McDonough Shines at GreenTown Conference
Over 300 municipal mayors, managers, and staff joined private sector developers, architects, and business leaders on September 19, 2007 to learn more about leading green practices and how the public and private sectors are working together to redefine community design.
The event, co-produced by Seven Generations Ahead and a5 Inc, a Chicago-based strategic communications firm, and sponsored by the Village of Oak Park, featured green visionary and renowned architect William McDonough as keynote speaker, whose talk inspired and captivated the crowd that packed the historic Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple.
SGA Executive Director Gary Cuneen noted, It was truly an historic event to witness perhaps the most influential green architect of our day deliver an address for the ages in this extraordinary house of worship built by one of the greatest architects of all time.
In addition to McDonough, conference workshops included case studies on green conservation community developments, public-private solar homes projects, water conservation technologies, residential food scrap collection and municipal composting programs, LEED certified municipal building and school projects, municipal wind-power procurement, public and private sector green building incentives, green street scaping initiatives, and more.
To access workshop presentations and to learn about future green town conference events, visit www.greentownconference.com.
