SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
MAY 16, 2022
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Emily Talen, University of Chicago
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Morning Plenary: The Invisible Politics of Exclusionary Zoning: Ending Apartment Bans in Minneapolis
- Introduction: Jacob Seid, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
- Janne Flisrand, Neighbors for More Neighbors, Minneapolis
10:00 – 11:15 AM
Panel 1: Enabling Density Where It’s Needed Most
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- Moderator: Gary Scott, Congress for the New Urbanism
- Roberto Requejo, Elevated Chicago
- Steven Vance, Chicago Cityscape
- Katherine Darnstadt, Latent Design
11:15 – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Panel 2: Density Preservation: Keeping the Missing Middle
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- Moderator: Jessie Wang, Enterprise Community Partners
- Emily Bloom-Carlin, Senior Program Officer, The Preservation Compact
- Diane Limas, Communities United
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch Keynote: Is Single Family Zoning on the Way Out?
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- Michael Lens, Director of the Lewis Center @ UCLA
1:30 – 2:45 PM
Panel 3: Housing Market Realities
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- Moderator: Taylor Nesse, Director of Zoning and Urban Development, 43rd Ward
- Daniel Hertz, City of Chicago Dept. of Housing
- Geoff Smith, Institute for Housing Studies @ DePaul
- Rachel Weber, Professor, University of Illinois @ Chicago
2:45 – 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 – 4:15 PM
4:15 – 5:15 PM
Afternoon Plenary: Can Data Help Us Improve Zoning?
- Introduction: Jacky Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Sara Bronin, Professor, Cornell University
5:15 – 6:15 PM
Reception