FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP PORTLAND, OR MAY 7-9, 2014 ao Welcome to Portland! In all, our Incubator and annual Summit have served more than 2,000 of the world’s leading urban planners, citymakers and policymakers over the last five years. Here, you’ll participate in dynamic group work sessions with fellow urban development practitioners and industry experts. District-scale sustainability solutions, such as district energy, green streets, smart grid and comprehensive demand management, are well known. However, the widespread deployment of these strategies has been slow to develop due to a lack of comprehensive policy or implementation frameworks at the municipal level. EcoDistricts is providing a way forward. They are an important scale to accelerate sustainability—small enough to innovate quickly and big enough to have a We are delighted to host you meaningful impact. for an exciting three days of By bringing together people like you—the best city and collaboration, relationship district innovators in North America —the Incubator is creating a network-within-a-network of leaders to building and inspiring ideas revitalize cities from the neighborhood up. Here you with a single purpose—to will meet the public officials, industry leaders and civic entrepreneurs who are leading the change in their accelerate district-scale cities. Each participant brings unique knowledge and sustainability. The Incubator experiences that will enrich your work. We hope you will rely on one another as resources and openly share what is an executive-level training works—and what doesn’t—as we collectively navigate and capacity building program, district-scale sustainable development. and each year it brings together leaders and innovators from This resource guide is packed with useful information; a suite of tools, resources and case studies to help cities across North America you better lead projects when you return home. to shape the future of green EcoDistricts’ approach is strategic in nature, collaborative in approach and practical in application. With them, neighborhood development. urban development practitioners are creating the neighborhoods of the future — healthy, vibrant, sustainable and just. We look forward to the next three days and the achievements to follow in the coming years. | With generous support from: CEO, ECODISTRICTS 2 ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR ECODISTRICTS.ORG Agenda day 1 WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH | see map on back cover 8:00 - 9:30 Breakfast | Welcome ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts FACILITATORS HOTEL MODERA BANQUET ROOM 9:30 - 10:15 EcoDistricts Framework | ROB BENNET | CEO, EcoDistricts Q&A 10:15 - 10:45 ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts City Team Work Session | FACILITATORS Getting Oriented 10:45 - 11:15 Travel to Ecotrust 11:15 - 12:15 MIA BIRK | President, Alta Planning + Design Inspiring Leaders | Quick-Fires ERIN BARNES | Co-Founder & Executive Director, ioby ECOTRUST ELLEN WYOMING | Natural Areas Engagement Coordinator, Metro ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts 12:15 - 1:15 Lunch MICHAEL MILLS | Project & Outreach Manager, Oregon Solutions 1:15 - 2:45 Step 1: District Organization | ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts Discussion FACILITATORS 2:45 - 3:05 Break 3:05 - 4:30 City Team Work Session | Engagement to Governance 4:30 - 6:00 Break 6:00 - 9:00 Opening Reception WIEDEN + KENNEDY ECODISTRICTS.ORG ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR 3 Agenda day 2 THURSDAY, MAY 8TH ECOTRUST 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast | Activity 9:00 - 10:15 Step 2: District Assessment | ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts COLE ROBERTS | Associate Principal, Arup Discussion DEB GUENTHER | Partner, Mithun 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:45 City Team Work Session | ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts FACILITATORS District Assessment 11:45 - 12:45 Lunch 12:45 - 1:15 Step 3: Development & Delivery | ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts Discussion 1:15 - 1:30 Break LISA ABUAF | Central City Manager, PDC CHRIS HARDER | Business & Industry Division Manager, PDC KELLY RODGERS | Sustainability Planner, Confluence Planning 1:30 - 3:30 1. InnovativeEconomic Development RICK TUROCZY | Co-Founder, Portland Incubator Experiment SITE TOURS MARK RAGGETT | Senior Planner, City of Portland 2. The Green Infrastructure IVY DUNLAP | Landscape Architect, Bureau of Environmental Services Story of South Waterfront MATT BURLIN | Environmental Program Manager, City of Portland CHARLES KELLEY | Associate Partner, ZGF 3. Designing Sustainable Places RENEE LOVELAND | Sustainability Manager, Gerding Edlen JOHN CARROLL | CEO, Carroll Investments 3:30 - 4:30 City Team Work Session: Development & Delivery 4:30 - 6:30 Break 6:30 - 9:30 Team Dinner THE CLEANERS 4 ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR ECODISTRICTS.ORG Agenda day 3 FRIDAY, MAY 9TH ECOTRUST 8:15 - 8:45 Travel to EcoTrust 8:45 - 9:45 Breakfast 9:45 - 11:45 Solutions Salon STEVE GUTMANN | Advisor, Getaround Last Mile Mobility NICK FALBO | Planner, Alta Planning + Design RON PAUL | Executive Director, Beard Market The Food System JILL KUEHLER | Executive Director, Zenger Farm DEB GUENTHER | Partner, Mithun Green Infrastructure CRYSTAL GRINNELL | Landscape Architect, BioHabitats, Inc. JON GRAY | Principal, Interface Engineering TOM PUTTMAN | President & CEO, Puttman Infrastructure, Inc. District Energy BRAD BRADFORD | Community Energy Planner, IDEA KYLE ANDERSEN | Principal/Designer, GBD Architects Advanced Green Buildings WADE LANGE | General Manager, American Assets Trust University Partnerships ERIN FLYNN | Associate Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, RSP ANITA YAP | Principal and Founder, Multicultural Collaborative Engaging Diverse Communities DOUG ZENN | Principal, Zenn Associates DAVE RAMSLIE | Principal, Integral Group EcoDistricts Policy MICHAEL ARMSTRONG | Policy, Research, and Innovation Manager, Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability 11:45 - 12:45 Step 4: District Management | ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts VINCENT MARTINEZ | Director of Research and Operations, Discussion Architecture 2030 12:45 - 1:30 Working Lunch | ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts City Team Work Session: Putting Together the Pieces 1:30 - 2:30 Group Debrief ADAM BECK | Vice President of Programs, EcoDistricts 2:30 Adjourn ECODISTRICTS.ORG ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR 5 EcoDistricts FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP STEP METHODOLOGY 1 2 3 4 DISTRICT DISTRICT DISTRICT DISTRICT 08 ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENT PROJECTS MANAGMENT EQUITABLE PERFORMANCE ENERGY WATER 4 DEVELOPMENT AREAS HABITAT + COMMUNITY HEALTH + ACCESS + MATERIALS ECOSYSTEM IDENTITY WELL BEING MOBILITY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION Evolution of 2009 8 • Portland leaders draft a white paper on district-scale sustainability EcoDistricts • We assemble an 80-person technical advisory committee and a mayor’s sub-cabinet The EcoDistricts approach • We work with the City of Portland to identify 5 pilot districts + launch the first US EcoDistrict is a public-private- pilot program civic partnership that emphasizes innovation 2010 33 and deployment of • We convene the first EcoDistricts Summit in Portland district-scale best practices to create the 2012 neighborhoods we • We host the inaugural EcoDistricts Incubator in Portland with 10 North American cities desperately need — healthy, vibrant, 2013 • We rebrand as EcoDistricts with an expanded mission sustainable, and just. 37 2014 • We launch Target Cities, our next generation pilot program • Work commences on the Global EcoDistricts Protocol 6 ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR ECODISTRICTS.ORG TABLE OF CONTENTS EcoDistricts FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP SNAPSHOTS Project Team Bios + EcoDistrict Projects Boise 10 Boulder 12 Detroit: eco-D 14 08 Detroit: Perrin Park 16 Pacific Beach 18 Pittsburgh 20 Port Towns 22 Vancouver 24 Faculty + Facilitator Bios 28 EcoDistricts Staff Bios 32 33 NOTES MORE FROM ECODISTRICTS EcoDistricts Summit Target Cities Program 37 EcoDistricts Workshops + Trainings ECODISTRICTS.ORG ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR 7 SNAPSHOTS TEAMS & PROJECTS 8 ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR ECODISTRICTS.ORG SNAPSHOTS TEAMS & PROJECTS FACULTY, FACILITATORS & FOUNDING MEMBERS STAFF ECODISTRICTS.ORG ECODISTRICTS INCUBATOR 9 TEAM SNAPSHOT Boise, Idaho KARL BOKENKAMP OPERATIONS STRATEGY DIRECTOR, IDAHO POWER COMPANY Experience with neighborhood development: In my role with Idaho Power, I am active in strategy, sustainability, planning, and economic development. Also, I am actively involved with the Idaho Technology Council. I am interested in learning about…what it takes to make an EcoDistrict successful. One challenge I’d like to address: Building momentum to sustain change. MEGAN DURELL PROGRAM COORDINATOR, CITY OF BOISE PUBLIC WORKS Experience with neighborhood development: I have 13 years of experience working for the City of Boise on trash/ recycling, planning and design, service, and code enforcement, and two years of experience in stormwater management. I am interested in learning about…the effectiveness of EcoDistricts planning. One challenge I’d like to address: The current stormwater permit challenges the city/developers to retain all stormwater on-site (all new and redevelopment projects) and use innovative approaches to stormwater management. CODY RIDDLE PLANNING MANAGER, CITY OF BOISE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Experience with neighborhood development: I have worked extensively on various land use applications, ordinance amendments and master planning efforts at the City of Boise including Blueprint Boise. I am interested in learning