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Building Healthy Places: What can we learn from other communities

by The Berks Alliance

Building Healthy Places: What can we learn from other communities
A Message from The Berks Alliance:  As a precaution, we have decided to postpone this event and will reschedule it for a future date, probably in June.  If you pre-ordered your ticket, you have several options:

1. You can receive a refund for the full amount including the charges imposed by Eventbrite;

2.  You can keep your reservation for the rescheduled event which will probably be the third Thursday in June; or

3.  You can use your ticket to attend another community forum.  At this time we have forums planned for April and May.

Please let me know your preference by email at [email protected]

If you registered to pay at the door, you don’t have to do anything.

Sorry of any inconvenience this might create, but under the circumstances we felt it was more prudent to be cautious.

Clean and Safe Public Places are Vital to Creating a Vibrant Community. Learn what other places have done to create an inviting urban core.

Date and Time

TBA

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

Location

Schmidt Center

Reading Area Community College , Reading PA 19602

10 South Second Street

Reading, PA 19602

Register to Attend

Walkable Streets. Inviting Public Spaces. Cars, Bikes and Pedestrians Sharing the Road. Trees and Curbside Plantings. Informational Signage. All help create a sense of place–and of a place that is safe and inviting. What can Berks County learn from other communities, many facing the same challenges that we face?

Leaders from the Urban Land Institute will lead a Community Forum exploring how some other communities have attempted to create a safe, inviting and vibrant urban core. Many Berks County Communities are working to create more walkable main streets, building on the assets throughout the county. How can we be even more intentional in these place making efforts.

The Urban Land Institute is an international organization working to advance leadership around place making and creating thriving communities. They have been instrumental in developing strategies for communities as diverse as Philadelphia , Easton, Harrisburg, West Chester, Columbia and Camp Hill.

The Berks Alliance was formed by a group of anchor institutions who are dedicated to using their resources, individually and collectively, to stimulate community development in our region.