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The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers. If you can't join us in person, check out the podcast. Podcasts of most programs are posted on the event archive page approximately one week after the live event.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 • 5:30 p.m. CT
According to annual surveys by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the National League of Cities (NLC), cities have been eliminating jobs, decreasing infrastructure investments, and scaling back services for more than a decade. For many municipalities, the Great Recession has exacerbated these trends, endangering these communities ability to invest in future economic growth. Furthermore, the changing nature of municipal revenue structures affects land-use policy and the nature of future development projects.
UIC and NLC received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to conduct a study of municipal responses. Michael Pagano from UIC will share some highlights of his research to date with a special emphasis on the immediate, and likely lasting, effects of the Great Recession on municipal revenue structures and decision-making regarding the type, timing, and location of new development.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. ET
Hurricane Sandy brought to the surface a number of critical topics over the past month — climate change, emergency preparedness, and the challenges of getting people to work when a disaster occurs. Disasters remind us how dependent we are on infrastructure systems and how fragile they are. The impact on our transportation systems and energy (gasoline) to fuel them has similarities to our telecommunications systems and our reliance on electricity. When these systems or their energy sources are disrupted, the infrastructure fails.
In the aftermath of the storm, limited train services and public transportation as well as impassable routes resulted in traffic congestion. Inadequate gasoline supplies and loss of power required to pump gasoline resulted in long lines of drivers waiting at filling stations while attempting to return to work. This competition for limited gas supplies and congested highways impeded the effectiveness of first responders and emergency response efforts.
This presentation by Michael B. Shear, founder and CEO of Strategic Office Networks, LLC. and Broadband Planning Initiative, will introduce how strategic regional deployment of employees using a protected network infrastructure can provide a timely solution to issues of sustainability, limited transportation funding with increasing congestion, security, and ability to survive in uncertain times.
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