Fall 2000 Forum: Pittsburgh

The third City Parks Forum symposium was held in Pittsburgh September 21 to 23, 2000.The three mayors who participated in the symposium and were named Fellows of The City Parks Forum are:

In addition to the mayors, each city was represented by a parks team, which consisted of a principle park and/or planning advisor and a private sector partner. View biographies of all symposium participants.

Proceedings from the Fall 2000 forum are available to be downloaded.

Agenda

Friday, September 22

Introductory Remarks
Mary Eysenbach, Director, The City Parks Forum

"What is a park/public park funding"
Lee Springgate, Consultant, Port Townshend, Wash.

Rochester, New York: Mt. Hope Cemetery
William A. Johnson, Jr., Mayor

"Successful park design elements"
Paul Rookwood, principal, Wallace Roberts & Todd

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kilbourn Park
John O. Norquist, Mayor

"Public-private partnerships"
Ann Zoller, Director, ParkWorks, Cleveland

Saturday, September 23

Knoxville, Tennessee: World's Fair Park
Victor Ashe, Mayor

"Parks as urban design mechanisms"
Grover Mouton, Tulane University

Awards Ceremony for Mayors

Each mayor presented his or her city's parks case problem. They include:

Knoxville: World's Fair Park

Milwaukee: Kilbourn Park

Rochester: Mt. Hope Cemetery

Mayor Johnson of Rochester addresses the symposium participants as Mary Eysenbach, program director, looks on.