to Atticus LeBlanc, Benjamin Skidmore, P.E., Cherie Ong, Elizabeth Ward Williams, Christy S. Dodson, Fabiola Alvarez Yurcisin, Geoff Koski, Lejla Prljaca, MPA, Patricia Luna, Vickey Roberts, HCCP, HDFP, and Will Johnston for sharing your superpowers with us.
Finally, we want to thank all the event sponsors who made this possible including Cherokee Brick , dwell design studio, llc, Hammond & Associates, Goode Van Slyke Architecture, American Family Insurance, and TVS.