Register PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 2 for pre-registration DISCOUNT. November 11, 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Pre-conference Tour and Reception Gateway One Building, 15th Floor Conference Room Enjoy a unique opportunity to experience Citygarden through the eyes of its designer, noted landscape architect Warren T. Byrd, Jr. Byrd will join us for the reception, share the design inspiration and process for the project and lead a tour of the garden.
November 12, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Conference Missouri Botanical Garden Green infrastructure solutions play an important role in place making for our communities, particularly in new and revitalized public spaces. The conference gives communities the opportunity to learn first-hand about recent experiences in local projects, the reality of the bottom line, the benefits they provide and the challenges they present to local governments, developers, consultants and the local communities where they are built. The program features Keynote speakers, Peter Raven, president of Missouri Botanical Garden and Warren T. Byrd, Jr., principal Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and designer of Citygarden. Byrd will also lead a pre-conference garden tour, weather permitting. Sessions address a range of local projects, regulatory issues and more.
November 13, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. In-Depth Training Session: You Called It Green - Is It Really Working? Green Infrastructure Engineering and Landscape Design Issues St. Louis Engineers' Club Local government officials and staff, landscape architects, engineers and the construction community are grappling with design and maintenance issues for a suite of new green infrastructure techniques.
Sponsors Platinum Sponsor Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Gold Sponsors Missouri Department of Conservation Missouri American Water Missouri Botanical Garden Silver Sponsors American Planning Association East-West Gateway Council of Governments Riverworks Discovery Bronze Sponsors American Society of Landscape Architects American Society of Civil Engineers Lucky You Productions HNTB Turfmasters Wind Capital Group SCI Engineering, Inc. Greenway Network
Committee Laura Cohen, The Confluence Partnership Steve Nagle, East-West Gateway Council of Governments David Wilson, East-West Gateway Council of Governments Charlene Waggoner, Greenway Network Stephen Ibendahl, HNTB Gene Rovak, Horner & Shifrin, Inc. Martin Toma, Jefferson County Government Bruce Litszinger, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Anne Lewis, Lewisites Tracy Boaz, Missouri Department of Conservation Scott Harding, SCI Engineering Cassie Phillips, St. Louis Earth Day