The Great Lakes Urban Exchange (GLUE) will host its second annual conference in Milwaukee March 12-14.
GLUE seeks to connect constructive, entrepreneurial and solutions-oriented young leaders across the region, and the conference is an invaluable opportunity for some real-life connecting, learning, and planning.
GLUE co-founders Sarah Szurpicki and Abby Wilson visited Milwaukee in April 2008 for a four-day whirlwind tour of the city’s redeveloped brownfields, art spaces, waterfronts and neighborhood treasures.
Juli Kaufman of Pragmatic Construction, Milwaukee, and Megan Carr of TransitNow, along with a local team have planned a series of experiences and site visits that will give conference attendees authentic and varied experiences throughout the city.
Conference highlights will include a tour of the MacArthur Genius Grant Awarded Will Allen’s Growing Power Farm, Milwaukee, a tour of Sprecher Brewery, and various speakers from local organizations as well as opportunities for participants to share their work and ideas for equitable and sustainable urban revitalization. For more information about the conference, visit glueconference2009.wordpress.com.
GLUE is a coalition comprised of post-boomer urbanists located in the "Rust Belt." The organization was founded to promote the power, aide in the positive transformation, and address the shared challenges of similarly-storied older industrial cities situated in the Great Lakes watershed. Among the ranks of GLUE coalition members are community organizers, urban planners, artists, environmentalists, entrepreneurs and students living and working in more than 20 cities in 10 states.
