[SPN-Discussion] SPN Panel Discussion - PlaNYC 2030: Progress and Lessons Learned - April 21, 2009

[matthew polsky]

Tonight's Attendees:
 
I believe PlaNYC has been missing 2 key elements.  Coincidentally, one of these was the subject of an even more recent SPN posting today.
 
Lucia writes: "Corporate Sustainability: Progress and Challenges. Companies become increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability for their business models. They develop different approaches, learn their lessons, adjust and continuously innovate in the attempt to achieve a triple bottom line. How do you think they are doing? Is there real progress? Are the challenges too hard to overcome? Is the transformation happening fast enough? What is the role of companies vs. the role of governments? Corporate sustainability is a process in making. Nobody has THE RIGHT answer today. Each of us can contribute to this process with an idea, opinion, project, event, campaign or policy."   
 
Why shouldn't this be integrated into NYC's initiative?
 
Also, if NYC is the "capital of the world," how about something that brings in the global dimension?  Local/global interactions are not impossible.  The Rotary Club does it.
 
As I won't be there tonight, I hope someone raises these points.
 
Regards,
 
Matt 
 


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Subject: [SPN-Discussion] SPN Panel Discussion - PlaNYC 2030: Progress and Lessons Learned - April 21, 2009



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Panel Discussion   
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PlaNYC 2030: Progress and Lessons Learned
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Date: April 21, 2009   
 
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Venue: NYU Stern School of Business Henry Kaufman Management Center, 44 West 4th Street (at Greene Street) - Gardner Commons - 1st Floor 
 
Moderator: Bob Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association. 




Panelists: Tom Angotti, Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning and Director, Center for Community Planning & Development, Hunter College/CUNY, Ashok Gupta, Program Director of Air and Energy, National Resource Defense Council; Carter Strickland, Senior Policy Advisor for Air and Water, Mayor's Office Long Term Planning and Sustainability
 

Panel Description: 
 

Launched on Earth Day, 2007 Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 promised to address the major environmental sustainability issues facing the city, with 127 initiatives on housing, open space, water, air quality, transportation, brownfields, and the city's impact on climate change. In its first year, PlaNYC launched 118 of these initiatives, and in 2008 issued a report on progress. Some programs (such as transitioning the city's taxi fleet to hybrid vehicles) have had great success, and others (such as congestion pricing) have come up against challenges. Part of Mayor Bloomberg's promise was to hold PlaNYC accountable for results. Two years into PlaNYC 2030, this panel will discuss the status of some of these initiatives, accomplishments, and lessons learned
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