News & Events
December 17, 2008
DHCD Workshop: Housing Production Plans: What's New, What Communities Can Do
DHCD's Community Assistance Unit (CAU) is sponsoring a free workshop titled "Housing Production Plans: What's New, What Communities Can Do."
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: DHCD, 100 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room D, Boston, MA
RSVP: The workshop is free but is limited to 35 participants and you must register by contacting Philip DeMartino at DHCD at 617-573-1357 or via email at philip.demartino@state.ma.us. You must bring photo ID to enter the building.
Event flyer available at: http://www.mass.gov/Ehed/docs/dhcd/cd/pp/workshop.pdf
Making Better Cities, Boston Society of Architects Lecture by Rick Dimino
An urban designer and director of A Better City imagines Boston’s future as it is shaped by sustained private-sector advocacy of thoughtful development. Co-sponsored by the Loeb Fellowship Program at Harvard University. Rick Dimino is a past president of MAPC.
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 6:00 PM
Location: Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall
Cost: Free and all are welcome
Event information available at: http://www.architects.org/lectureseries
January 6, 2009
The Green Roundtable—Brown Bag Lunch & LEED
All are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch to this monthly session where NEXUS addresses any questions you have about the LEED Rating System for green buildings. This is a particularly good event for anyone at the first stages of considering becoming a LEED AP. If you can't attend this month, the Brown Bag Lunch & LEED happens the first Tuesday of every month.
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: NEXUS, 38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
Cost: Free and open to the public
RSVP: RSVPs are appreciated but walk-ins welcome. RSVP by January 4 to Aaron at aaron@greenroundtable.org with "Brown Bag Lunch and LEED" in the subject line or call 617-374-3740 x127.
Event information available at: http://www.nexusboston.com/space/events/the-green-roundtable--brown-bag-lunch-.html
January 7, 2009
North Shore Chamber of Commerce Economic & Public Policy Breakfast Forum
Ten out of twelve months a year (Except March & August), the North Shore Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly Economic & Public Policy Breakfast Forums that feature timely topics and important community speakers. Over 250 North Shore business leaders attend each Breakfast Forum held the first Wednesday of each month.
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers, MA 01923
Cost: $28 Members/$50 Non-Members
Event information available at: http://www.northshorechamber.org/programs-events/default.html
MetroBoston DataCommon Hands-on Training
The MetroBoston DataCommon, a "sister" initiative to MetroFuture, is an online tool that provides data about the region and each of its cities and towns. It is a resource for all those wishing to better understand how the region and its communities are changing, and help residents, planners, city and town officials, educators, and journalists explore options and make informed decisions. At monthly training sessions held at MAPC's offices, participants learn how to:
- quickly access statistics about your city or town
- conduct analysis with social and economic data
- customize your own maps
- print-out maps or email maps
Click here for more info and join the upcoming training
Date & Time: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: 60 Temple Place, Boston, MA
RSVP: Visit www.metrobostondatacommon.org, or contact Rob Goodspeed, rgoodspeed@mapc.org or (617) 451-2770 x 2051.
January 10, 2009
The Green Roundtable – NEXUS Second Saturdays
NEXUS offers this event on the second Saturday of every month. Learn about the free green building resources NEXUS has to offer and learn green building strategies you can implement in your home. Attendees can sit down with Paul Marquis, GRT's Green House Doctor, for a free consultation on greening your home. If you can't attend this month, NEXUS Second Saturdays happens the second Saturday of every month.
Date & Time: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: NEXUS, 38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
Cost: Free and open to the public
RSVP: RSVP by 1/8 to Aaron Desatnik at aaron@greenroundtable.org with "NEXUS Second Saturdays" in the subject line or call 617-374-3740 x127.
Event information found at: http://www.nexusboston.com/space/events/the-green-roundtable--nexus-second-2.html
January 21, 2009
The Next Gardner Museum, Boston Society of Architects Lecture by Anne Hawley
The director of Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum describes this revered museum’s current physical reinvention being led by world-class architects and landscape architects.
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 6:00 PM
Location: Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall
Cost: Free and all are welcome
Event information found at: http://www.architects.org/lectureseries
The Green Roundtable--January Roundtable: LEED 2009, The Next Generation
The January Roundtable will be focused on the next iteration of LEED, LEED 2009. Bring your experience, questions and colleagues for this roundtable discussion about LEED 2009. More information will be provided by mid-December.
Date: January 21, 2009, 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Location: NEXUS, 38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
Cost: Free and open to the public
RSVP: RSVP by January 19 to Aaron at aaron@greenroundtable.org with "January Roundtable" in the subject line or call 617-374-3740 x127.
January 23-24, 2009
30th MMA Annual Meeting & Trade Show
Massachusetts Municipal Association’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of local officials in the state. This event will feature 27 educational workshops, renowned speakers, annual awards, business meetings, networking opportunities, and a large trade show with the latest products and services for cities and towns.
Date & Time: Friday, January 23, 2009 and Saturday, January 24, 2009
Location: Hynes Convention Center & Sheraton Boston Hotel
Contact: David Costa for Annual Meeting, Karen LaPointe for Trade Show
Meeting Website: http://www.mma.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=15&Itemid=221
February 5, 2009
MetroBoston DataCommon Hands-on Training
The MetroBoston DataCommon, a "sister" initiative to MetroFuture, is an online tool that provides data about the region and each of its cities and towns. It is a resource for all those wishing to better understand how the region and its communities are changing, and help residents, planners, city and town officials, educators, and journalists explore options and make informed decisions. At monthly training sessions held at MAPC's offices, participants learn how to:
- quickly access statistics about your city or town
- conduct analysis with social and economic data
- customize your own maps
- print-out maps or email maps.
Click here for more info and join the upcoming training!
Date & Time: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: 60 Temple Place, Boston, MA
RSVP: Visit www.metrobostondatacommon.org, or contact Rob Goodspeed, rgoodspeed@mapc.org or (617) 451-2770 x 2051.
Little Pink House: A Reception with Susette Kelo
The Institute for Justice and the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research will host Susette Kelo, whose New London waterfront home was taken by eminent domain, sparking a court battle that ended in a controversial United States Supreme Court decision, and Jeff Benedict, the nationally renowned investigative journalist whose latest book, Little Pink House, takes the reader behind the scenes of this landmark case.
Date & Time: Thursday, February 5, 2009 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: The Union Club, 9 Park St., Boston, MA
Cost: $10.00
RSVP: Please RSVP by February 2 to Benjamin Fontaine at bfontaine@pioneerinstitute.org or 617-723-2277, ext. 215.
Event information found at: http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/events.php
February 18, 2009
Reinventing America’s Cities, Boston Society of Architects Lecture by Antonio Di Mambro FAIA
An international urban designer/architect identifies strategies available to meet the challenges that define intractable urban centers in the U.S. Co-sponsored by the Loeb Fellowship Program at Harvard University.
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 18, 2009, 6:00 PM
Location: Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall
Cost: Free and all are welcome
Event information found at: http://www.architects.org/lectureseries
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