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Welcome to
the web site for the Simcoe Chapter of Lambda Alpha
International, an honorary society for the advancement of land
economics.
For more
information about Lambda Alpha International, visit
www.lai.org or click
HERE to download a copy of
Lambda Alpha's promotional brochure in PDF format.
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NEXT SIMCOE CHAPTER
DINNER MEETING:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Employment Lands: Do They
Deserve/Need Special Protection?
A Panel discussion featuring Ed Sajecki (City of
Mississauga), Bruce Krushelnicki (City of Burlington), Raymond J. Simspson, Mark Noskiewicz (Goodmans LLP), Randy Grimes
(IBI Group) and Stephen Diamond (DiamondCorp). Moderated by Paul Johnston (Johnston Litavski Planning
Consultants)
Click
HERE for more details.
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
April 14, 2010
"Yukon Treaty Protocols: A More
Positive Way Forward"
Presented by Julie Jai, former Yukon
Land Claims Negotiator
June 3, 2010
Day long field trip to Waterloo to see
the UW Research Park, the Perimeter Institute, an Intelligent
Seniors Living Campus, Brownfield sites and much, much more. Meals
and transportation will be provided free of charge.
September 2010
Date and Topic to be confirmed.
October 5, 2010
Presentation by Dr. Enid Slack. Topic to be announced.
Click
HERE for a list
of previous dinner meetings, including speakers and topics.
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Planning by Design: a healthy
communities handbook
On January
12, 2010 Sue Cumming, President of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute,
presented an overview of Planning by Design, a new handbook
produced by OPPI in conjunction with the Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing.
Recognizing that the need to create healthy,
sustainable communities is a top priority for Ontario’s planning
profession, Planning by Design is intended to share and
generate ideas on how places can be planned and designed more
sustainably for healthy, active living and to retain and attract
residents, investment and visitors.
The handbook can be used by municipal decision
makers, planners, policy makers, developers, architects,
engineers, designers, landscape architects, health/public
health, social care and law enforcement processionals,
non-profit organizations, community groups and individuals
interested in the connection between health and the built
environment.
Click
HERE to download a copy of Sue's presentation.
The Planning by Design handbook can be downloaded from
OPPI's web site at:
www.ontarioplanners.on.ca
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Should Heritage Trump Planning Issues?
Moderated by
Lyn Townsend, with
Patrick Devine,
Michael McClelland, Catherine Nasmith,
and
N. Jane Pepino
(October 6, 2009)
"HST: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
with Frank Clayton, Executive Vice
President, Economic Consulting, Altus Group (September 9, 2009)
Tour of Artscape Wychwood Barns
with Joe Lobko, Partner, Du Toit
Architects
Limited (May 27, 2009)
"Regional Transit -- What's
Next?
Funding, Land Value Recapture
and Revenue Tools" with
Rob MacIsaac, Paul Bedford and
Angela Iannuzziello (April 21, 2009)
"What Are the Think Tanks Thinking?" with Prof.
David Hulchanski (March 3, 2009)
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FALL 2008
LAND ECONOMICS WEEKEND
Hosted by the Simcoe Chapter of Lambda Alpha International
October 23-25,
2008
Click
HERE
to view the photo gallery.
Click
HERE to
view the final itinerary.
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"Exploring a New Urban Format for Old
Land Intensive Retail" with Gregg Lintern and John Livey (September 23, 2008)
"Another Layer of Development
Review and Approval? The New Reality of Native Land Claims" (May
6, 2008)
"Planning our Communities
in an Age of Diversity: Front Yard Cabbages, Funeral Parlours Next
Door and Four Grandparents Under One Roof" (April 8, 2008)
"Just What Are We
Getting Into? The Impacts of the GTA's Condo Boom" with Barry
Lyon (February 25, 2008)
"Understanding the
Dimensions of Prosperity: How Rotman's New Prosperity Institute is
Going to Measure Success" with Kevin Stolarick (January 30,
2008)
"Potentials,
Problems, Pitfalls and Perils:International
Projects in Russia and China" with Philip Weinstein
(June 12, 2007)
"The Economics
of Going Green: Why Telus Decided to Build a LEED Project"
with Trish Clarry and Ian Jarvis (April 25, 2007)
"Getting There: Responding
to Transportation Challenges in the GTA"
with Rob
MacIsaac and Paul Bedford (March 7, 2007)
"The Real World
Challenge of Getting Jobs to Toronto's Waterfront" with John W.
Campbell (January 31, 2007)
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DINNER MEETING: May 6, 2008
"Another Layer of Development Review and Approval?
The New Reality of Native Land Claims"
There’s a new wind blowing from Caledonia to Tobermory and beyond as
native bands rethink their options and approaches to development.
Planning departments? Official Plans? Development permits? Approval
requirements? When is consultation required and how must it be
carried out? Who must consult? With whom? And when? Consultation and
application fees? What are the emerging standards and procedures?
And how does this all fit with financing plans and timelines for
investors, proponents and third party landowners?
Our
expert panel included Honourable David Crombie, President,
David Crombie & Associates Inc.; Joanne Davies, Director of
the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and
Housing; and Richard Brookes, Solicitor with the Regional
Municipality of Waterloo.
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DINNER MEETING: April 8,
2008
"Planning our
Communities in an Age of Diversity: Front Yard Cabbages, Funeral
Parlours Next Door and Four Grandparents Under One Roof"
Moderator:
Russell
Mathew, Partner, Hemson Consulting
Speakers:
Sandeep
Agrawal, Director, Graduate Program, School of Urban and
Regional Planning, Ryerson University
Gary
Gregoris, Vice-President, Land-Halton Division, Mattamy Homes
Limited
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DINNER
MEETING: February 25, 2008
"Just What Are We
Getting Into? The Impacts of the GTA's Condo Boom"
Our February 25 session with Barry
Lyon on the condo market in the GTA was an eye-opener on where that
market is going, what we're doing right and what we still need to
work on. Attendance topped 70 members and guests.
Click
HERE
to view Barry's PowerPoint presentation.
Click
HERE
to download Barry's presentation in PDF format.
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DINNER MEETING: January 30, 2008
"Understanding the
Dimensions of Prosperity: How Rotman's New Prosperity Institute is
Going to Measure Success"
On January
30th,
Kevin Stolarick
spoke at the Simcoe Chapter dinner meeting.
Kevin is the Associate Director of the recently established Martin
Prosperity Institute directed by Richard Florida. The Institute is
part of the Rotman School of Management at the University of
Toronto. The following comments from a news release of the School
note:
“Richard
Florida will be a professor of business economics and the Academic
Director of the newly established Martin Prosperity Institute at the
Rotman School.
Prof. Florida is well known for his work on economic
competitiveness, demographic trends, and cultural and technological
innovation. In the last five years, he has penned the international
bestseller, The Rise of the Creative Class and also The
Flight of the Creative Class, which launched an intellectual
revolution that has changed the way companies, nations, and
communities compete and thrive.
The Martin Prosperity Institute, a $120 million project, was made
possible by a cornerstone $50 million grant to the Rotman
School by the Province of Ontario. The Institute will take an
integrative approach to the study and creation of jurisdictional
advantage. Currently, the study of how jurisdictions, including
provinces, become magnets for companies to start-up, locate and
grow, and for talent to study, live and work, has been fragmented
across many diverse fields. Over the past decade, the Rotman School
has assembled the largest academic research group in Canada
dedicated to the study of jurisdictional advantage and prosperity.”
Kevin further
elaborated on the purpose of the Institute and some of its current
research. Following his comments there was an intriguing Q. & A.
session with Kevin and the about 50 Simcoe Chapter members and their
guests. Kevin gave some interesting previews of Richard’s soon to be
published new book ‘Who’s Your City?’ More information on the book
can be found at
www.WhosYourCity.com.
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DINNER MEETING: June 12, 2007
"Potentials,
Problems, Pitfalls and Perils:
International
Projects in Russia and China"
Speaker:
Philip Weinstein, Partner, The Planning Partnership
Click
HERE
to download the text of Phil's presentation in PDF format.
Click
HERE to view
Phil's PowerPoint presentation.
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DINNER
MEETING: April 25, 2007
"The Economics
of Going Green: Why Telus Decided to Build a LEED Project"
Speaker:
Trish Clarry, Director
of Real Estate, Telus Corporation, with an
introduction by Ian Jarvis, Chair,
Canada Green Building Council
Click
HERE for more information
about the Canada Green Building Council.
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DINNER
MEETING: March 7, 2007
On March 7,
2007 Rob MacIsaac (Chair of the Greater Toronto
Transportation Authority) and Paul Bedford (the City of
Toronto's Citizen Representative on the GTTA Board) addressed the Chapter.
The topic of their discussion was "Getting There: Responding to
Transportation Challenges in the GTA".
Click
HERE to download a
summary of Rob's remarks in PDF format.
For more
information about the GTTA, visit:
www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/news/statements/gtta.htm
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DINNER MEETING: January 31, 2007
On January 31, 2007, John W. Campbell,
President and CEO of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization
Corporation, addressed the Chapter. The topic of John's talk was
"The Real World Challenge of Getting Jobs to Toronto's Waterfront".
Click
HERE to
download John's presentation in PDF format.
Click
HERE to visit the Toronto
Waterfront Revitalization Corporation's web site.
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