MON-B06 - Nimble Innovation - Transforming the Public Realm Through Possibility Government

Monday, November 22, 2021

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 102

1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Jennifer L. Brooks, ASLA

Project Manager
Mecklenburg County Asset and Facility Management
Charlotte, North Carolina

Speaker(s)

Fiona M. Lyon, ASLA, LEED Green Associate

Design/Program Manager
TriMet - Transit-oriented Development
Portland, Oregon
Solange Y. Guillaume, ASLA

Associate Landscape Architect
City & County of San Francisco - Public Works
San Francisco, California

1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Landscape Architects are innovators and rule breakers--and we are shifting the stereotype of government employees. Hear from three female landscape architects playing distinct intrapreneurial roles within their respective municipalities--San Francisco, Portland, Charlotte--and how they achieve radical outcomes from within local government.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn why “Possibility Government” is a necessary piece of successful project delivery and its key role in advancing healthy and vibrant communities.
Identify the challenges and opportunities of an entrepreneurial approach within local government.
Learn the fundamental aspects that contribute to a creative team, collaborative community partnerships, visionary goals, project expectations and financial drivers in governmental processes.
Craft a roadmap for private design firms to navigate processes and bureaucracy when working with the government as a client.