The Hillsborough Street Ten Year Celebration, featuring special guest Dan Burden, Walkable Communities Inc., will be held on Saturday, October 31, 2009. Here is all the information you need, it’s critical that we continue to support the Hillsborough Street businesses during the revitalization efforts currently underway.
Event information
Join the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation and the Hillsborough Street Partnership as we celebrate ten years of partnership, community and service. Construction is now underway on the New Vision for Hillsborough Street that began ten years ago and has grown and blossomed in the years since. We invite you to help celebrate the accomplishments, learn about the present and help chart the future of the Hillsborough Street community.
Join us for a Celebration Luncheon at the NC State Belltower; Noon-1:00 pm
Lunch and entertainment will be provided
(small donations will be accepted)
RSVP Nina Szlosberg – napro1@earthlink.net or (919) 971-6657KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DAN BURDEN, Walkable Communities Inc.
Dan led the workshop ten years ago that inspired the creation of the Hillsborough Street Partnership and the New Vision for Hillsborough Street currently under construction. Recognized by Time Magazine as one of the world’s six most important civic innovators, Dan has traversed the world helping communities become healthier, more prosperous, and walkable. He specializes in transportation and land use planning, and the research and implementation of pedestrian, bicycle, traffic-calming, and street improvement projects.
Hillsborough Street roundabout design
Following lunch you are invited to attend the afternoon workshop from 1:15-4:30 pm
THE VISION: What’s Next for Hillsborough Street
At the Hillsborough Street Community Center,
1 Maiden Lane, directly across from the NCSU BelltowerFeaturing Raleigh Planning Director Mitchell Silver
Dan Burden, Walkable Communities Inc.
Raleigh Public Utilities Director Carl Dawson
NCSU Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business Charles Leffler
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