World Town Planning Day 2016

November 17, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Hawai‘i Community Development Authority Community Room

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa will celebrate World Town Planning Day 2016 on Thursday, November 17, from 5:30-8 p.m., at the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority Community Room (547 Queen Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 96813). The event is co-hosted by the American Planning Association (APA) Hawai‘i Chapter, and is free and open to the public.

This year’s featured speaker will be Jeffrey Melrose, a land planner in rural Hawai‘i for more than 35 years and owner of his own planning firm. His presentation, titled "Growing Local Agriculture in the Post-Plantation Era: How Can Planners Help?" , will focus on the role that planning plays in Hawaii‘s agricultural land use and some of the regulatory pitfalls that repel new agricultural investment and discourage new farmer start ups.

Melrose will also take a statewide look at the agricultural footprint of the islands and what it foretells about the shape of agricultural land use in the future. The state is currently in the midst of the most profound change in agricultural land use in nearly two centuries.


Ticket Information
Free and open to the public.

Event Sponsor
Urban and Regional Planning, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Karen Umemoto, (808) 956-7383, kumemoto@hawaii.edu, Event Flyer (PDF)

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