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Guest: Shannon Baker, Waterfront Toronto Key Takeaways Flood protection and ecological restoration can be integrated at a large scale. The Port Lands project is a seven-year, $1.4B effort that renaturalizes the mouth of the Don River while lifting land out of a...
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Guests: Gideon Berger, Washington DC, USA • Rachel Bennett, MIG Berkeley, CA, USA • Wayne Miles, Raleigh, NC, USA Key Takeaways ⇢ Public parks offer scalable sites for stormwater capture, flood mitigation, heat buffering and biodiversity gains. ⇢ Aligning parks,...
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Guest: Alexa Bush, Director Planning & Dev. City of Detroit, USA Key Takeaways ⇢ Well‑designed, co‑created parks and streetscapes can reverse decades‑long declines in social cohesion and faith in government. ⇢ Embedding public space investments within broader...
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Guests: Madeleine T. Spencer • Principal, Diamond Heart Enterprises, USA and Thomas (TJ) Maguire • Senior Urban Designer at Evergreen, Canada Key Takeaways ⇢ Designing for delight—playful “snot-and-drool” moments—makes places memorable and adored. ⇢ Embody kindness in...
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Guest: Linda Buchanan • Mayor City of North Vancouver Key Takeaways North Vancouver’s ambition is to become the “healthiest small city in the world” by placing public health at the center of urban planning and design. The city’s vision is rooted in the idea that every...
