IN DEVELOPMENT PODCAST
Welcome to the In Development podcast!
This is the podcast for all you city-builders, city-shapers and city-dwellers out there that care about driving change towards people-centred communities. On In-Development we talk about how Canadian cities develop in and up.
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Newest Episode
In Development Episode 64 with Neal LaMontagne
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In this episode, our hosts chat with Neal LaMontagne, professional planner & academic about his perspectives on planning and pedagogy. Learn about the differences between various Canadian planning programs, the development of a planning school in Edmonton and what skills Neal sees as key to planning excellence in the future.
Neal LaMontagne is a practicing city planner with a decade and a half of experience in the public and private sectors in California and B.C. Previously the Manager of Long Range and Community Planning for the City of North Vancouver, he seeks to shape the urban environment in a just, sustainable and collaborative manner through policy, regulation and community dialogue.
Past experience includes work as a senior planner for the City of Vancouver on civic sustainability, transportation and housing issues, as a consultant on comprehensive city and local area plans, zoning codes, design guidelines, and urban design strategies in the U.S. and Canada, and as an adjunct professor at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design, San Diego State University and the University of California San Diego.
Neal received his master's in urban planning from McGill University and is currently completing a PhD in urban planning at the University of California Los Angeles. His academic interests include urban design policy and regulatory frameworks, the political economy of the built environment, complexity and adaptive urbanism, urban design history and planning practice.
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ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Infill Development in Edmonton Association (IDEA) is a community of committed Edmontonians passionate about the positive transformation of our mature and existing communities. IDEA’s mission to drive change towards people-centred communities.
IDEA’s Information Committee has launched the In Development Podcast to support this mission, with the following purpose:
To advance the infill community through conversations with people working and knowledgeable in the infill industry
To provide a platform to debate ideas, opinions and current events related to infill development
To educate and share information
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