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UMass Boston has begun planning for the next Forum for the 21st Century, to be held on March 28 at State Street Bank's Franklin Street Enterprise building. The topic is "Shaping the Social and Physical Character of Boston: The Role of City Planning." With all the changes being made to the face of Boston through the Big Dig and South Boston waterfront development, the forum will offer much-needed discussion of the issues of city planning.
Scheduled to speak at the forum will be Rebecca Barnes, chief city planner for Boston and president of the Boston Society of Architects; Larry Beasley, the director of planning in Vancouver, British Columbia; David DeSimone, vice president of real estate development for Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; and architect Joan Goody, principal at Goody, Clancy and Associates. Curtis Davis, principal of ReBuildit Collaborative, Design & City Redevelopment Management, will be moderating. The Boston Globe and WBGH are the media partners for the event.
This will be the seventeenth such UMass Boston-sponsored forum since 1996. The Forum for the 21st Century is designed to bring civic leaders and the general public outstanding speakers with exciting ideas about how to manage and take advantage of demographic and environmental changes. Previous forums have examined topics such as: Boston's young leaders, charter and pilot schools, race, and the media.