My Houston 2040

For those who are interested, I’ll be presenting some ideas at the My Houston 2040 happy hour tomorrow night. This should be a fun presentation, and it’s a wide-open discussion format, so there will be plenty of opportunity to chime-in.

Here’s the event description, courtesy Houston Tomorrow:

My Houston 2040

A new Happy Hour meeting of the minds
Co-hosted by Houston Tomorrow, GHASP, and Citizens’ Transportation Coalition
Sponsored by Change Magazine and New Living

Thursday, March 11, 2009

5:00 – 6:45 PM
Rudyard’s Upstairs, 2010 Waugh Drive (map)
Free and open to the public. Food and drinks available at bar.

5:30 The Livable Centers plan for Houston’s East End, Meredith Dang
5:55 My Houston 2040, Andrew Burleson

The Idea

Houston Tomorrow, GHASP, and the Citizens’ Transportation Coalition agree that Houstonians can build a better Houston today by thinking about the Houston we may inherit in 2040 and the Houston we want in 2040. Each happy hour will include time for networking and socializing, a topical speaker who will give an informational presentation on Houston urbanism, transportation planning, culture, environment, and more, and a visionary speaker who will give their “My Houston 2040″ talk: what they think Houston will be like in 2040, what they want it to be like in 2040, and / or what they want us to do to make it like they want it to be in 2040.

This month’s speakers

The Livable Centers Plan for Houston’s East End
Meredith Dang, AICP

Meredith Dang is the Land Use Transportation Coordinator for the Community and Environmental Planning Department with the Houston-Galveston Area Council. Her responsibilities include managing H-GAC’s Livable Centers, Subregional Planning, and Eco-Logical programs, providing technical assistance to local governments, and training local officials on land use transportation coordination principles. Ms. Dang is a certified planner and received her Masters in Planning from the University of Southern California and BA from Rice University.

Ms. Dang will explain the Livable Centers program in general, but will focus on the East End Livable Centers Plan.

My Houston 2040
Andrew Burleson

Andrew Burleson is a professional urban designer and real estate consultant in Houston. He started neoHOUSTON in 2008 to add to the local dialogue on urbanism and business. His professional work is concentrated on the design, finance, and entitlement of pedestrian and transit-oriented real estate developments. He has a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development and a Bachelor’s in Environmental Design. He has lived in various places around the world, mainly Illinois, Texas, and Italy – but now he lives in Montrose.

Mr. Burleson is President of CNU-Houston and works as a Senior Project Consultant for Davico Realty Group.