If the hectic holiday season caused you to miss one of MPC’s 2008 year-end events, resolve to catch up in the New Year by downloading audio recordings of MPC roundtables and conferences, complements of Chicago Public Radio’s Chicago Amplified.
We
can’t all be everywhere at once – but that doesn’t mean we have to miss out.
That’s the philosophy behind Chicago Public Radio’s Chicago Amplified program.
Through Chicago Amplified, the station records events and programs across
metropolitan
Chicago, and
makes them available to listeners via an online audio
archive.
MPC
is a proud partner of Chicago Amplified, which means that if you can’t make it
to an MPC roundtable or conference, you can still listen and learn at your
convenience, either on your computer or portable MP3 player.
In
November and December 2008, MPC hosted two roundtables and a conference, all
three of which were recorded by Chicago Amplified:
Around the World in 90 Minutes: Infrastructure Best Practices
Across the Globe: Don’t have the time to travel the globe to learn
about planning and development trends? MPC saves you the hassle with this
90-minute “whirlwind tour” presented by Jacques Gordon, global investment
strategist with LaSalle Investment Management; Randy Blankenhorn, executive
director of Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; and Mary Ludgin, director
of global investment research for Heitman.
Off the Record: Post-Election Analysis from Reporters’ Eye
View: CBS 2’s Michael Flannery, Alden Loury of The Chicago Reporter
, and Dennis Rodkin of Chicago Magazine discuss how media coverage of urban and
metropolitan issues affected the November presidential election; and how they
think President-elect Barack Obama will work with Congress to develop federal
strategies to support Chicagoland and growing regions.
Rebuilding and Renewing America: Infrastructure Choices in the
Great Lakes Megaregion / An America 2050 Forum: During this all-day
symposium, some 250 Great Lakes infrastructure experts came together to discuss
and prioritize strategic investments in transportation, water and energy to be
included in a national infrastructure plan, authorization of a new surface
transportation bill, pending climate change legislation, and implementation of
the Great Lakes Compact. The full day’s audio is available in segments.
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