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 Large-scale collaboration is necessary when considering such issues as transportation, housing, and water. At this falls National Stewardship Forum, leaders from the business, government, education, and nonprofit/community-based sectors will gather in Boston, Massachusetts, November 6-7, to discuss these and other pressing regional issues.
"The Forum will begin with a Boston case study titled "Boston -- Making Collaboration Work." A panel of state, regional and local leaders will present the current status of a number of large-scale collaborative initiatives to address strategic issues. The session will be moderated by Curtis Johnson, President of the Citistates Group, which will have just released its Citistates report on the Boston region.
"In addition to the panel described above, workshop and session will cover such issues as engaging local political leaders in regional stewardship initiatives, mobilizing the resources of academic institutions for regional objectives, and the critical role of the private sector in regional issues and the complexities of engaging this sector in the conversation about stewardship. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in discussions regarding engaging youth in stewardship, building regional business partnerships, and harnessing new tools for planning. For those participants who arrive on Wednesday, November 5th, an afternoon tour is scheduled that will allow a close-up look at one of Bostons regional collaborative accomplishments.
Confirmed presenters include Larissa Brown, Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance; Marc Draisen, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (Boston); Erin Flynn, Metro Business Net; Charlotte Kahn, Boston Indicators Project; Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson, The Citistates Group; Ann Lang, CEOs for Cities; Anne Udall, The Region Speaks; and Ken Snyder, PlaceMatters.com. Other invitees include Paul Grogan, President, The Boston Foundation; Dorothy Kelly Gay, Mayor, City of Somerville; and Thomas Menino, Mayor, City of Boston.
The Forum will take place at the Omni Parker House Hotel, located three blocks from Faneuil Hall on Bostons historic Freedom Trail. Participants have the option of staying on at the hotel through the weekend at the negotiated group rate. For more information, please contact Amy Carrier at , or call .
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