The City of Peterborough hosted “Mapping the Dollars and Sense of Land Use Patterns,” a discussion about financially sustainable approaches to land use planning, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at Market Hall, 140 Charlotte St. Peterborough.
Hosted by the City’s Infrastructure and Planning Services team, the session explores land use concepts aimed at ensuring the efficient use of infrastructure and properly projecting costs over the lifetime of an asset, with a goal of alleviating funding shortfalls.
The keynote speaker is Cate Ryba, Chief Operating Officer and Planner with Urban3 who has extensive experience with local government finance and policy, urban design and economic development. Cate is a founder of the Building Our City lecture series, which features national experts on urban design, planning, placemaking, transportation and other community development topics to explore the role of thoughtful design in building livable communities.
The session includes an expert panel discussion featuring James Jorgenson, Senior Partner with GM BluePlan and Board Member of the Institute of Asset Management Canada, Rhonda Keenan, President and CEO of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development and Paul Bennett, President of Ashburnham Realty. Michael Papadacos, Asset Management and Capital Planning Director with the City of Peterborough moderates the discussion.
