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Webinar: City West — Does Revitalizing the Neighborhood Revitalize the People?


When: May 12, 2022
Time: 12:00pm Pacific
Price: $65 Individual View/$150 Group View
Registration was open until 5/12/2022 at 2pm, and is now closed.

1 unit EDAC continuing education
1 unit AIA continuing education
IDCEC credit also available**

CEU forms available for download during webinar

CEUs


This webinar is free to our Affiliate+ members.

 

Health and wellness start with how people lead their daily lives. If the places we call home are located in neighborhoods which are thoughtfully planned, lifestyles will be inherently healthy. Neighborhoods that are reasonably compact, pedestrian friendly, filled with a mix of uses, and have pocket parks and other outdoor amenities throughout, enable residents and visitors to lead healthy lives as a part of their normal weekly routine. This is true for all socio-economic circumstances.
 
This webinar will host two architects who helped design a mixed-income, urban neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio called City West. This 48-acre project was part of the HOPE VI initiative which sought to replace mid-20th Century public housing projects with more urbane places worthy of pride and that uphold community health and wellness. 

 

Learning Objectives

  • Learn how planners and architects confronted suburban-style codes and regulations which would have mandated unsafe and unhealthy vehicular-scaled blocks and pedestrian UN-friendly environments.
  • Discover how pedestrian and bike friendly street corridors, public spaces, and even the layouts of residential units instigate healthy living, socialization, and foster pride among residents regardless of age or background. 
  • Review the healthy living aspects from one of the architects who has lived at City West since its inception. 
  • Consider the project’s 15-year history with a critical eye and discover what design decisions worked and which ones didn’t.  

 

 

Presenting Faculty

Gloria D. Coleman, Project Architect, Project Manager, Medical Planner, Moody Nolan

Gloria Coleman has over 25 years of professional experience with projects ranging from Healthcare, Mixed-Use projects, Sports Stadiums and New Urbanism principles. She serves as a Medical Planner, Project Architect, Project Manager, and Designer. Much of Gloria’s experience has been on visible projects in the Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area, Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee. 

 

Jeff Raser, AIA, NCARB, Owner, Cincinnati Urban Design and Architecture (CUDA) Studio

Jeff Raser is the owner of Cincinnati Urban Design and Architecture Studio (CUDA Studio). Through his 30+ year career, he has designed mixed-use buildings and master planned compact, walkable neighborhoods. He is an expert on the design of pedestrian friendly places, community planning, and public engagement. Jeff is a member of the Board of Directors of the Congress for The New Urbanism Midwest Chapter, a member of the Board of Directors of AIA Cincinnati, and is the president of a Cincinnati community development corporation. 

 

Many attendees of The Center for Health Design’s webinars have inquired about IDCEC approval so they can earn ASID, IIDA, and IDS CEU’s. We have looked into this and unfortunately, the cost to upload courses to IDCEC is simply too high at this time. You can still earn credit for attending our webinars by requesting a verification certificate. As of July 9, 2020, The Center for Health Design requires a CEU management fee for verification certificates for all webinars and EBD Journal Clubs. Please contact Natalie Gonzalez, Project Manager, ngonzalez@healthdesign.org. 

For further details about how to self-report CEUs to IDCEC, please CLICK HERE.