Event Calls on City-Builders to ‘Act Boldly’
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowAn event this week in Indianapolis aims to connect creative thinkers with unique ideas about city-building. The We Are City SUMMIT will focus on how “underground” quality of life efforts including urban farming and arts and culture programs can complement traditional development ideas. In a Studio(i) interview, Butler University Center for Urban Ecology Director Tim Carter discusses how Thursday's event can help more people become involved in the city-building process.
August 20, 2013
News Release
Indianapolis, Ind. — “We Are City SUMMIT”, presented by Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., will reemerge this summer with an eclectic mix
of national and local speakers who work and play in the trenches and front
lines of city-building. The second annual SUMMIT is designed to amplify
city improvement conversations throughout Indianapolis and challenges local leaders to think innovatively and act boldly. The half-day conference,
scheduled for August 22, will celebrate smart, unique and bold
city-building with discussions, presentations and interactive projects.
“The We Are City SUMMIT imports new ideas and methods for city-building to the Indianapolis community and vice versa,” said We Are City Co-Founder John Beeler. “By combining and juxtaposing different ideas and methods, we think we can bring new insights to Indianapolis' challenges such as sustainability, education, quality of design and social justice.”
Individuals with an interest in creative city-building are encouraged to
register now for the SUMMIT. Attendees will engage in interactive projects,
touching specifically on how central planning efforts converge with
subterranean place-making activities such as urban farming, arts and
culture, pop-up arcades, and more.
What: We Are City SUMMIT 2013, presented by Indianapolis Downtown, Inc.
Who: Local presenters include Adam Thies (Dir. of Department of
Metropolitan Development, Indianapolis, Ind.), Imhotep Adisa (KI EcoCenter,
Indianapolis, Ind.) and Brian Staresnick (URBN DSGN, Indianapolis, Ind.).
Visiting speakers include Michael Seman (Denton Music Scene, Dallas,
Texas), Susannah Drake (dlandstudio, New York, N.Y.), Kunal Gupta (Baby
Castles, Brooklyn, N.Y.), Kt Andresky (The Yes Farm, Detroit, Mich.),
Justin Moore (Department of City Planning/Columbia University, New York,
N.Y.) and Sara Zewde (Asakura Robinson Company, Houston, Texas).
When: August 22, 2013 from Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Indiana Historical Society, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, Ind.
Tickets: Admission is $15 for students, $20 for a regular ticket ($25 for
day-of registration), and $50 for patrons. The patron-level ticket includes
a signed copy of We Are City IMPORT resident James Reeve's ‘Bureau of
Manufactured History’. Tickets are available at
http://wearecity2013.eventbrite.com/.
The SUMMIT is made possible with the generous support by the following
sponsors:****
– TITLE: Indianapolis Downtown Inc.
– GOLD: MailChimp, Visit Indy, Eskenazi Health,The Kinetic Project, Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University, Indiana History Center
– SILVER: Flashpoint HR, SmallBox, Ratio, IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute
– BRONZE: IndyHub, TechPoint, URBN DSGN, ASLA, CENTRIC, two21 LLC
For more information about the SUMMIT and a complete schedule of events,
visit WeAreCity.us.
*About We Are City*
We Are City is a joint effort founded by the Center for Urban Ecology at
Butler University and The Kinetic Project. The mission of We Are City is to
inspire heightened conversation about city-building in Indianapolis, and to
celebrate people and projects that exemplify smart, unique, and bold
city-building. In addition to the SUMMIT, We Are City produces the
BRIEFING, a bi-weekly email digest that highlights city-building news, and
has created a residency program called IMPORT to introduce thinkers and
creators to Indianapolis.
sOURCE: wE aRE cITY