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How Urban Design (including trails) Affects Property Values

Andrew Burleson
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for

For planners and public officials without a real estate/economics background. This session will start with a quick overview of real estate economics targeted at professionals from other disciplines, and then will examine several case studies demonstrating patterns in the relationship [...read more]

San Antonio Síclovía: Promoting Active Transportation from a Public Health Platform

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Pedro T. Garcia, Katherine Velasquez
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

In partnership with the YMCA of Greater San Antonio and the assistance of many volunteers and the community, the City of San Antonio held its first ciclovía on October 2, 2011 as an [...read more]

Modeling the Benefits of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study of Houston’s Bayou Greenway Initiative

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Sue Darcy, John Havenstrite
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible

Two members of Marsh Darcy Partners will discuss how they happened to develop a model to measure the benefits of linear green infrastructure. The model, commissioned by the Houston Parks Board for their Bayou [...read more]

WALK: Museum Reach Riverwalk Extension & Pearl Redevelopment

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Irby Hightower FAIA
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15 pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

This walking tour will begin on the patio of the El Tropicano Hotel and tour the new Museum Reach, Urban Segment of the San Antonio River Walk north of downtown. The project is the first milestone [...read more]

RIDE: Bike Tour of the San Antonio River Improvements Project - Mission Reach

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Jim Doersam PE, Matthew Driffill
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for

The Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project is transforming an eight mile stretch of the San Antonio River into a quality riparian woodland ecosystem. This unique project restores riverine features and riparian woodlands, reintroduces [...read more]