Event Details — Livable Houston Initiative - Bob Eury revisits his 2000 vision for Houston and discusses the future

In 2000, Bob Eury wrote a prophetic essay called “Houston: A Vision for a Livable City” that talked about how to capitalize on Houston’s evolving activity centers and that still rings true today. At this event, he’ll revisit the vision and talk about possibilities for the future. “Ten years have flown by since we entered the new millennium, a time when we envisioned Houston in 2020 as an incrementally evolving network of livable city centers connected by transport corridors that delight the eye. While we were not named the host city for the 2012 Olympics, a key driver for this scenario, many elements are rapidly becoming a reality. I look forward to sharing my thoughts on progress and how a vision for a ‘Livable City’ might differ as we look forward to 2030,” says Eury.

(Bob Eury’s amazing vision is still available at Houston Tomorrow’s old Livable Houston Magazine website where there is a link on the left to “Bob Eury” under “Good: A Millennium Memento.”)

Speaker Bio:
For twenty-six years Robert M. Eury has served as President of Central Houston, Inc., a private, nonprofit corporation, formed to lead the planning and implementation of the redevelopment of Houston’s central city area—principally downtown. Mr. Eury is also the Executive Director of the Houston Downtown Management District, a special assessment district within downtown Houston.

Mr. Eury was Vice President and Director of Research Development for Rice Center prior to starting Central Houston in 1983. During his nine years with Rice Center, his research focused on land use/transportation joint development, urban services delivery, development regulation, and environmental design. Prior to joining Rice Center in 1974, Mr. Eury served as Director of Community Planning Studies for the Urban Studies Center, University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Mr. Eury holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Rice University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati.

Event details:
Free and open to the public. Bring your own lunch. RSVP to Vilas Bhuchar, or call 713.523.5757.

Wed, April 28
12-1:30pm
H-GAC, 3555 Timmons Ln
2nd Floor Conference Room C
Houston, TX
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