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DAY 1



Nora Patterson, Chair, Sarasota County Commission

Sandi Stewart, CEO, Sarasota Council Headquarters Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida


Welcome

Jerry Karnas, Director of the Florida Climate Project for Environmental Defense

Keynote - Cap, Trade and Sustain


Melanie Simmons, Ph.D, Healthy Development, Inc.

Jason Hight, Florida Department of Health


Sustainable Development and Health

Marilyn Kershner, Florida Green Building Coalition

Robert A. Andrys, AIA, NCARB, LEED-AP

Green Affordable Housing

Dr. Martin Wanielista, University of Florida

Stormwater Reuse, Porous Concrete, Green Roofs                   






Jane Lim-Yap, AICO, PP, Glatting Jackson Kercher Angling, Inc.

Tracy Finch, Harris Development Group

Andrew Nothstine, Glatting Jackson Kercher Angling, Inc.
Transit-oriented Development

Jim Ley, Sarasota County Administrator

Closing Remarks

 

 

DAY 2

Vice Mayor Kelly Kirschner, City of Sarasota

Welcome

Eric Livingston, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Keynote - State Stormwater Update

Brett Cunningham, Jones, Edmunds & Associates, Inc.

Sarasota County Low-impact Development Manual

Clark Hull, ERP Program Director, Southwest Florida Water Management District


Permitting of Low-impact Development









Pierce Jones, Program for Resource Efficient Communities and Florida Energy Extension Service (PREC)

Mark Clark, Program for Resource Efficient Communities and Florida Energy Extension Service (PREC)

Thomas Ruppert, Program for Resource Efficient Communities and Florida Energy Extension Service (PREC)

The Process of Applying LID Principles: Experiences from the Field

Jim Ley, Sarasota County Administrator

Closing Remarks


Questions?


Call 941.861.5000
and ask for Sustainable Communities Workshop
or
e-mail us
 

It's up to you!

What future workshops would be beneficial to you, and what role would you like to play in developing those workshops? 

Who should attend?

Citizens interested in  community strategies that support a sustainable future including:

planning and transportation sector representatives


architects and landscape architects

builders and developers

engineers and planners

government representatives

Workshop Sponsors

 

 
Charlotte Harbor
National Estuary Program


 
Sarasota Bay Estuary Program


 
Sarasota County Government


For more information about the 2007 Sustainable Communities Workshop, e-mail sustainablecommunities@scgov.net