Thursday, November 01, 2007

Hi All,
This will be one of BUSSA's (Berkeley Urban Studies Students Association's)
biggest events of the year. All students welcome! Hope to see you there!

Downtown Berkeley Walking Tour & Presentation
Hosted by Matt Taecker, AICP, Principal Planner for the City of Berkeley's
Downtown Area Plan (DAP)


Friday, November 2, 3-5pm
City of Berkeley Planning Department
2120 Milvia Street, 2nd Floor, Sitka Spruce Conference Room

Matt Taecker will give a brief presentation about the Plan's progress and
vision, and then will lead a walking tour through the Downtown to illustrate
the Plan's goals. The walk will be followed by a chance to chat informally
with Matt over drinks and snacks.

For more information about the DAP:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/planning/landuse/dap/about.htm.

If you would like to go with BUSSA, meet at 2:15pm at Kroeber Fountain and
we will take a bus down together.

Please RSVP to calbussa@gmail.com with your name and phone number if you'd
like to attend. Thanks! :)

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Transportation and Land Use Coalition's 10th Annual Summit
Bay Area Solutions to Global Warming: Cooling the Planet with Walkable
Communities and World Class Transit

Saturday, March 24th
This years summit offers nearly 20 campaign and training sessions:
regional transportation advocacy
making transit oriented development happen
high speed rail
safe streets for bicyclists and pedestrians
effective lobbying

For all the info go to www.transcoalition.org/cal/summit07/summit.html

Call out for volunteers:
Would you like to attend the summit for free (normally $30 at the door)?

Sign up to volunteer at the event by contacting Corrin at
corrin@transcoalition.org