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Lightning Talks

Housing Challenges and Solutions

Lightning Talk: Housing and Inclusive Planning

Saturday, March 29, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
Location: Mile High Ballroom 3
CM: .5
Presentations Include:

Beyond Profit: Non-Speculative Housing Models to Combat Gentrification - Laura Santos Granja *Local Programming*
Planners need innovative affordable housing strategies to address gentrification and displacement. Non-speculative housing models are a community-focused approach.

Live-Work: Old Idea, New Challenges - Bradley McKinniss *Local Programming*
Both the world and the Live-Work concept have changed. Learn about land use standards specific to modern Live-Work units.

Combating Loneliness Through Public Space Programming and Design - Siyun Ji
Loneliness impacts mental and physical health, especially among seniors, teens, minorities, and rural communities. Learn how to measure loneliness in your community and how to promote social connections.

Teen Summers: Shaping Cool Cities - Claudia Zarazua
The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, hired teens to design innovative shade structures and create engaging summer programs. The result was a space that’s literally and figuratively COOL.

Ensuring Meaningful Participation: LEP Analysis in Pinal County - Ruoshui Liu
Learn about Limited English Proficiency analysis, which is essential to ensuring that transportation projects — especially federally funded programs that must meet Title VI requirements — include equitable and meaningful public participation.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Analyze the latest insights into key planning issues with an emphasis on housing and inclusive planning.
  • Explore the range and diversity of current planning topics.
  • Observe and acquire the skills to make presentations in a concise and captivating way.