Presentations

MPPI Breakfast Presentation
Held on November 21, 2003

The Academic Affairs & Professional Development Committee of the MPPI is pleased to announce that a breakfast presentation on ‘Big Boxes, Power Centres and the Evolving Retail Landscape of Winnipeg’ was made by Brian Lorch, Geography Professor of Lakehead University on Friday November 21, 2003 at The Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway. Brian Lorch recently completed a large research project on Suburban Shopping Nodes in Winnipeg as a Visiting Scholar and Research Associate with the Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg.

The breakfast seminar was a great professional development and networking opportunity for those professionals involved with the planning and development of commercial retail areas. Some of the topics / issues discussed in the presentation dealt with:

The geography of purchasing power in Winnipeg and how it relates to the most recent wave of big box retail development.
Are big boxes threatening the traditional hierarchy of planned shopping centres?
How does power centre design influence consumer spatial behaviour?
Can retail development be “smartened up”?

It was a sold out event attended by over 70 planners.
Brian Lorch's presentation

Smart Growth and Cities
Held on June 4, 2003
University of Winnipeg, Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall, 515 Portage Avenue

The Manitoba Professional Planners Institute (MPPI) in partnership with the City of Winnipeg's Civic Environmental Committee and the University of Winnipeg's Institute of Urban Studies (IUS) hosted a session on Smart Growth titled "Smart Growth and Cities".

The speakers for this event included Dr. David Van Vliet of the University of Manitoba's Department of City Planning, and Mark McCullough, General Manager of the Canada Lands Company of Calgary.

Dr. Van Vliet is a professor in the Department of City Planning. His research interests include the principles and practices of sustainable community design, and documenting innovative projects that demonstrate these principles. David spoke on the concepts and theories of Smart Growth, and framed his presentation within the context of the Winnipeg Capital Region.

Mark McCullough has played a lead role in redeveloping Calgary's former Currie Air Force Barracks into a sustainable community known as "Garrison Woods". Mark discussed the major principles and objectives of the Garrison Woods development and addressed the challenges associated with implementing new standards of community design.

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Mark McCullough's presentation
David van Vliet's presentation (to be posted)