The Spring '13 Newsletter is Here! Click on the banner below to read the Spring Newsletter: In this edition: APACA Northern Section Update CA AEP Update Urban Land Institute Update MUP Alumni Mixer UPC ULI Scholarships UPC Peer Adviser Connection Program CRED Symposium UPC Ph.D Panel SJSU Student Leadership Awards Exploring the RE Industry San Francisco URPB Student Experiences Introducing the New 2013-2014 UPC Executive Board!Congratulations to the Urban Planning Coalition 2013-2014 Board! We look forward to your upcoming success! President: Lola Torney
Vice President: Adam Paranial
Speaker Series Coordinator: Emma Reed
APA Representative: Amanda Becker
ULI Representative: Danielle Greene
AEP Representative: Maria Javier
Social Chair: Marco Arguelles
Alumni Liaison: Alvin Jen
Newsletter: Mark YoungUPC Beach Day is May 4th! Tired of tanning in the
lab? Come out and soak in the sunlight with the UPC. All URBP faculty,
staff, and students (alumni and current) are welcome to join! Feel free
to bring family and friends as well.
Feel free to come anytime
between 8am and 5pm. Some food will be provided around lunch time and
feel free to bring your own as well. We also welcome potluck
contributions if you would like to prepare something to share with
others. We will provide the charcoal for grilling at the picnic area.
*PLEASE bring your own refillable water bottle*
Dogs are allowed on leash. There is a day-use fee for parking so we strongly suggest carpooling.
Looking to Carpool? Sign up here. Planetizen Graduate Urban Planning Program Rankings 2012 SJSU ranks 8th in Top Programs Without PhD and 1st in Most Diverse Student Body! A special thanks to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo City & Regional Planning Program for sharing this.
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For more ULI events please check out our ULI Events page. For more events updates please check out our UPC Calendar page.
| Events May is National Bike Month!
Right now Register to join the Team Bike Challenge for a fun commute competition
The Team
Bike Challenge is a fun commute competition that takes place during
National Bike Month (May). Friends and colleagues form teams of two to
five people to compete against other teams throughout the Bay Area.
Register at
http://www.bikesiliconvalley.org/btwd/tbc.
May 4 BTWD Bag Stuffing Party, Sports Basement Sunnyvale, 10am – 2pm
Join SVBC
at our annual Bike to Work Day bag stuffing party as we prepare the
thousands of bags that will be distributed to Energizer Stations
throughout Santa Clara County. If you’ve attended in the past you know
that stuffing a BTWD musette bag can be as fun and rewarding as
receiving one at an Energizer Station. Details at
http://bikesiliconvalley.org/event/2957.
May 9 It’s Bike to Work Day!
Get out of
that car, throw a leg over that 21-speed mountain bike you used to get
to class in college, and join tens of thousands of Bay Area residents as
they pedal to work! Get all the information you need, including the
location of your nearest Energizer Station, at http://bikesiliconvalley.org/btwd.
May 9 Celebrate cycling at our Bike Away from Work Bash at the San José City Hall Rotunda, 6 – 8pm
Celebrate
your ride at our Bike to Work Day blowout bash! After your car-free
commute, come party with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition in the
gleaming San José City Hall Rotunda hosted by the Department of
Transportation. Grab your bike and book it to our Bike Away From Work
Bash for food, beer, and live music. Dress smart - get decked out in
your hottest bike commuter style and show everyone how easy it is to
look good while you feel good on your bike (see below)! More on the Bash
at
http://bikesiliconvalley.org/event/2458.
May 9 What's your Silicon Valley Bike Style?
You may know that Copenhagen has
Cycle Chic and San Francisco has
Bike Pretty but did you know that Silicon Valley has
Bike Style?
Yes, indeed, we’ve spied stylish people riding beautiful bikes all over
the Valley and the word is getting out. What’s your bike style? Urban
and edgy? Frills and lace? Prep school classic? Euro sophisticated?
Slouchy chic?
Whatever
your style, wear your finest and strut your stuff at our Bike After
Work Party in San José at City Hall. We’ll have photographers available
to take bike portraits. Say cheese!
May 17 Join SVBC’s team for the Silicon Valley Time Trial Charity Challenge
This
charity event is being hosted in conjunction with the Amgen Tour of
California's professional Time Trial event held in San José. The Time
Trial charity ride will follow the same course as the professional ATOC
cyclists, giving our 400 amateur riders an exclusive opportunity to ride
the same 19.6 mile course that the professional riders will follow
later in the day. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compare
your time to the pro racers! Register today! Enter Silicon Valley
Bicycle Coalition as your team to receive a free SVBC jersey! More info at
http://bikesiliconvalley.org/event/3014.
May 18-19 Help SVBC provide valet bicycle parking at Maker Faire, San Mateo County Event Center, various shifts
Valet
Bicycle Parking is one of many ways that SVBC encourages people to bike
to public events and volunteering to park bikes is a ton of fun! Sign up
with some friends and make a date of it. Cyclists arriving at the event
are always happy to see you and fun to talk to. Just a two-hour shift
gets you FREE entry to the event. For more details visits our calendar
at
http://bikesiliconvalley.org/event/3018.
Month of May Bike Rodeo cowboys and cowgirls needed
SVBC works
with schools to prepare children with the safety knowledge they need to
stay healthy and active by bicycling and walking to school. SVBC needs
volunteers to help students become safer and more skilled riders. For
more information about volunteer opportunities, contact Megan Melack at megan@bikesiliconvalley.org.
Port Planning Walking TourFriday, May 3 @ 9 AM–3 PM, Pier 70, Port of San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO
Join local planners, architects,
developers, students, and other planning professionals on a spectacular walking
tour of the Port of San Francisco along the Embarcadero. We will start at the Pier 70 Mixed Use Development, which features
the new Crane Cove Park and the Historic Core area. Next we head to
AT&T Park, home of the legendary San Francisco Giants, and Pier 48 where
will visit the Mission Rock Project, sponsored by the Giants.
Mission Rock is an innovative mixed-use project that will bring commercial,
residential and retail uses to an underused site. An expansion of Anchor Steam
Brewery will also be housed on the site. We will then enjoy a lunch at the
historic Ferry Building, which in 2010, was honored with an APA Great Places in America Award for Great Urban Space (cost
of lunch not included). From there we will visit the new Exploratorium and
enjoy the presentation “Parking to Development.” We will conclude the day at
the the Cruise Terminal Port with a presentation “Post of San Francisco’s
Development Future—America’s Cup, the Warriors, and SWL 337.” Enjoy panoramic
views of the San Francisco Bay, Treasure Island, and the new Oakland
Bay Bridge while getting an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of
a number of the Port’s existing and planned new Embarcadero facilities. APA
members $100, non-APA members $135, students $35. To register, click here. Download anevent flyer. For more information, contact
Darcy Kremin at (925) 207-1089 ordarcy.kremin@urs.com. CM | 6.0 pending |
