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Mon1COMMITTEE MEETING12:30pmTransportation Committee Meeting
COMMITTEE MEETINGMonday, February 1, 2010 12:30pmSPUR's transporation committee advocates for a wide range of transportation initiatives, including Muni reform, Central Subway and BRT construction, t …
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Tue2LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmTransit 2.0: A public and private perspective
LUNCHTIME FORUMTuesday, February 2, 2010 12:30pmSteven Peterson of the transit application organization Routesy will join Tom Spiekerman, who manages the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Com …
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San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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EVENING SYMPOSIUM6:00pmClosing the Climate Gap: perspectives on environmental justice and the Bay Area's future
EVENING SYMPOSIUMTuesday, February 2, 2010 6:00pmWhile climate change affects us all, it will have a more severe effect on people of color and the poor. Join us for a presentation by UC Berkeley's …
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Wed3LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmPlans for a New Public Realm: Improving our parks, streets and plazas
LUNCHTIME FORUMWednesday, February 3, 2010 12:30pmIn the last few years, the San Francisco Planning Department has worked with communities to develop plans that rethink neighborhood parks, streets and …
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Thu4LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmHealthy San Francisco: The future of universal health care in San Francisco
LUNCHTIME FORUMThursday, February 4, 2010 12:30pmIn the midst of the national health care debate, Healthy San Francisco, San Francisco’s innovative near-universal health care program stands out. Tw …
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Mon8COMMITTEE MEETING12:30pmSustainable Development Committee Meeting
COMMITTEE MEETINGMonday, February 8, 2010 12:30pmAddresses issues related to local and regional climate policy, green buildings, waste and water infrastructure, energy policy and more. Contact Laura …
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Tue9COMMITTEE MEETING10:00amProject Review Committee Meeting-canceled
COMMITTEE MEETINGTuesday, February 9, 2010 10:00amPLEASE NOTE: Project Review Committee has been canceled for Tuesday, February 9. The Project Review Committee looks at proposals for individual build …
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San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmOur Better Nature: A conversation with author Philip J. Dreyfus
LUNCHTIME FORUMTuesday, February 9, 2010 12:30pmFew cities are so identified with their environment as San Francisco—the hills, the bay, the fog and even the fault line shifting below. Yet most re …
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EVENING FORUM6:00pmURBANbuild Local Global: An innovative model for rebuilding and good design in New Orleans
EVENING FORUMTuesday, February 9, 2010 6:00pmURBANbuild Local Global documents the work of URBANbuild, a comprehensive two-year program at Tulane University School of Architecture initiated to ac …
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Wed10LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmConnect and Extend: IDEO's winning proposal for a green school in Hyderabad, India
LUNCHTIME FORUMWednesday, February 10, 2010 12:30pmIDEO San Francisco, a winner in Architecture for Humanity's 2009 Open Architecture Competition for classroom design, will present the design for a sch …
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Thu11LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmShanghai’s Fabric of Everyday Life: A conversation with UC Berkeley professor Renee Chow
LUNCHTIME FORUMThursday, February 11, 2010 12:30pmChina, driven by its remarkable growth, has made a business of importing planning and architectural strategies from other places and inserting them in …
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Fri12YOUNG URBANISTS6:00pmLove is in the Air: City Connections Happy Hour
YOUNG URBANISTSFriday, February 12, 2010 6:00pmLove is in the air and it’s the time to socialize with your city. INFORUM, in partnership with ArtPoint, Net Impact, SPUR, the World Affairs Counci …
Press Club, 20 Yerba Buena Lane
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Tue16LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmNeighborhood Retail Streets in SF: Planning a thriving mix of formula and independent retail
LUNCHTIME FORUMTuesday, February 16, 2010 12:30pmSan Francisco is famous for its neighborhood shopping streets. From Balboa Park to the Inner Sunset, Cow Hollow to North Beach, Hayes Valley to Noe Va …
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EVENING SYMPOSIUM6:00pmThe Federal Stimulus Plan, One Year Later
EVENING SYMPOSIUMTuesday, February 16, 2010 6:00pmIn February of 2009, as dour economic conditions threatened to worsen unabated, President Obama warned that massive government intervention was necess …
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San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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Wed17LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmShanghai's past/present/future: Historically-sensitive development in Shanghai
LUNCHTIME FORUMWednesday, February 17, 2010 12:30pmAllowing a city to grow while preserving its history is an especial challenge in Shanghai, given its exceptional growth rate. But two San Francisco-b …
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Thu18LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmStop circling the block: How technology will change parking in cities
LUNCHTIME FORUMThursday, February 18, 2010 12:30pmGenerating accurate information about parking patterns has proven to be a challenging task—not a surprise given that one of the most technologically …
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Mon22SPECIAL EVENT5:30pm2010 Good Government Awards
SPECIAL EVENTMonday, February 22, 2010 5:30pmThis event has evolved and grown over the last three decades, but its purpose remains the same: to recognize and acknowledge exemplary job performance … -
Tue23LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmBuilding Green in China: A presentation by architect Jeff Heller
LUNCHTIME FORUMTuesday, February 23, 2010 12:30pmThe environmental movement in China is slow going. Architecture firm Heller Manus, however, has managed to use green building practices for their proj …
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YOUNG URBANISTS6:00pmCreating our own Champs-Elysées: SPUR Young Urbanists and Next American City take on Market Street
YOUNG URBANISTSTuesday, February 23, 2010 6:00pmSPUR joins forces with Next American City and the AIA San Francisco for an interactive charrette where we’ll examine what it takes to make a great s …
654 Mission Street,
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Wed24LUNCHTIME FORUM12:30pmCanary in a Coal Mine: Climate change, birds and conservation
LUNCHTIME FORUMWednesday, February 24, 2010 12:30pmFounded in 1965, the Point Reyes Bird Observatory is the science think tank behind some of the nation's most innovative conservation tools and program …
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Thu25WALKING TOUR12:30pmTour of Mission Walk: San Francisco’s newest green affordable housing project
WALKING TOURThursday, February 25, 2010 12:30pmMission Walk, the latest addition to Mission Bay North, brings 131 affordable condominium homes to this emerging neighborhood. By providing low- to mo …
654 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
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