Peter Calthorpe,Keynote,Sonoma County Conservation Agency Grassroots Gourmet Gala Dinner and Auction June 17, 2006

Sonoma County Conservation Action's Gourmet Grassroots Gala Dinner and Auction will be held on June 17th from 5:00-9:30 PM at the beautiful new Glaser Center on Mendocino Ave. in downtown Santa Rosa.
Keynote Speaker

We are pleased to announce that our Keynote Speaker this year will be Peter Calthorpe, transportation expert who is intimately knowledgeable on the SMART rail issue that connects Sonoma and Marin Counties in a regional transportation district. Calthorpe authored the Sonoma Marin Multimodal Transportation Land Use Plan (commonly known as the Calthorpe Plan), which was passed by 72% of the voters of Sonoma County.
(See sidebar for more about Peter Calthorpe.)

Great Food & Beverages

Our dinner will highlight locally grown organic food prepared by Chef Nancy Collins and Bohemian Buffet. A no host wine bar
featuring local Sonoma County wines and beer is always a popular choice, along with our fabulous silent auction and raffle.

Peter Calthorpe has been named one of twenty-five "innovators on the cutting edge" by Newsweek Magazine for his work redefining the models of urban and suburban growth in America. Starting practice in 1976, he has a long and honored career in urban design, planning and architecture, combining his experience in each discipline to develop new approaches to urban revitalization, suburban growth, and regional planning.
His early published work included technical papers, articles for popular magazines, and a number of seminal books, including Sustainable Communities with Sim Van der Ryn, and the Pedestrian Pocket Book with Doug Kelbaugh. The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream, published in 1993, introduced the concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and provided extensive guidelines and illustrations of their board application.
His latest book with William Fulton, The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl, explains how regional-scale planning and design can integrate urban revitalization and suburban renewal into a coherent vision of metropolitan growth.
Calthorpe has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, and has taught at U.C. Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and the University of North Carolina. Over the years he has received numerous honors and wards including appointment to the President's Council For Sustainable Development. After studying at Yale's Graduate School of Architecture, he joined the Farrallones Institute as Director of Design. Following, Calthorpe became a project designer at the California Office of the State Architect working on energy-efficient state office buildings and planning for the Capital Area. Beginning private practice in 1978 with the firm of Van der Ryn, Calthorpe and Partners, his work ranged from large community planning to commercial complexes and public buildings.

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