Building Livable Communities

Connecting Community Design and Active Living

Date: January 10, 2003, The Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, CO

The public launch of the Leadership For Active Living Front Range project took place at the very successful January 10, 2003 workshop at the Denver Brown Palace. The workshop focused on the links among health, physical activity and livable communities. Over 145 elected and appointed officials, city and county staff, health experts, and smart growth advocates attended.

Workshop Agenda

Featured Presenters:

Rich Killingsworth, Director, Active Living by Design, UNC
Active Living, A New Public Health Paradigm – Promoting Physical Activity Through Design

Paul Zykofsky, Director, Center for Livable Communities, LGC
Infill, Mixed Use and Compact Development – An Overview

Tom Gougeon, Partner, Continuum Partners
Mixed Use Infill Development – Building Livable Communities

Chris Coble, TOD Program Coordinator, RTD
The Nuts and Bolts of Transit Oriented Development and Denver Metro Opportunities

Helen Thompson, Program Liaison, Colorado on the Move
Changing the Environment One Step at a Time

Jim Charlier, President, Charlier & Associates
Creating Walkable and Bike Friendly Communities – Case Studies

Mark Fenton, Pedestrian ad Bicycle Information Center, UNC
  1) Building Activity into How We Live (and Get Around)
  2) Overcoming the One Million Year Problem

Carol Maclennan, Environmental Health Policy Coordinator, Tri-County Health Department
Local Public Health and Land Use Parking Expanding the Link

Marla Hollander, Director, Leadership for Active Living, SDSU
Colorado Front Range Leadership for Active Living Project

Charlie Unseld, Director, Office of Smart Growth, DOLA
Smart Growth in Colorado