Growth through Adaptive Reuse Workshop

Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, from 6pm - 9:30pm
Location: Okemos Conference Center, 2187 University Park Dr, Okemos, MI
Registration: Registration is available online. Cost to attend this workshop is $75 ($65 for Master Citizen Planners (MCPs)) for those who register by October 1, 2009. After October 1, 2009, cost is $85 ($75 for MCPs) per workshop. 
Continuing Education Units: Attendance at this workshop will count for 0.3 continuing education units for MCPs.
Series: Growth through Green Develoment and Adaptive Reuse

This Michigan Citizen Planner workshop will explore three types of adaptive reuse: greyfield, brownfield and historical. This session explores how communities can improve their economic future and save their green spaces, which are crucial to sustainable communities, by revitalizing urban areas. Attendees will learn how to:

• Recognize situations that can lead to the decline of buildings and sites.
• Identify actions to rehabilitate a deteriorated site.
• Identify the ways planning can impact redevelopment projects.
• Identify funding for redevelopment projects.