TO:
Mayors/Wardens, Councillors, All Units
CC:
Chief Administrative Officers/Clerk-Treasurers, All Units
RE: TAKE IT TO THE STREETS: CHANGING THE RULES SO THAT
EVERYONE HAS ROOM TO MOVE
We’ve been asked to distribute the attached document and the e-mail below to our Membership:
Good Afternoon,
Calling all professional planners, professional engineers, planning advisory committee members, elected
officials, students, academics and everyone in Atlantic Canada interested in building better
communities. The Nova Scotia Planning Directors Association (NSPDA) and Licensed Professional
Planners Association of Nova Scotia (LPPANS) are working together to host the 2017 Nova Scotia
Planning Conference to explore the Taking It To The Streets: Changing the rules so that everyone has
room to move.
The conference runs May 17 - May 19 and registration is between $50.00 - $250.00. There is a free
Planning 101 workshop that is would be a great event for newly elected officials and PAC members or as
a refresher for any of the more seasoned members. Please visit www.nspda.ca or www.lppans.ca for
more information and registration.
Tara Maguire
Director of Community Development
Community Development Department
Municipality of Chester
PO Box 369
186 Central Street, Chester, NS, B0J 1J0
Tel: 902-275-3555 ext. 1606
Cell: 902-277-2273
Web: www.chester.ca
Consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email?
Phone: (902) 423-8331
Fax: (902) 425-5592
www.unsm.ca
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Tracy Verbeke at [email protected], and you will be removed from the mailing list.
NOVA SCOTIA PLANNING DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA
2017
PLANNING
CONFERENCE
May 17 - 19, 2017 | HALIFAX | LORD NELSON HOTEL
For More information and to Register visit www.nspda.ca or www.lPpans.ca
Streets are the basic building blocks of our villages, towns, cities and rural areas. They serve many purposes and many
users. Join us to talk about how to make great streets for everyone. Topics include: placemaking and street design,
sharing streets among many users, safety, and public health.
Gary Toth – Keynote Speaker
Gary is the Senior Director of Project for Public Spaces. He worked for three
decades as an engineer with the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
He has extensive knowledge of street design, and is a leading expert on
creating great streets. Since joining Project for Public Spaces in 2007, he has
worked with dozens of communities to create safer and healthier streets
based on sound engineering principles. A popular presenter and facilitator,
Gary has hosted hundreds of workshops and community meetings.