Friday, October 7

Continental breakfast is served 7:30 - 8:30 am.

8:00 - 8:30

Welcome Remarks

Location: Cardinals Ballroom

8:30 - 9:30

Keynote Speaker: Angela Brooks, President-Elect of the American Planning Association (Equity Credit)

Room: Cardinals Ballroom

CM Credits: 1, APA Equity Credit

Hear how APA is elevating equity throughout all facets of the organization from APA President-Elect Angela Brooks, FAICP. Learn about APA’s four strategic initiatives and the focus on providing you with practical ways to lead communities forward with an equity focus.

9:45 - 10:45

Grand MetroLink Station: Connecting people to Transit & Development Opportunities

Speakers: Cristen Hardin, Brooks Goedeker, Kim Cella

Room: Jack Buck

CM Credits: 1

Ten years ago, Urban Land Institute (ULI)-St. Louis and Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) partnered to study transportation and development challenges surrounding the Grand MetroLink Station. In 2021, CMT and St. Louis Midtown Redevelopment Corporation turned once again to ULI St. Louis to study old and new challenges to transforming the area surrounding the station into a pedestrian-friendly, development district.

Overnight Placemaking: Using Tactical Urbanism to Transform Space

Speakers: Samantha Lee Smugala, Kevin Wright

Room: Home Plate

CM Credits: 1

Participants in the Overnight Placemaking Mobile Workshop, which occurs on Thursday, October 6, will present their work in transforming an underutilized plot of land in downtown St. Louis! The speakers will showcase photos of the installation, detail the project and other projects the firms have participated in, and discuss the intended benefits of placemaking projects.

Threading the Needle: Real Estate Finance, Planning, and Policy

Speaker: Matt Bauer

Room: Stadium

CM Credits: 1

This session will provide planning professionals insight into real estate finance and modeling that determines if and how projects will be built. We will talk about basic real estate finance concepts, what goes into a development model, and how developers evaluate a project. Finally, we will look at how various planning and policy decisions can impact project financing.

11:00 - 12:00

Two Cities, Three Streets, One Plan: The Main to Mississippi Corridor

Speakers: Martin Shukert FAICP, Jacque Knight AICP, Matt Unrein

Room: Jack Buck

CM Credits: 1

This session will show how a collaborative process can plan for a corridor connecting the Twin Cities of Festus and Crystal City. It explores how transportation, urban design, government, and business can combine to create an innovative plan that symbolically and literally connect two cities. 

--CANCELED-- Innovative Community Engagement Approaches to the Lake Springfield Master Plan

Speakers: Olivia Hough, Taj Suleyman

Room: Stadium

CM Credits: 1

*Please note this session has been canceled.* A case study in Who, How, and Why for inclusionary planning for redevelopment of a former coal power plant, lake and reuse of 1,000 acres of undeveloped publicly owned land. Multifaceted and collaborative techniques for engaging hard to reach and often socially or economically disadvantaged groups will be discussed along with best practices and lessons learned.

Evaluating the Long-Term Financial Sustainability of Land Use

Speakers: Molly Saunders, Josh Johnson

Room: Home Plate

CM Credits: 1

Land use patterns and related infrastructure investment have the greatest influence on a community’s financial future. This session will demonstrate how land use planning directly impacts developing a resilient place for future generations through fiscal evaluation of different development patterns.