LITERATURE + LECTURES

Houston Tomorrow, Air Alliance Houston, and Citizens' Transportation Coalition present My Houston 2040, a new Happy Hour meeting of the minds, Thursday, June 9, 5:00 - 7:00 PM, at Rudyard's Upstairs, 2010 Waugh Drive.  Free and open to the public. Food and drinks available at bar. Houston Tomorrow, GHASP, and CTC-Houston 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.

June 2011 Event:  Great Opportunities Neighborhoods.

Great Opportunities Neighborhoods
Amanda Timm (pictured above)
Executive Director
Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Greater Houston

Amanda Timm is the Executive Director of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation's Houston office and has over 15 years of community development experience. Since taking the leadership role, Amanda has orchestrated Houston LISC's strategic shift to a comprehensive approach for community development. The implementation of this new strategy has led to launch of several major new program initiatives. The Great Opportunities (GO) Neighborhoods Pilot Program is Houston LISC's targeted neighborhood approach to comprehensive community development which includes collaboration with neighborhood partners and investment in community organizing, real estate development, and programmatic strategies. The Financial Opportunity Center program was initiated under Amanda's leadership upon Houston's selection as expansion city for the program by National LISC and inclusion in LISC's Social Innovation Fund award from the White House.

My Houston 2040
Susan Rogers
Director, Community Design Resource Center
University of Houston College of Architecture

Susan Rogers is the Director of the Community Design Resource Center (CDRC) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston's College of Architecture. Her research and teaching focus is on design as a strategy for community change. Under her direction, the CDRC has completed over a dozen projects in partnership with communities. She is the coauthor of "An Architecture of Change," the Introduction to Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism, published in 2008. Susan is a frequent contributor to the CDRC's SuperHouston blog.