{"id":9013,"date":"2011-05-12T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:43:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:43:46","slug":"events-guide-carmichael-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/05\/12\/events-guide-carmichael-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Guide: The 10th Annual Carmichael Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1336\/593322213_53a986eb28_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1336\/593322213_53a986eb28_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HALIFAX<\/strong> &#8211; \u201cAs HRM continues to grow, so do the challenges of balancing Downtown  revitalization, regional growth, transportation, and environmental and  economic sustainability,\u201d said Paul  MacKinnon, Executive Director of <a href=\"www.downtownhalifax.ca\">Downtown Halifax Business Commission<\/a> (DHBC). \u201cWhat we build and where we build it dictate all of these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last November, <a href=\"http:\/\/donnellylaw.ca\/?page_id=125\">David Donnelly<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakers.ca\/lourie_bruce.html\">Bruce Lourie<\/a> spoke at Dalhousie  University\u2019s School of Architecture and Planning for the event <a href=\"..\/2010\/11\/15\/events-guide-exploring-ways-to-grow\/\">Exploring ways to Grow.<\/a> Similarly,\u00a0 Donnelly and Lourie will be speaking tonight, for this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/downtownhalifax.ca\/index.php\/news_entry\/10th_anniversary_carmichael_lectur\/\">10<sup>th <\/sup>Anniversary Carmichael Lecture<\/a>, presented by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) in partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecologyaction.ca\/\">Ecology Action Centre.<\/a> The Carmichael Lecture will discuss strategies for\u00a0 managing urban sprawl and how sprawl impacts the downtown core of Halifax, NS.\u00a0 Both events were organized to advocate for and provide a critical, smart growth platform for the 5-year review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/regionalplanning\/index.html\">Halifax Regional Municipalities (HRM) Regional Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting speakers, Donnelly and Lourie, were instrumental in establishing Greater  Toronto&#8217;s Greenbelt, which will have a major impact on how Toronto  reinvigorates its downtown, resists sprawl, and protects its local food  source.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong> 10th Anniversary Carmichael Lecture<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Thursday, May 12, 6:00-8:00 pm<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE:<\/strong> Atlantic Ballroom, Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis Street<br \/>\n<strong>HOW MUCH:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n<p>Kate Carmichael  was the former DHBC Executive Director and a tireless advocate for  Downtown Halifax. This year marks the 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of her  passing and DHBC continues to honour her memory by  inviting speakers to  share ideas and stimulate change in Halifax.  Invited lecturers speak  on topics designed to inform and educate on key  issues that create a  thriving Downtown.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The HRM&#8217;s Regional Plan is a development plan that allows and guides future growth of the municipality. According to the DHBC, HRMs&#8217; challenges around transportation, sprawl, lack of Downtown redevelopment, as well as failing to meet environmental and fiscal goals indicates that HRM needs to change how it has been growing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownhalifax.ca\/index.php\">Downtown Halifax Business Commission<\/a> is the voice and resource for the 1,800 businesses located in the central business district of Atlantic Canada\u2019s busiest city. The DHBC\u2019s mission is to make Downtown Halifax a great place to live, work and play.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bencnh\/\">Ben MacLeod<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX &#8211; \u201cAs HRM continues to grow, so do the challenges of balancing Downtown revitalization, regional growth, transportation, and environmental and economic sustainability,\u201d said Paul MacKinnon, Executive Director of Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC). \u201cWhat we build and where we build it dictate all of these things.\u201d Last November, David Donnelly and Bruce Lourie spoke<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/05\/12\/events-guide-carmichael-lecture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Events Guide: The 10th Annual Carmichael Lecture&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5863,341],"tags":[4157,698,2108,3353,4152,1087,4155,3354,347,4153,1306,927,368,1305,351,4082,4156,358,1304,4154,381,348,1135],"class_list":["post-9013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-urban-design","tag-atlantic-ballroom","tag-atlantic-canada","tag-ben-macleod","tag-bruce-lourie","tag-carmichael-lecture","tag-dalhousie-university","tag-dalhousie-universitys-school-of-architecture-and-planning","tag-david-donnelly","tag-development","tag-director-and-a-tireless-advocate","tag-downtown-halifax-business-commission","tag-ecology-action-centre","tag-events-guide","tag-executive-director","tag-halifax","tag-kate-carmichael","tag-local-food-source","tag-nova-scotia","tag-paul-mackinnon","tag-tireless-advocate","tag-toronto","tag-transportation","tag-westin-hotel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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