Friday, October 5th, 2012
*** Deadline extended to November 6th, due to Hurricane Sandy ***
Through a grant to Project for Public Spaces from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Sustainable Communities under their Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program, Livability Solutions will be offering free technical assistance workshops to 6 to 12 communities around the country, enabling local governments and communities to implement changes that will move them along the road towards smart growth and sustainability. Livability Solutions is a partnership of organizations with expertise in sustainability planning, including CNT. This technical assistance will take the form of one- to two-day workshops, led by one or more experienced coalition members, focused on one or more of the group’s unique suite of livability tools. Read more »
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
CNT’s very first Urban Sustainability Hackathon is this weekend, October 5-7, and we’re very excited to see what the coders and developers are going to come up. The event follows the Reinventing Chicago conversation, where Scott Bernstein, Andrés Duany, and John Tolva will talk with Laura Washington, a veteran Chicago-area journalist, about how technology can address problems raised by urban planning to make it easier to build and live in smart cities.
The hackathon is a way to crowdsource the effort it takes to bring an exciting new idea to fruition: the developers will meet to discuss the topics and ideas raised and brainstorm what they want to do and, finally, split into teams based on interest. They’ll then have 33 hours with access to CNT and the City of Chicago’s proprietary models and datasets to work on their ideas. Read more »
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
CHICAGO (October 1, 2012)
WHAT: CNT is hosting a conversation between CNT’s co-founder and President Scott Bernstein, renowned urban planner and founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism Andrés Duany, and Chief Technology Officer for the City of Chicago and White House Champion of Change John Tolva. This will be followed by table conversations amongst the attendees about the ideas raised at the talk. The conversation will be moderated by Chicago Sun-Times columnist and ABC 7-Chicago political analyst Laura Washington.
WHY: This conversation between three thinkers is a new twist on CNT’s history of promoting cross-discipline exchange of ideas, as well as an exploration of the extent to which the city is the crossroads of technology, urban form, and economics. The experts will raise and discuss new ideas and concepts about how the technology and the Internet can support smart, sustainable development, and over the course of the following weekend, experienced coders and software developers will compete to make these ideas a reality at CNT’s first Urban Sustainability Hackathon at TechNexus Venture Collaborative.
WHO: John Tolva, Scott Bernstein, and Andres Duany will come up with creative ideas and then CNT will work with Chicago coders and developers to execute them.
WHERE: Red Frog Events, 320 West Ohio Street, Suite 1W; Chicago, IL 60654
WHEN: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 5:30pm-8:00pm
CONTACT: Nicole Gotthelf, Director of Development and Strategic Communications, CNT, 773-269-4029, nicoleg@cnt.org
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Founded in 1978, CNT is a Chicago-based think-and-do tank that works nationally to advance urban sustainability by researching, inventing and testing strategies that use resources more efficiently and equitably. Its programs focus on transportation, energy, water, community development, and climate. Visit www.cnt.org for more information.
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