First Friday -- The Belt Line
Name:
First Friday -- The Belt Line
Date:
January 8, 2016
Time:
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EST
Registration:
Sorry, public registration for this event has been closed.
Event Description:
We welcome Paul Morris, President and CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, to our First Friday of 2016! Paul will share the latest on ABI's development topics: funding, return on investment and economic development.
For more information on this important revitalization effort, click this link:
Living Intown:The Atlanta BeltLine
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Paul Morris joined Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) in July, 2013 as President and CEO. ABI is responsible for the development of the most comprehensive revitalization effort in the history of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment and mobility projects in the United States.
Trained as a landscape architect and urban planner, Mr. Morris has spent his 30-year career in strategic consulting and executive management roles focusing on transportation, urban redevelopment, natural resource management, public parks, and the development of corporate and institutional facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
He has assisted communities across 25 U.S. States and 10 foreign countries, offering hands-on involvement and complex problem solving, political acumen and dispute resolution expertise in more than 400 programs and projects including infrastructure investment, regional growth management, natural resource restoration, Brownfield redevelopment, and world heritage site regeneration. Mr. Morris’ work history includes projects in cities as varied as Portland, OR, Detroit, MI, Washington D.C. Vancouver, British Columbia, Edinburgh, Scotland and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Morris has worked on several projects of national significance, such as the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City, the Columbine High School Memorial in Colorado, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Landscape Architects, where in 2003 he served as national president. Mr. Morris currently lives in Atlanta and is married with two children.
For more information on this important revitalization effort, click this link:
Living Intown:The Atlanta BeltLine
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Paul Morris joined Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) in July, 2013 as President and CEO. ABI is responsible for the development of the most comprehensive revitalization effort in the history of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment and mobility projects in the United States.
Trained as a landscape architect and urban planner, Mr. Morris has spent his 30-year career in strategic consulting and executive management roles focusing on transportation, urban redevelopment, natural resource management, public parks, and the development of corporate and institutional facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
He has assisted communities across 25 U.S. States and 10 foreign countries, offering hands-on involvement and complex problem solving, political acumen and dispute resolution expertise in more than 400 programs and projects including infrastructure investment, regional growth management, natural resource restoration, Brownfield redevelopment, and world heritage site regeneration. Mr. Morris’ work history includes projects in cities as varied as Portland, OR, Detroit, MI, Washington D.C. Vancouver, British Columbia, Edinburgh, Scotland and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Morris has worked on several projects of national significance, such as the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City, the Columbine High School Memorial in Colorado, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Landscape Architects, where in 2003 he served as national president. Mr. Morris currently lives in Atlanta and is married with two children.
