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Education Session - Panel Format

SAT-A10 - Behind the Headlines: A Roundtable About L.A. River Revitalization Efforts

1.5 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Moderator(s)

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  Frances Anderton

  Executive Producer and Host
  DnA: Design and Architecture, KCRW

Panelist(s)

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  Mia Lehrer, FASLA

  Founder and President
  Mia Lehrer + Associates
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  Barbara Romero

  Deputy Mayor of City Services, City of Los Angeles
  City of Los Angeles
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  Teresa Villegas

  Policy Staff
  Los Angeles County Office of Supervisor Hilda L. Solis

LA River revitalization has generated unprecedented media attention and offers an opportunity for new kinds of involvement from the landscape architecture community. This roundtable goes beyond the headlines to articulate how landscape architects may collaboratively engage in nontraditional ways to support the various efforts to bring new life to the L.A. River.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the challenges of reintegrating a historically neglected river back into the urban context.
• Examine how partnerships and innovative outreach approaches inform river revitalization planning at different scales of development.
• Evaluate strategies for community engagement, policy- making, funding, and project implementation.
• Learn about the successful implementation and activation efforts that have taken place and those that are in the works.