Tulsa Smart Growth Conference Reports

Architects, Urban Planners, Futurists, and others that shape our cities are beginning to understand that society can no longer afford to consider buildings individually. We must examine the spaces between buildings, their interrelationships, their neighborhoods, and the connecting systems that create successful cities. This larger examination is essential to the creation of pro-active policies that will improve the livability of our city. To fuel this critical dialogue on Tulsa's future growth, we have sponsored a series of urban planning conferences with the active support of Mayor M. Susan Savage. Mayor Savage is an alumni of the Mayor's Institute on City Design. In 1996, Tulsa Mayor M. Susan Savage, AIA Eastern Oklahoma, and the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture held the first Conference on City Design and Smart Growth.

Transcripts

Introduction and welcome by Mayor Susan Savage - Quotes Tulsa visionaries from our past and welcomes those interested in our future.

Robert Lawton Jones, FAIA - Mr. Jones provides a well crafted overview of Tulsa's development pattern and the policies that shape it.

Jonathan Barnett, FAIA - This national author and urban planner delivers a brisk national perspective on city design.

Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley - Riley, a co-founder of a national program on city design, is passionate on the subject.

Mayor Riley's Moral Imperative - If you only read one thing, please read this!