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For the Week Beginning Monday, September 10th, 2007
A White Paper from CEOs for Cities by Joe Cortright Portland, Oregon has acquired a reputation as the nation’s greenest city. For many, this green streak is viewed as a sort of environmental hair-shirt. Portlanders deprive themselves of prosperity in the name of saving the environment. Skeptics view biking, transit, density and urban growth boundaries as a kind of virtuous self-denial, well meaning, but silly and uneconomic. Critics see the seeds of economic ruin. They claim planning, policies and regulations that restrict use or access to resources impede growth and lower household income. Both the skeptics and the critics are wrong. Being green means Portlanders save a bundle on cars and gas, and local residents have more money to spend on other things they value, which in turn stimulates the local economy.
Pinellas County - Thursday, October 4, 2007
National Park(ing) Day is a chance for downtowns across the country to gain temporary green space. The Tampa Downtown Partnership has secured a metered parking space located on Twiggs Street between Franklin Street and Florida Avenue directly in front of Sumo’s Thai Restaurant for the day. On September 21, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., grass sod will be placed within the boundaries of the on-street parking space to simulate a mini-park. Trees, shrubby, and park benches will be included. According to Karen Kress, the Partnership’s director of transportation & planning “the goal is to give a little bit more park space in the downtown area for a few hours and show how it can benefit everyone in the community.” Kress said that dogs and a chess table with players will at the location as well to show how a park can be used in a community for various activities. “Parks bring a diverse collection of people together in so many ways. The entire downtown community is invited and encouraged to come and use the space,” concluded Kress.
I recently heard the question, “Do we really need another group joining the downtown design conversation?” The Urban Charrette makes the case for having the right voices at the table. Young, talented urban planners and architects add a dimension of expertise and creativity to the conversation that is worth hearing, and currently missing. The Urban Charrette held the first of three forums last Saturday — called Tampa Small — and participants envisioned the region’s walkability and livability through good design. Measuring by months, the Urban Charrette is a young organization. Co-Directors and meeting organizers, Adam Fritz and Taryn Sabia, both architects and twenty something’s, have taken a serious look at how planning and design can impact the region. The turnout of about 50 people and the content were diverse, emphasizing that the conversation about design should not be limited to a select few, but inclusive of community.
Sharkwater Director Meet and Greet at the Pier Aquarium
Appearing on Tampa Bay’s Media Talk Green Building Professionals Networking at Fly Bar
Nueva Evolucion Exhibit premiers at the West Tampa Center for the Arts Juried by Tracy Midulla Reller. This multi cultural gala event celebrates the new West Tampa Center for the Arts, formerly known as the Santaella Cigar Factory. The exhibit features new works by resident artists of WTCA VSA Arts of Florida Friday, September 28, 6pm-10pm, 1906 N. Armenia Avenue (corner of Spruce St., handicap parking on Armenia & Chestnut St.) For info call 813-453.4381. Live Jazz by Denise Moore & Then Some, appetizers, donation bar. $3 Suggested donation at the door Library Announces Two Contests Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Festive and Fabulous: Fine Art and Crafts for the Season Artists’ Way Cooperative Gallery features jewelry, painting, glass, sculpture, mixed media, pottery, photography, books and more by 27 local artists. Grand opening reception with live entertainment. Friday, October 5, 6-9 PM. The Grand Opening festivities will continue Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 6 & 7, 11 AM – 5 PM at Artists’ Way Cooperative Gallery, 1403 Cleveland St., Clearwater 33755 Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11 AM - 5 PM For more information, call 727-446-1708. Rhythm Dance at International Bazaar J Cigar Heritage Festival Commemorative Poster Contest
Top Climate Change Expert to Visit the Planning Commission
TRIZ Short Course Offered
Behind the Scenes with Academy Producer Gil Cates
Getting Your News in the News The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists is sponsoring a forum titled “Getting Your News in the News” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Fletcher Lounge at the University of Tampa. Currently, panelists include top editors from the St. Petersburg Times. Tampa Tribune, WUSF radio, Creative Loafing, WFLA-Ch. 8, WTSP-Ch. 10, WTVT-Ch. 13 and WFTS-Ch. 28. They will be available to answer questions about news coverage, hear your tips on possible stories and offer strategies for getting important events covered in your neighborhood or involving your community group. The event is free and open to the public. For details or to RSVP for the event, contact program chair: Camille C. Spencer (727) 992-5203 or email cspencer@sptimes.com. Hat Trick Theatre Productions Presents Incorruptible
Tampa Bay’s Meeting Professionals International Presents Colin Cowie You may subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter by clicking here. If you have a story idea, information on an upcoming event or wish to submit a by-lined article, please email Donna Manion . Please submit events in paragraph form like the formatting in this newsletter. You may include graphics which will be used at the editor’s discretion. If you are having problems receiving this newsletter, contact the CTB webmaster. Special thanks to this week’s BUZZ volunteers: |
09.17.07
CreativeTampaBay.com 09.16.07 - by admin
Save the date for an event based on a recent study called “Portland’s Green Dividend.” Economist Joe Cortright authored a white paper for CEO’s for Cities that speaks to the economic benefits that will accrue from better land use, more mixed use development, reduced commuter time and better transit. Too often we focus on the economic costs of investing in things like rail, or promoting mixed use — he will use the Green Dividend concept to calculate the economic benefits. Having completed two previous studies for CreativeTampaBay, Joe knows Tampa Bay and will tailor his remarks to our unique circumstances. The event will be a luncheon on Tues., Oct. 23 in downtown Tampa at the Hyatt Regency at One City Centre. The Tampa Downtown Partnership and CreativeTampaBay are the presenting organizations. More information will follow on this event.
Download the study PDF >> 
Please join OneBay to participate in a county-wide Reality Check Tampa Bay exercise. Using engaging materials including Legos®, ribbons, and county maps, participants will make decisions about where and how each county should grow in relationship to the region. Participants will have the opportunity to review the guiding principles set by the regional Reality Check participants and comment and vote on these principles. The tabletop exercise, designed by the Urban Land Institute, educates participants about the interrelationship among regional land use, transportation systems, and natural resources. Input received from each of the seven county workshops will be used to create alternative growth scenarios for the Tampa Bay region.
The Tampa Downtown Partnership announced today that it will participate in a national program called National Park(ing) Day to help draw attention to the importance of green space in urban areas.
Check out a free Meet and Greet with Rob Stewart, director of the award-winning documentary, Sharkwater. After that head on over to BayWalk Muvico via the Pier trolleys for a free 7:30pm preview of the film. The movie officially opens Sept, 28. Trolley will pick up at BayView for return to the Pier at 9:30 PM. Tickets will be distributed at The Pier Aquarium at the Meet and Greet. Ticket holders will be seated first at the theater; then anyone who is at BayWalk without a ticket will be seated. They are taking names, e-mail addresses of attendees and have tickets for 200 people (100 tickets/2 per ticket). It’ll be first-come, first-served with preference to those coming to the Meet and Greet. Rob will be available for Q & A at BayWalk. 
Co-hosts Janet Sherer and Rob Tiisler welcome photographer and Media Talk’s ‘Creative of the Week’ Herb Snitzer. Media Talk is a live weekly, global webcast at www.TampaBaysMediaTalk.com between 6PM and 7PM each Thursday.
Looking for a reason to hobnob, network and commune with your fellow green building and development professionals? Look no more, instead come have Green Drinks the third Friday of every month. Drop by anytime between 5 and 7pm+.The next Green Drinks is September 21st at Fly Bar and Restaurant (Stellar beers, uncommon wines, sweet potato fries and a rooftop bar!) 1202 Franklin St., Downtown Tampa. Google Maps: 
The Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative announces the 4th annual Hispanic Heritage Contests – one for kids in grades K-5, and another for adults 18 years and older. The HCPLC is presenting the 4th annual bookmark contest for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, September 15 – October 15. Children may pick up an entry form at any library branch to design a bookmark celebrating “Our Hispanic Heritage.” The adult poetry contest entry forms can be picked up at any library branch or downloaded from the Library’s web site. Completed entry forms and poems must be turned into any library branch no later than September 30. 
oin Malick Faye, Kuumba Dancer’s and Drummer’s, Fred Johnson and various other artists to celebrate “Rhythm Dance” at The International Bazaar located in Ybor City, on October 6, at 7:00 pm. An evening of music, dance and more dance, celebrating the rich history and culture of Senegal, West Africa and the blending of different rhythm’s, dances, cultures and traditions. 
Ybor City Museum Society’s Cigar Heritage Festival is a celebration of the rich cigar making history, culture and heritage that once made YborCity the “Cigar Capital of the World.” This year they celebrate the 9th annual festival on Saturday, November 17th. A poster competition will take place in commemoration of this 9th annual event. The contest is open to all individuals 18 years of age or older. Artwork must communicate and interpret the artists’ vision of the Ybor City Museum Society’s CigarHeritageFestival & YborCity’s unique culture and history. Artwork should be original and not reproduced from previous artwork. Medium may include all types of painting, photography, papermaking & computer art. The print must be 24” x 36” including margin.
As part of a month-long celebration of National Community Planning Month and the theme “Greening our Streets and Neighborhoods”, the Hillsborough County Planning Commission will hold a free “brown bag lunch” workshop on climate change and how urban planning and design can play a role in a sustainable and “green” future. Guest speaker Roberta Fernandez will present an eye-opening program as well as take questions and answers from the audience. Fernandez, founder and president of Environmental Advocacy, is considered one of the top 50 environmental advocates in the U.S. today by Al Gore’s Climate Change Project. The free workshop is open to the public and will be held on Friday, October 5 from 11:30 am -1:00 pm in the Planning Commission Boardroom located in County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. 18th Fl, Tampa, FL 33602. Guests are invited to bring a lunch with them while they lunch and learn. 
TRIZ is a popular, scientifically based inventive problem solving process. It is based on the idea that there are universal principles of invention that are the basis for creative innovations that advance technology. TRIZ is widely used today to improve products, services, and systems. It greatly reduces the time to produce breakthrough ideas and inventions. A 3-day Inventive Problem Solving course is being taught at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Orlando, Nov 5-7 by Jack Hipple of Innovation-TRIZ. 
This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a behind-the-scenes look at the #1 awards show in Hollywood is surely to be a memorable event. Named the producer for the 2008 Academy Awards, Mr. Cates has a storied career in Hollywood.
Incorruptible: A Dark Comedy about the Dark Ages by Michael Hollinger asks ‘Is it okay to do a bad thing for a good reason?’ A French monastery whose luck has run out finds themselves without funds to provide food, shelter, or assistance to themselves or any of the starving local villagers. As desperation increases, the rules of morality start to bend, and eventually the monks find themselves involved in activities they never thought were possible. Thursday – Saturday 8PM, Sundays 3PM. Adults - $14 Student/Senior - $9. Performances held in Ybor City at the Silver Meteor Gallery, 2213 E 6th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605. 
The Tampa Bay Area Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) will host “Party Planner to the Stars” Colin Cowie for a special event and speaking engagement Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Tampa Convention Center. Tickets for the public event are now on sale and are exclusively available at RSS feed for comments on this post.
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